JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Dorna Sport has issued a temporary racing calendar for the 2021 MotoGP season. Indonesia, which is planned to host it, is included in the reserve list or reserve date.
The Mandalika Grand Prix Association (MGPA) said, reserve date does not mean backup. Meanwhile, Indonesia was given special treatment because the Mandalika Circuit was a new circuit.
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A racing enthusiast in the country then confirmed this to MotoGP to ask whether Indonesia really received special treatment and could choose a race schedule.
Letter open for @themandalikagp
Note: Until there is a MotoGP mania who has been asking the MotoGP authority questions about Mandalika’s statement which said “Indonesia can determine its own date”#turnbackhoax #mandalika #motogp pic.twitter.com/QCRVx9akpF
– Nugie Pratomo (@NugiePratomo) November 16, 2020
Unexpected, e-mail MotoGP replied, but with content in the form of a rebuttal. E-mail The reply was then uploaded to social media, one of which was Twitter.
A sentence fragment in the content e-mail are as follows:
“With regard to your question, we respectfully inform you that Indonesia has not received special treatment and can only enter the calendar in 2021 if they finish building the circuit and if there is a date available, in case another GP is canceled,” MotoGP said, quoted on Tuesday. (17/11/2020).
Responding to the upload, MGPA Chief Strategic and Communication Officer Happy Harinto said that his party could not provide any statement.
“We haven’t got the answer yet. When we get the answer, I’ll let you know,” said Happy when confirmed Kompas.com, Tuesday (17/11/2020).
Also read: Target of MGPA for Mandalika Circuit to be completed in June 2021
Happy only said that in the near future his party would hold a press conference.
Mandalika CircuitJudging replies e-mail from the MotoGP, it is said that Indonesia can enter the schedule if the circuit construction has been completed and if there is a GP or other series that is canceled.
Currently, MGPA is pushing the completion of the circuit. Previously, Happy had said that all MGPA targets had been completed by June 2021.
“The target of MGPA is that in June 2021 it has been completed. Now it is being carried out 24 hours, day and night. Then, in July 2021, testing will be carried out,” said Happy, early November 2020.
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