Rejects Kapolda's Plan To Hold Street Race At Formula E Circuit, Sahroni: The Track Is Only For Four-wheeled Vehicles

Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Formula E Jakarta Ahmad Sahroni/DOK: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Head of the Jakarta Formula E Organizing Committee, Ahmad Sahroni, rejected the plan by the Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Fadil Imran who wanted to use the Formula E circuit as a stretch race location.

"For two-wheelers, we may not provide facilities because there has been an assessment from the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) that the circuit is only for four-wheeled vehicles," said Sahroni at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Friday, June 24.

Sahroni appreciates Inspector General Fadil's intention to use this permanently built circuit for street races.

However, he emphasized that the FIA homologation had made a regulation that if the circuit was to be used for the Formula E event the following year, there would be no use of two-wheeled vehicle racing.

"There is a regulation from FIA homologation, there is grade 3, which is indeed a circuit for four-wheeled vehicles. So, we do not apply two-wheeled to the circuit. So, this is for cars," said Sahroni.

Previously, Fadil planned to borrow the Formula E circuit located in Ancol, North Jakarta for a street race to facilitate illegal racers.

"In BSD there is a location, in Bekasi there is Meikarta, in Jakarta there is Ancol. Hopefully later my dream will be in Ancol, yesterday's Formula E can also be used for street races," said Fadil when opening the Meikarta Street Race, Bekasi, Saturday, June 18.

The Metro Jaya Police Chief said that the Formula E circuit looked comfortable to use for racing, including motorcycle racing. He hopes that this plan will be approved by the DKI Provincial Government and PT Jakpro as the BUMD that built the track.

"Hopefully Jakpro listens to this and is also approved by the provincial government. Because I see it's pretty good if the track that was in Formula E yesterday can be used," he said.