Sentul International Circuit
{{Short description|Motorsport race track in Indonesia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox motorsport venue
|Name = Sentul International Circuit
|Location = Sentul City, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia
|Coordinates = {{Coord|6|32|9.1|S|106|51|24.4|E|display=inline,title}}
|Time = UTC+07:00
|Capacity = 50,000
|Broke_ground = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1992|01}}
|Opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1993|08|21}}
|Image = 250px
|Image_caption = Grand Prix Circuit (1993–present)
|Events = Current:
Indonesia Touring Car Championship
Former:
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix (1996–1997)
World SBK (1994–1997)
Asia Road Racing Championship (1996–2000, 2002–2018)
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (2006–2009)
GP2 Asia (2008)
Speedcar Series (2008)
A1 GP (2006)
Indonesian Grand Prix (1993)
|Layout1 = Grand Prix Circuit (1993–present)
|Length_km = 3.965
|Length_mi = 2.464
|Turns = 11
|Record_time = 1:15.686
|Record_driver = {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna
|Record_car = Dallara GP2/05
|Record_year = 2008
|Record_class = GP2 Asia
}}
Sentul International Circuit is a 50,000-capacity[https://motorplus.gridoto.com/read/04234986/mau-gelar-motogp-tribun-sirkuit-sentul-bakal-jauh-lebih-besar-dari-stadion-gbk#!%2F Mau Gelar MotoGP, Tribun Sirkuit Sentul Bakal Jauh Lebih Besar dari Stadion GBK] permanent motor racing circuit located at Sentul City, Babakan Madang, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia, near the toll gate of Jakarta towards Bogor city and areas at the foot of Jonggol Mountains {{cite news|url=http://www.asianf3.net/article/articleview/270/1/33/|title=Sentul International Circuit|access-date=2008-12-31|date=2007|publisher=asianf3.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010150314/http://www.asianf3.net/article/articleview/270/1/33/|archive-date=10 October 2008|df=dmy-all}}
Its pit facilities have easy access to the Jagorawi Toll Road. The current circuit is a truncated version of the original design. Approximately 40% shorter than the original, the circuit runs clockwise and is predominantly used for motorcycle racing and the Asian F3 series. Sentul is a relatively simple, smooth, broad track with large runoff areas, enabling non-bumpy and smooth driving at racing speeds. Sentul has a {{convert|900|m|ft|adj=on}} main straight that allows speeds of up to {{convert|300|km/h|mph}} before slowing for the right-hand Turn 1. The only truly high-speed corner at Sentul is Turn 2. The fastest driver on four-wheel machines can do {{convert|220|km/h|mph}}, and the fastest rider can do {{convert|190|km/h|mph}} on two-wheel machines. They can take Turn 2 as a complex "S" bend when they get out from the tighter Turn 1 at around {{convert|140|km/h|mph}}. The wide corners allow good passing with various racing lines.
Located in Bogor Regency, Sentul is a hilly area at the foot of the Jonggol Mountains and a bit cooler than the tropical city of Jakarta. However, the track can still get extremely hot under direct sunlight. It is also humid and wet as well. Such characteristics cause distress to European tuners, riders and drivers who are accustomed to cooler climates.{{cite news|url=http://www.porsche.com/pap/motorsportandevents/motorsport/racing/porschecarreracupasia/racecalendar/sentulinternationalcircuit/|title=Porsche Carrera Cup Asia 2008 – Round 7 & 8|date=20 July 2008|publisher=porsche.com|access-date=2008-12-31}}
History
Sentul International Circuit (section) was designed to meet the Formula One motor racing standard and was the first serious attempt outside Japan to meet such a standard in Asia. The vision came to Indonesia around 1990 when Hutomo Mandala Putra, motor racing enthusiast and son of President Suharto, began promoting the construction of a track at Sentul. Racing had previously been held at the short, tight and relatively dangerous Jaya Ancol Circuit, on the Java Sea coast in North Jakarta. In August 1993, the circuit was officially inaugurated with the 1993 Indonesian Grand Prix for Formula Holden.
While Sentul International Circuit was intended to be Indonesia's Formula Two showcase to the world, its tight corners and shortened {{cvt|3.965|km|mi|abbr=on}} length rendered it unsuitable for Formula One. On 13 October 1996 the Pacific GP was to be held at the Sentul Circuit but it was cancelled for previous mentioned reason.David Hayhoe, Formula 1: The Knowledge – 2nd Edition, 2021, page 36 Sentul has been used for the Superbike World Championship between 1994 and 1997 and the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix in 1996 and 1997.
The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis worsened the situation and made motor racing an unaffordable luxury for many Indonesian enthusiasts who had been participating. The facility has also come to be overshadowed by the Sepang International Circuit, built in 1999, which possessed a superior track layout and facilities.
In the mid-2000s, the circuit held two rounds of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons respectively. In 2008, the GP2 Asia Series raced at Sentul. A Superstars Series race was planned in 2012 and an Asian Le Mans Series race in 2013, but these ultimately were cancelled.
