Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit Ancol Project In 3 Months Will Be Completed

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JAKARTA - The construction project for the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) is likely to be completed in the next three months or in April 2022 because some of the work has been paid in installments since 2019.

Formula E Jakarta Managing Director Gunung Kartiko said that since 2019, the "barrier", "airfence" and several other racing safety support facilities had been purchased first by Formula E Jakarta executives or before contractors worked on the circuit area.

According to him, some of the supporting facilities have been stored in Cikarang, Bekasi and some are just imported from China and all the goods will be imported to Ancol when there is a winning contractor to start working on the circuit in January 2022.

"We will start the tender for the contractor in January and it will be an open tender process later. After that, there is a winner. We will start working for three months until April 2022," said Gunung, Wednesday, December 29.

While waiting for the winning contractor, he said, the site for the JIEC Ancol project has also begun to work on grounding and compacting the soil.

It is true, said Gunung, that some of the locations for the Formula E circuit that are being built were previously swampy areas, so the contours of the land are soft and uneven.

However, Gunung is optimistic that the circuit that will be built later in Ancol will meet the qualification standards for the International Formula E circuit from the International Automotive Federation (FIA).

This is because the FIA team monitors every circuit work directly to Jakarta, so that the track being worked on meets the qualifying standards for the Formula E race.

"They are very detailed about this circuit and later after the circuit is finished, there will also be homologation. The FIA will come for homologation. Well, before homologation, he will come first around January or February, when the construction is over, he will come to review," said Mount quoted by Antara.