Blondel and Young on podium in Cornwall

The local duo only started racing in the sidecar discipline on the sand at Vazon last year, but have travelled away to the UK this year to compete in a couple of grasstrack events.

After showing progress in various races, including in Worcester, the pair turned in their best performance yet in the Cornish town of Roche.

Blondel said , who only took up sidecar racing last year, recalls the event and explains how finishing third overall has outdone even his own expectations.

'To be honest, coming into this year I wasn't really expecting even to make it into an A final – although that was the aim – let alone finishing on the podium,' he said.

• More in Wednesday’s Guernsey Press.