Jakpro Still Counting Profits From Formula E, Overtaking The Mandalika MotoGP?

The racer races after the start of the ninth series of Formula E at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC), Jakarta, Saturday (4/6/2022). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Wahyu Putro A/aww.

JAKARTA - President Director of PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) Widi Amanasto is still in the process of calculating profits from the implementation of Formula E on Saturday, June 4.

The calculations include ticket sales, income from sponsors, and profit sharing with Ancol whose land is the venue for the electric car race.

"It's being counted now, including from sponsors, everything is being reconciled," Widi told reporters, Wednesday, June 8.

While calculating the income, the BUMD that organizes Formula E is also still dismantling the non-permanent racing facilities and infrastructure at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC), Ancol, North Jakarta.

"We dismantle (unload) the others first, the ones we rent we return. We will start the assets first," said Widi.

Widi hopes that yesterday's Formula E can gain profits. However, he has not dared to estimate the nominal income obtained.

"Not yet. Not yet dare to say," he said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that the use of the budget for the Formula E event was the business of the BUMD PT Jakarta Propertindo as the organizer and the implementing committee.

However, Riza guarantees that the organizers and committee will be responsible for the budgeting of this electric car racing title in a transparent manner.

"Everything is very open, very transparent. It will definitely be submitted at a later time, reported, all processes so far, activities and accountability," said Riza at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, June 6.

In the planning, Formula E will be held again in 2023 and 2024. This is an agreement between the organizers and Formula E Operation (FEO).

Therefore, Riza said that his party will continue to evaluate yesterday's race to improve the quality of the implementation in the following year.

"Now that the Formula E activities have been completed. The delegates have returned, all the properties have been completed. Of course we will evaluate it later and we just have to prepare for the future so that in the future it will be even better," he said.

MotoGP then recorded a turnover of more than IDR 690 billion. This amount is obtained from tourist spending on accommodation rentals and local transportation, purchases of merchandise, purchases of food and beverages, and others.

For information, this year the Mandalika Region has scheduled various world-class automotive championships, such as the Fanatec GT World Challenge Asia 2022 on October 21-23 2022, followed by the FIM MOTUL Superbike World Championship (WSBK) event on November 11-13 2022.

Then, the 2022 Offroad Adventure National Championship, Pertamina Mandalika Circuit which consists of three sessions namely Track Day, Drift Show, and Coach Drift.

This event is open to the public with a certain quota to drive their vehicles on the circuit track. There are a number of drift categories that can register, namely having two-wheeled vehicles below 200 cc and above 200 cc, racing cars, pro drifting cars, daily cars.