All stages are either new or add twists to routes used in previous events, making up 50.4 miles of competitive rallying when run four times each.
Once again, organisers are urging those interested in watching the rally to stick to specific spectator areas during the rally.
After Friday morning’s ceremonial start led by multiple world touring cars champion Andy Priaulx at the Peninsula Hotel, competitors will take on the Castel stage in the lanes near Les Beaucamps – featuring a hairpin bend at the spectator area just after half-way.
It is a brief stage, at just 1.29 miles, to introduce riders into the rally.
The first of the Friday ‘night stages’, Saviour, mixes tight upper-parish lanes with longer straights on the main roads leading up to the Longfrie crossroads.
The Prevote stage has a similar theme over a twisty course taking in some of the island’s southernmost lanes. It is one of the three stages exceeding two miles.
Saturday starts with a Cobo stage, heading up the main road hill initially and descending into the lanes before a further elevation swing and finishing around the outside of Saumarez Park.
The morning’s other stage, Talbot, is the longest at 2.30 miles. It starts with its own protracted climb before utilising a mix of main road and lanes, continuing to gain elevation as it heads towards Forest Road.
Saturday afternoon’s 2.06-mile Felconte stage by contrast is a net descent, working in the technical lanes on either side of the main road up L‘Eree hill.
The final stage, Rocquaine, is relatively short and sharp – this year’s briefest at just 1.20 miles, it ascends up from the coast and through twisty lanes with a finish near La Route du Coudre.
Guernsey Rally secretary and director Caren Vidamour reiterated that the overall mix will suit different drivers over the course of the event.
‘There’s a little bit of flowing, open road stuff and there’s a lot of tight and twisty stuff,’ she said.
‘A good mixture, so it should be a close rally.’
Driver Craig Robert and navigator Chris Guille go into next week’s event as second seeds after finishing as the top local crew last year, with serial winner Ross Le Noa of Jersey heading up the 39 entries - this time partnered by Derek Le Bailly.
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