Ahead Of Formula E Jakarta, Anies Baswedan Shows Photos With Racers: We Have Long Talks About Jakarta

JAKARTA - The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, showed off a photo with several Formula E drivers. Anies admitted that he talked a lot about Jakarta in the meeting.

In the photo uploaded by Anies Baswedan on social media, the defending Formula E champion, Nyck de Vries, appears. Then there is also his teammate, Stoffel Vandoonr, who is a former Formula 1 driver.

In addition, there is also Mitch Evans, who was in the same team as the Indonesian racer, Sean Gelael, in Formula 2. There is also Formula E Co-Founder Alberto Longo.

"Last night, we attended an informal and relaxed reception with the drivers. The Formula-E drivers have arrived in Jakarta," said Anies Baswedan, on his social media account, Thursday, June 2.

Last night we attended an informal and relaxed reception, with the #FormulaEJakarta racers. We had a long chat about Jakarta, transportation, environmentally friendly vehicles, to the challenges of climate change. #JakartaEPrix #JakartaHajatan #JakartaLangitBiruhttps://t.co/SAgh8Nfr6B pic.twitter. com/0yg5qyUSXH

— Anies Rasyid Baswedan (@aniesbaswedan) June 2, 2022

Anies said there were 22 racers from 11 teams that would compete in Jakarta, Saturday, June 4. The teams participating in Formula E come from various countries, including Germany, England, France, Monaco, the United States, India and China.

"It's nice to be able to chat freely with the drivers. From talking with them last night, it is increasingly confirmed that driving a Formula E car is more complicated (compared to Formula 1) because it has to take battery energy into account," said Anies.

"We talked for a long time from Jakarta, about transportation, about the challenges of climate change, to the business of increasing the number of environmentally friendly vehicles," he continued.

The Jakarta Formula E race will be held at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) Ancol, North Jakarta, June 4. The agenda begins with the first free practice session starting at 07.15 WIB.

Then continued the second free practice session at 09.00 WIB and the qualifying round which was held at 10.40 WIB. The race itself will start at 15.03 WIB.