Employees complete the work to pave Mandalika Circuit racetrack in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on August 14,2021 (Image courtesy of Mandalika Grand Prix Association)
BY: THE JAKARTA WORLD
AUGUST 28, 2021
Jakarta. The yet-to-be-completed motor racing circuit in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province will host MotoGP pre-session tests early next year, while its launching for World Superbike is also edging better.
The management of Mandalika Grand Prix Association (MGPA) stated earlier the significant stage of construction to pave the entire 4.3-kilometer racetrack was completed on August 14.
Building and construction works continue to complete the paddock location, parking ground and other facilities.
The World Superbike occasion will be hung on November 12-14 and the MotoGP pre-season tests are set up for February 11-13
That indicates all pre-season tests of the MotoGP class will be kept in Southeast Asia, with Malaysia’s Sepang Circuit hosting the first also in the exact same month.
” The MotoGP class will have two tests early in 2022, plus the shakedown test at Sepang International Circuit for factory test riders and rookies just. The 2nd test will happen at the new Mandalika International Street Circuit in Indonesia,” the organizers said in its main site.
The Moto2 and Moto3 classes will have just one test at Jerez Circuit, Spain on February 22-24
” It’s an honor for Mandalika to be selected as the location for the 2022 MotoGP pre-season tests,” Delighted Harinto, a representative for MGPA, told Antara news firm on Saturday.
The arrivals of MotoGP riders, paddock team members, professionals and motorbike makers will significantly assist the circuit management in making final preparations before it eventually hosts a MotoGP race, he included.
” Riders and mechanics will offer us standard and technological specs the circuit requires to adopt for the 2022 season,” Pleased stated.
Nevertheless, the circuit in the resort island of Lombok might miss the possibility of hosting the closing World Superbike race of the year if it can not be finished in time.
WorldSBK Executive Director Gregorio Lavilla stated recently the Indonesian round will continue as schedule if “no external aspect” stops the present progression of circuit building.
” The track and securities part has actually been ended up, it is halfway through the race control, the medical center, the TELEVISION compound and the heliport. In the hotel zone we are already guaranteed a high number of spaces readily available for the entire paddock community,” Lavilla was priced estimate as saying in WorldSBK website.
” As this visit is in November and there are a couple of weeks ahead, we will continue to follow the situation till we reach the point where we need to make a confirmation.”
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