Formula E 2024 Planned On Jalan Sudirman, PSI: What Do You Want To Do With The Circuit In Ancol?

Formula E Circuit at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) Ancol. (Between)

JAKARTA - Member of the PSI faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Anthony Winza Prabowo, questioned the intention of the committee and PT Jakarta Propertindo which plans to hold Formula E in 2024 on the highway with the main option on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman.

If next year's Formula E is held on the highway, Anthony sees a waste of spending on the construction of the circuit that has been established in Ancol, North Jakarta.

The Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) was built by Jakpro as the organizer of the BUMD with the aim of being the circuit for the 2022 Formula E event with an implementation contract until 2024.

"If in Sudirman it must be calculated again (as the Formula E circuit), the circuit that has been built in Ancol will want to be done, right? It's already out of money and even only used once a year," Anthony told reporters, Thursday, March 16.

Anthony confirmed that Sudirman is an area with a fairly high economic value and a strategic area in the city center.

However, Sudirman is an area with a dense mobility. If Formula E is held there, it is feared that the traffic conditions around it will get worse. Not to mention, the cost of building facilities on this temporary circuit is not small.

"If you move the place, I think you will need more costs, there needs to be another study. The team needs to measure (race concept) again, if in Sudirman what to do with the turns. Not to mention that there will be improvements in certain infrastructure, not to mention calculating potential costs due to economic congestion," he explained.

Previously, the Chairman of the Steering Committee (SC) Formula E Bambang Soesatyo alias Bamsoet wanted Formula E Jakarta to be held in the style of street racing on the highway.

This was conveyed by Bamsoet after meeting the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono at the DKI Jakarta City Hall in order to discuss the 2023 Formula E event. Bamsoet was accompanied by Formula E Chief Championship Officer Alberto Longo and several committees.

"In 2024, most likely, we talked to Alberto and the Governor, we are no longer on the Ancol circuit, but we are street circuits in the city. Well, this is more interesting," said Bamsoet, Tuesday, March 14.

Bamsoet expressed this desire because the implementation of Formula E in other countries was carried out on inner-city roads. Meanwhile, in 2022, Formula E will be held, namely the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit (JIEC) in Ancol, North Jakarta.

Continuing, the Chairperson of the 2023 Formula E Committee Ananda Mikola said that the option for the Formula E event on the highway that the committee wanted was on Jalan Sudirman or Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan which is located in front of the DKI City Hall.

"The route is still being considered. The potential one is in Sudirman or in front of City Hall," said Ananda.