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IN THE WIND P22 WOFFINDEN WINS, HANCOCK SECOND W orld Speedway Champion Tai Woffinden admits he has never had to work harder to dig himself out of a "pretty deep" rut after his second straight Czech Speedway Grand Prix win in Prague on Saturday night. The Brit made a sublime start in the final to leave two-time World Champion Greg Hancock, Matej Zagar and three-time champ Nicki Pedersen trailing. This result puts him top of the World Championship on 46 points – tied with Hancock. The second GP win of Wof- finden's career holds extra sig- nificance as seven of the last 10 World Champions have won in Prague in their championship year, just as he did in 2013. "It was a great night for me," Woffinden said. "I made starts and I worked hard. The rut I was in at the start of the season was pretty deep. I've never worked so hard to get out of it. I'm out of it now, but I need to keep building and get faster and faster. I'm re- ally looking forward to the rest of the season. I didn't expect to be leading at this point. The points at the moment are so close. We've still got a long way to go, though. I can't count my chickens before they've hatched. I'll keep push- ing hard, working hard and make things right. After fourth-place finishes in Bydgoszcz and Tampere, Han- cock was happy to leave Prague with a medal. "I've had a couple of de- cent runs in the last two," Han- cock said. "I've had some ups and downs, and I've had some downs in some important finals. I got things going a little bit better tonight. My scoring wasn't the best, but I got second, and I'm happy to have been on the ros- trum." Zagar was delighted to build on his maiden GP win in Tampere two weeks ago as he surged from 10th to fifth in the standings with his third-place finish. John Hipkiss (From left to right) Greg Hancock, Tai Woffinden and Matej Zagar celebrate their rostrum finishes in Saturday night's Czech Grand Prix in Prague. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN HIPKISS MILLER TO MOTOGP? A ustralian Moto3 star Jack Miller may leapfrog his way from the smallest class directly into MotoGP – but only on the right bike, the 19-year-old insists, in response to rumors at Mugello. "I definitely won't be in Moto3 next year," he said in an exclusive interview. Whether he would move to Moto2 or skip the class was open to discussion, he continued. "We'll see. My main focus is for this year, and come Valencia my focus will be on next year. Whether it'll be in Moto2 … we're talking now, and it definitely won't be Moto3 next year."