News has emerged that Malaysia’s ASEAN neighbour, Indonesia, has inked a deal with MotoGP organiser Dorna to hold a road circuit race from 2021 to 2023. Reported by motorsport.com, a contract was signed 21 January in Madrid, Spain, between Dorna and the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC).
The new road circuit, located in the Mandalika area in Lombok, is said to be 4.32 km long and will have 18 corners. FIM Safety Officer Franco Uncini has given approval for the circuit, which will be constructed from scratch and not use pre-existing roads.
When the circuit is not in use, it will be opened as a regular highway, said Abdulbar M. Mansoer, president director of ITDC. Construction of the circuit will begin in September 2019 and work will be carried out by French company Vinci Construction.
There are 19 races in the 2019 MotoGP calendar with Kymiring in Finland supposed to be in this year’s calendar. Should Kymiring enter the MotoGP schedule, perhaps by 2020, the addition of Lombok will bring the calendar to 21 races.
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Its not a road circuit as its designed and built as a circuit from zero.
Its a road circuit when existing road is closed and used as a circuit which i doubt any road can be a circuit to host Moto GP due to safety reason for the riders. Not much ‘safety net’ on normal road.
Just like our cub prix, these bikes are getting faster and being rode at insane speed with dangerous track as normal road still have dividers, tree, no run off area.
Looks like Indonesia is already overtaking us in this aspect also.
Many like to invest in Indonesia because they have equal opportunities. Everyone in Indonesia is equal in status and everything is merit based. This is why lots of events and investments are pouring into Indonesia.
You feel being an indonesian has equal opportunities? Tell that to your indonesian maid! Or feel free to move to Indonesia instead and be their YB.
FYI Indonesian who working in Malaysia or another country as a maid is because they don’t have any qualification to get any proper job in Indo. Mostly they just graduated from junior high or senior high.
Indonesia mendoniaaaa. Negeri jiran iri sama indonesia
Indo is smart. When they decided to organise racing, they go for profit making series like MotoGP instead of some that is stupidly considering reviving F1 when it still not making money.
With your logic John, Malaysia is super duper einstein-level smart as we have been organising MotoGPs since the 80s, while Singapore is super stupid as they are still organising F1.
Yup. They must be feeling quite foolish by now https://paultan.org/2016/11/21/singapore-may-not-extend-formula-1-race-after-2017/
We still have great advantage on MotoGP
Rounds like Thailand and Indonesia is very far from international airports, even some indonesians will find it easier to go to Sepang rather than to Lombok. Singaporean motorcycling fans can ride their bike to Sepang. Can they do that to Lombok?
Lombok is very near with Bali, so there is not issue for transportation to lombok from elsewhere on this globe