Iwanbanaran.com – Caakkk… Some time ago, it was rumored that the Mandalika Circuit would hold a Formula 1 (F1) race, and recently there was news that the Mandalika Circuit had to pay a fantastic fee if it wanted to hold the world-class four-wheel racing event. But unfortunately, the Mandalika Circuit is still far from being able to hold an F1 race because it has not met the FIM homologation standard…
Although it has not met the standards for holding F1, the Mandalika Circuit has the opportunity to organize a car race considering that the FIA has inspected the Mandalika track for Homologation purposes. Muhammad Safril Sarwono as the Central Executive of the Indonesian Motor Association (PP IMI), revealed several things that caused the Mandalika Circuit not to meet F1 standards. Yup, the first is the length of the Mandalika track as far as 4.31 km, where the length of the track does not meet the standards for F1 cars… “Roughly speaking, the Mandalika Circuit standard for Formula 1 cars is very far, if motorcycle racing alone takes 1 minute 30 seconds, how many minutes for an F1 car race?” said Muhammad Safril Sarwono.
Safril Sarwono said that the next factor is in terms of safety considering that the Mandalika Circuit is only feasible to handle the safety factor for motorcycle racing. This can be seen from the evacuation door which is very small and not wide enough for an F1 car. Of course this is the most important thing because F1 cars cannot be pushed and must be evacuated using heavy equipment that is in accordance with F1 racing standards… “The evacuation door at the Mandalika Circuit is still small, if you want to launch F1 it is clear that the evacuation door must be wide and fit a Formula 1 car, closed Muhammad Safril Sarwono.
The last crucial factor is in terms of license fees, which are indeed expensive, the standard F1 license must be paid for 30.6 million US dollars or around 438 billion for the European region. Meanwhile, outside Europe, the cost has swelled to US$40 million or around 537 billion or half a trillion per season. Ediannn !! That way, if Indonesia really wants to hold F1, then the cost to be paid is around 40 million US dollars. This cost is very different from MotoGP, which requires 9.7 million US dollars (139 billion) per season for the Mandalika Circuit. Of course, with these fantastic costs, Indonesia has to rack its brains for a return on investment, both from ticket sales, the tourism sector, to state income visas. Even so, man, the Mandalika Circuit will still hold a car race outside of F1 considering the homologation process is ongoing…(RA iwb)
