PIRATES star Chris Holder expects a Warsaw track in mint condition when he kicks off his world championship campaign in the Polish capital.

Holder and team-mate Maciej Janowski are due to take on the likes of reigning champion Greg Hancock and home favourite Jaroslaw Hampel at a new venue for the 2015 series.

The National Stadium primarily hosts the Poland football team but the 58,000 capacity arena has been transformed into a speedway-friendly zone for tomorrow's showdown (6pm BST).

Half the venues in this year's Grand Prix series are set to feature temporary tracks and Sydneysider Holder, who finished seventh overall in 2014, says he is more than happy with that structure.

Holder told the Daily Echo: “When a track goes down a few days before a meeting it can be a bit funny to ride but lately they seem to have had them nailed.

“Being so soft, the start gates will get a lot of big ruts in them but apart from that the temporary tracks have been some of the better ones.

"I’m not going to worry too much about the track and the best thing is that it will be a leveller for everyone."

The Pirates number one predicted that a modestly-sized oval would play to his strengths and result in close racing

He added: “Usually, the indoor meetings are quite intense. There isn't a lot of time to make decisions on passing and whenever a gap appears, someone goes through it.

"But I enjoy the small, indoor circuits so, hopefully, I can keep my good form on those going.

“Being the first GP there will be a massive crowd and a bit of pressure on. It’s a massive stadium and there will be 50,000 people there, the majority Polish, and they go off on any meeting so it’s going to be noisy in there!"

Janowski is poised to make his full-time GP bow in his homeland despite a recent knee injury which had ruled him out of Poole's defeat to Coventry on Wednesday.

And Pirates team manager Neil Middleditch believes the Wroclaw-born rider could ruffle feathers at speedway's top table this year.

Middleditch said: "The fact Magic is in the Grand Prix series proves he's a world-class act.

"I think it's too far to say he is going to win the title but I think he's certainly got a Grand Prix win or two in him.

"He also knows how to ride the temporary tracks and that's going to be a key factor."