Call Formula E 2024 Must Be Held Even Though The Election, PKS: Later We Will Lose

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the PKS faction, M. Taufik Zoelkifli, views that the 2024 Formula E title must still be held.

Although, the FIA Formula E expelled Jakarta from the racing calendar next year on the grounds that it collided with the stages of the 2024 General Election.

"The initial calculation is indeed three times the implementation. The profit will be calculated later, then what will the three-year financial statements look like," Taufik said when contacted, Friday, October 20.

In the BUMD PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) contract with the license holder Formula E, this electric car race will be held for three years, from 2022 to 2024.

According to Taufik, Formula E Operation cannot be that easy to move the schedule for the race in Jakarta to 2025 after the election is over.

"From the contract, it's actually the beginning of 2022, 2023, 2024. If 2025 later it will violate the contract and must make a new contract and later we will lose," said Taufik.

Jakarta is actually scheduled to hold a Formula E race at the Ancol E-Prix International Circuit on June 8, 2024. However, the schedule collided with the general election agenda (election).

As a result of the 2024 General Election, the International Automotive Federation (FIA) recently issued Jakarta in the tenth season racing calendar of the Formula E world championship ABB FIA.

"The event planned for Jakarta on Saturday, June 8 will not be continued after the announcement of the campaign period in the Indonesian presidential election for most of June," said an official statement from Formula E.

"This will have an impact on logistics on race delivery on the streets of the capital at the same time. Formula E and authorities in Jakarta are exploring the feasibility of racing in the city on an alternative date," the statement continued.

Before undergoing the 2024 championship season, the riders will conduct trials at the Valencia, Spain circuit on 23-27 October.

Formula E this season will be held at the Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China for the first time by holding two series of races which will take place on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, 2024.