The helicopter over the Luxembourg circuit: the Luxembourg racing game

Luxembourg Grand Prix

Luxembourg Racing GameRace a 3.7 km circuit drawn from Luxembourg's outline

Length: 3.7km
Turns: 18
Main straight: 350m
Slowest corner: 70km/h
Climb: 21m
Setting: Old town

Short and busy, this Luxembourg racing game squeezes 18 corners into 3.7 km. It's a track drawn from Luxembourg's border, starting up at Hoffelt and Hautbellain in the north, dropping down the eastern side through Rosport, Mertert and Grevenmacher, and reaching Schengen, where Luxembourg, France and Germany meet. From there it swings west past Lasauvage and the capital, then heads back north through Rombach-Martelange to Surré.

The Luxembourg Grand Prix is an old-town street race, rolling rather than hilly, with 21 metres of climb.

The Luxembourg circuit map

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

T1Hoffelt
T2Hautbellain
T3Beiler
T4Diekirch
T5Marxberg
T6Rosport
T7Mertert
T8Grevenmacher
T9Schengen
T10Emerange
T11Grenz
T12Gaalgebierg
T13Lasauvage
T14Luxembourg
T15Gaichel
T16Rombach-Martelange
T17Martelinville
T18Surré

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

Screenshots from the Luxembourg circuit

Through the slowest corner, Schengen

On the grid for the Luxembourg Grand Prix: Luxembourg racing game screenshot — On the grid for the Luxembourg Grand Prix

Chasing through a corner in Luxembourg: Luxembourg racing game screenshot — Chasing through a corner in Luxembourg

Through the dip, Luxembourg: Luxembourg racing game screenshot — Through the dip, Luxembourg

Around the Luxembourg track

The Adolphe Bridge and the old fortifications of the capital give the lap its skyline, and the Bock casemates and Vianden castle are set into the scenery further round. The buildings are baroque in the central European way, the land follows the river, and vineyards climb the banks. The banner says 'Wëllkomm'. Boards along the barriers name the Moselle, Esch, Echternach, Clervaux and Luxembourg City.

Adolphe Bridge and old fortifications
Bock casemates
Vianden castle

How to drive the Luxembourg circuit

The main straight is only 350 metres, so there's little time to breathe before Hoffelt at turn 1. Then it's corner after corner. Schengen, turn 9, is the slowest at 70 km/h, a tight one where a clean exit sets up the run west.

Ways to race Luxembourg

Time TrialA lap for the Luxembourg leaderboard, chasing the record holder's ghost. Grand Prix RunRace your way across the world's circuits. One free run every day.

What country is this? Guess Luxembourg from one lap

One lap behind the leader, with the racing line drawing itself as it goes. By the flag it's Luxembourg's outline. Could you name it before the reveal?

With sound: the video has a voiceover.