The helicopter over the Guernsey circuit: the Guernsey racing game

Grand Prix of Guernsey

Guernsey Racing GameRace a 4.3 km circuit drawn from Guernsey's outline

Length: 4.3km
Turns: 8
Main straight: 1080m
Slowest corner: 110km/h
Climb: 10m
Setting: Marina

Eight corners and none of them slow. The Guernsey racing game gives the island a marina circuit, a race track shaped like Guernsey that loops its coast from the English Channel corner past Doyle Pass and Sark, out to Dog and Lion Rocks and La Pointe de Pleinmont, then back by La Saline, La Rocque and Beacon Staff. At 4.3 km it's compact, but you spend most of it at speed.

The Grand Prix of Guernsey runs under overcast skies on a flat harbour layout with 10 metres of climb.

The Guernsey circuit map

The racing line (orange) inside Guernsey's outline; ○ is the start and finish. Open the map

T1English Channel
T2Doyle Pass
T3Sark
T4Dog and Lion Rocks
T5La Pointe de Pleinmont
T6La Saline
T7La Rocque
T8Beacon Staff

Each corner is named after the place on Guernsey's outline it traces.

Screenshots from the Guernsey circuit

Through the slowest corner, La Saline

On the grid for the Grand Prix of Guernsey: Guernsey racing game screenshot — On the grid for the Grand Prix of Guernsey

The helicopter over the Guernsey circuit: Guernsey racing game screenshot — The helicopter over the Guernsey circuit

On board around Guernsey: Guernsey racing game screenshot — On board around Guernsey

Across the bridge, Guernsey: Guernsey racing game screenshot — Across the bridge, Guernsey

On the banking, Guernsey: Guernsey racing game screenshot — On the banking, Guernsey

Around the Guernsey track

Castle Cornet guards the harbour, and the Little Chapel and a lighthouse sit along the lap. Rows of British terraced houses face the water, cars are parked behind the barriers and the crowd waves flags under a low grey sky. A banner says Welcome to Guernsey, and the boards read Saint Peter Port. There are no fields or crops to speak of: it's stone, sea and harbour walls all the way round.

Castle Cornet
Little Chapel
Lighthouse

How to drive the Guernsey circuit

The 1,080-metre main straight finishes at the English Channel corner, turn 1, and that's where most passes happen. Even the slowest corner, La Saline at 110 km/h, is quick, so keep your momentum through the sweepers. The ground barely rises, so it's all about carrying speed and judging the brakes.