DAVEY Watt admits racing regularly in the Grand Prix has been such a great experience that he is seriously considering taking part in the qualifiers again.

Pirates’ skipper produced a fighting six-point performance in the Italian GP at Terenzano in what was probably his final World Championship appearance as series second reserve.

And it has left the Aussie ace, who has amassed 19 points in four rounds, desperately wanting more following this year’s 10th and penultimate meeting on Saturday.

Watt, whose Poole team-mate Chris Holder escaped injury following a horror heat 10 fall in Italy, elected to sit out the Australian qualifying rounds last winter because he needed to recharge his batteries.

But, after thoroughly enjoying his first taste of top table action, Watt said: “I’m seriously thinking about doing the Aussie championship again.”

With Watt unlikely to receive one of four year-long seeded cards into the 2011 series, his best chance of getting back in for 2012 appears to be by taking part in his national event.

The 2011 Australian Championship begins at Parramatta on January 12, followed by rounds at Kurri Kurri, Gillman and Broken Hill before finishing at Mildura on January 29.

British-based Watt, Australia’s 32-year-old national team captain, said: “I need to work out whether it’s possible for me to do it.

“It’s a lot of travelling and I don’t have any transport in Australia.

“I would love to do it. I’ve said before, I enjoy it.

“It’s just extremely difficult for me to do when I have the winter off after having had a lot of racing throughout the year in Europe.

“It can be hard to motivate yourself to race hard in Australia. It’s something I consider a great honour, racing in the Australian Championship, but I need to try and organise things.

“Hopefully I can sort things out because I’d love to do it, then the GP qualifiers and get back into the GP permanently.”

Watt, who finished fifth in the Aussie championship in 2008, added: “I’m absolutely certain I can compete at GP level.

“Sometimes I’ve shown that and sometimes I haven’t, but more often than not I think I have.

“I’d like to think I’m good enough to race in the GP more often.”

Holder miraculously escaped injury when he fell heavily while trying to charge under Fredrik Lindgren.

Poole’s spearhead hit the safety fence hard and then rebounded back off the air balloon on to the track, where he collided with his out of control bike.

Holder took a big whack on his right elbow, arm and shoulder, but, thankfully, was able to walk back to the pits unaided.

He eventually plundered seven points, missing out on the semis by one point, and goes into the last round at Bydgoszcz on October 9 occupying the eighth and final automatic re-qualification spot.

Holder, in his debut GP campaign, leads ninth-placed Hans Andersen by 11 points and barring a disastrous final round, should book his 2011 place in Poland.