Great Britain’s Tai Woffinden moved within a point of the World Championship lead after becoming the country’s first SGP winner in nearly six years when he triumphed in the Mitas Czech Republic FIM Speedway Grand Prix in Prague on Saturday.God Save the Queen rang out across the Marketa Stadium after Woffinden produced a gating masterclass to head Poland’s Krzysztof Kasprzak and the SGP series’ bionic man Nicki Pedersen, who bagged a bronze medal, despite breaking his left forearm just two weeks ago.

Russian racer Emil Sayfutdinov was fourth after he was excluded for touching the tapes. He still left Prague as World Championship leader after notching 17 points.

Woffinden won four of his five heat rides and finished his five outings on 13 points, before working wonders to overhaul Pedersen and take the chequered flag in semi-final two.

He then exploded from gate one in the medal race to become the first Brit to win a Grand Prix since Chris Harris topped the rostrum in Cardiff on June 30, 2007.

Woffinden, who clinched the British Championship for the first time at Wolverhampton on Monday, will fly the Union flag in the Fogo British FIM Speedway Grand Prix at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on June 1.

There could not be more hype surrounding the 22-year-old, who is riding at the top of his game.

Woffinden will have a raucous crowd behind him in the Welsh capital for the SGP series’ event of the year. The Scunthorpe-born racer would love to spray the champagne in front of over 40,000 people.

“I can’t even explain what it would be like to win there,” he smiled. “It would be just unreal. But I’ve got a few meetings before then that I’ve got to worry about, so I’ll just go out, do my thing and we’ll see where we are in two weeks time.“The British Grand Prix is going to be amazing. I’m really looking forward to it.

“You can’t really explain the atmosphere at Cardiff. It’s like nothing else. After winning today and getting the British Championship, the fans are going to be so loud. It has been amazing and hopefully I can step on the podium again.

“I’m so pleased to represent Great Britain. I’m riding so well at the moment and giving the fans something to shout about.”

Despite his Cardiff dream, Woffy is determined to remain level-headed as he carries the weight of a nation on his shoulders and continues to prove his pre-season doubters wrong with every lap.

He said: “There were a few people at the start of the season who doubted me, but I’m hopefully slowly starting to win them over.

“It’s the first time I’ve been on the box in the GPs. I’ve had a great start to the season. Everything seems to be working. I’ve got good engines underneath me and a good team behind me.

“I’m eating the right food, unlike in previous years, and it has paid off a lot. There is still room for improvement. I could train harder than I have been and I’m really looking forward to that.

“I’m one point off the top – who would have thought that at the start of the year? But my goal is still the top eight and I’m comfortably in the top eight now. I’m not going to try and run before I can walk.

“It’s my first Grand Prix win, but the GPs are tough. It’s a long season. I’ll keep my feet firmly on the ground and always go out and do my best.”

After training furiously throughout the winter and adopting a strict diet, Woffinden has never been better prepared for success.

“Fit in body, fit in mind,” he said. “It’s an amazing feeling to get my first Grand Prix win. My hard work is paying off and I’ll be working twice as hard next year.”

Polish international Krzysztof Kasprzak picked up the silver medal in Prague to end a nightmare to start to 2013, which saw him fail to reach a single semi-final in the opening three SGP rounds.

He said: “I’ve felt better in the last two weeks in Poland with Gorzow and at Coventry in Britain. I’m very happy. I made some mistakes, but I’m happy to get to the final.

“I worked hard in the winter, but over the last week I’ve been working double hard. I want to say thank you to Johnsy (tuner Peter Johns) for doing a very good job with my engine. I bought a new engine from him. This engine is very powerful and that’s why I was in the final.”

Third-placed Pedersen wasn’t even sure he would be able to race in Prague after breaking his arm in the Fogo Swedish SGP in Gothenburg on May 4. But after getting a special silicon brace fitted and undergoing extensive physio over the past fortnight, the triple world champion was over the moon with 11 precious points.

He said: “I don’t think I could have asked for any more. I didn’t think I would be here 13 days ago.  I knew my physio Lisa would do something to help and I wanted to be back, no matter what the arm was like.

“It’s so important to score points when everyone in the top five is so close. I had an aim of six points and I nearly doubled that. I can’t ask for anymore. I was even gating with a broken arm!

“It’s amazing what you can do when the adrenaline is pumping, but I was in a lot of pain.”