WORLD Champion Tai Woffinden says this year’s title could be won by the man who stays cool under pressure.

The current championship race is wide open going into round six – the halfway stage of the competition – at the Danish FIM Speedway Grand Prix at PARKEN in Copenhagen.

Only 12-points separate the top six with Woffinden leading GP legend Greg Hancock by a point and Australian ace Darcy Ward currently in sixth.And Woffinden said: “It could all come down to who is strongest mentally and who stays calm under all the pressure.

“Every point is crucial right now and as everyone knows, points make prizes, so I’ll go to Denmark looking to stay calm as I always do.“I’ve got the benefit of last season when there was a lot of pressure on the title race and I managed to pull it off to win the world title.“I would like nothing more than to do it again, but it’s too close to call at the minute.”

The Wolverhampton, Wroclaw and Vetlanda man says he’s in a good place heading into the showpiece event in the Danish capital.

He said: “I’m just trying to stay relaxed and enjoy my racing. I’m looking forward to Copenhagen, things are going good for me right now and long may it continue.

“I’m both relaxed and determined. I’m totally focussed on doing the job and things have started going better in England for me too, I had a good one on Monday against King’s Lynn but sadly Wolverhampton lost.

“It’s been a busy time for me again but I had a good day in London at Monster Energy HQ on Wednesday which was nice and I feel I’m in a good frame of mind with things going so well.

“The team are working well around me and I’m in a good place with everything right now, I just need to keep it going.“I want to have two good meetings at Copenhagen and then at Cardiff a fortnight later and still be in a strong position when we go into the break for the World Cup.”