MotoGP was set to return to Indonesia in 2017, dependent on finding the 15 billion rupiah (approximately 1.12 million USD) required to get the circuit up to FIM Grade 1.[http://m.kompas.com/otomotif/read/2015/11/19/182104615/Indonesia.Resmi.Jadi.Tuan Indonesia Resmi Jadi Tuan Rumah Moto GP 2017], Kompas TV, accessed 20 November 2015. Due to the rapid rise in popularity of Formula One in Indonesia following the debut of Rio Haryanto in 2016, Formula One Management are said to be looking into the viability of holding a race at Sentul provided the upgrades are given the green light, however the plan never materialized, and Dorna Sports would eventually gave the hosting rights for the return of the Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix to the Mandalika Circuit in Lombok instead of Sentul, which was held in March 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodnewsfromindonesia.id/2019/02/21/resmi-sirkuit-mandalika-tuan-rumah-motogp-2021|title=Resmi! Sirkuit Mandalika Tuan Rumah MotoGP 2021|last=Iswara|first=Aditya Jaya|website=Good News From Indonesia|language=id|access-date=2019-04-03}}{{Cite web|title=Sirkuit Mandalika Batal Gelar MotoGP 2021, Seri Indonesia Direncanakan Berlangsung Maret 2022|url=https://www.tribunnews.com/sport/2021/04/09/sirkuit-mandalika-batal-gelar-motogp-2021-seri-indonesia-direncanakan-berlangsung-maret-2022|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Tribunnews.com|language=id-ID}}
Sentul International Circuit continues to host various events but mostly motorbike racing with ISSOM events also held throughout the year. It also hosted the para-cycling road race for the 2018 Asian Para Games.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indonesia.travel/gb/en/trip-ideas/18-sport-s-and-venue-s-you-need-to-know-in-the-asian-para-games-2018|title=18 Sports and Venues You Need To Know in The Asian Para Games 2018!|access-date=2018-11-11}}
Track description
- Track length: {{convert|3.965|km|mi|abbr=on}}
- Width: {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Longest straight: {{convert|900|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- FIA Grade 2 track license {{Cite web|url=https://id.motorsport.com/a1gp/news/a1gp-indonesia-tonggak-kembalinya-balap-dalam-negeri/3159716/|title = Ketika Indonesia jadi tuan rumah "Piala Dunia"| date=17 August 2018 }}
- 50 pit garages
- 2 covered grandstands
Other facilities include:
Lap records
As of October 2018, the fastest official race lap records at the Sentul International Circuit are listed as:
Events
; Current
- April: Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport
- May: Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport
- July: Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport
- August: Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport
- October: Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport
- November: Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport
; Former
- A1 Grand Prix (2 times in 2006)
- Asia Road Racing Championship (1996–2000, 2002–2018)
- Asia Talent Cup (2014)
- Asian Formula Three Championship (2004–2005, 2007)
- Asian Touring Car Championship (2006–2009, 2011)
- Formula 4 South East Asia Championship (2016)
- Formula Asia (1996–1997)
- Formula BMW Asia (2006–2009, 2011)
- Formula V6 Asia (2006–2008)
- GP2 Asia Series (2008)
- Grand Prix motorcycle racing
- Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix (1996–1997)
- Indonesian Grand Prix (1993)
- Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia (2014–2015)
- Oneprix (2007)
- Pertamina 6 Hours Endurance (2024)
- Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (2006–2009)
- Speedcar Series (2008)
- Superbike World Championship (1994–1997)
- Supersport World Series (1997)
Events winners
=Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Season
! Winner 500cc ! Winner 250cc ! Winner 125cc ! Report |
|---|
| 1996
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mick Doohan | {{flagicon|JPN}} Tetsuya Harada | {{flagicon|JPN}} Masaki Tokudome | Report |
| 1997
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tadayuki Okada | {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi | {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi | Report |
=Superbike World Championship=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Season
! Race 1 ! Race 2 ! Report |
|---|
| 1994
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Whitham | {{flagicon|GBR}} Carl Fogarty | Report |
| 1995
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Carl Fogarty | {{flagicon|NZL}} Aaron Slight | Report |
| 1996
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Kocinski | {{flagicon|USA}} John Kocinski | Report |
| 1997
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Kocinski | {{flagicon|GBR}} Carl Fogarty | Report |
=A1 Grand Prix=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Season
! Sprint Race Winner ! Feature Race Winner ! Report |
|---|
| 2005–06
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Lapierre | {{flagicon|CAN}} Sean McIntosh | Report |
| 2006–07
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Jonny Reid | {{flagicon|NZL}} Jonny Reid | Report |
=GP2 Asia=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Season
! Race 1 Winner ! Race 2 Winner ! Report |
|---|
| 2008
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Sébastien Buemi | {{flagicon|MYS}} Fairuz Fauzy | Report |
=Speedcar Series=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Season
! Race 1 Winner ! Race 2 Winner ! Report |
|---|
| 2008
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Alesi | {{flagicon|GER}} Uwe Alzen | Report |
=Asian Formula 3=
Series 2005
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Round
! Race Winner ! Fastest Lap |
|---|
| 10
| {{flagicon|PHI}} Tyson Sy | {{flagicon|PHI}} Tyson Sy (1'24.594) |
| 9
| {{flagicon|PHI}} Tyson Sy | {{flagicon|PHI}} Tyson Sy (1'24.791) |
| 8
| {{flagicon|INA}} Ananda Mikola | {{flagicon|IRL}} John O'Hara (1'25.092) |
| 7
| {{flagicon|IRL}} John O'Hara | {{flagicon|IRL}} John O'Hara (1'25.221) |
Series 2006
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" |
| Round
! Race Winner ! Fastest Lap |
|---|
| 15
| Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 14
| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alistair Jackson (1'25.929) |
| 13
| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow (1'26.011) |
| 12
| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow (1'26.447) |
| 11
| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow (1'26.179) |
| 10
| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow | {{flagicon|GBR}} James Winslow (1'26.167) |
Fatalities
- Iqbal Hakeem - 2019 Private Test.{{Cite news |last=Nurradifan |first=Agilvi Oktora |date=13 January 2019 |title=Kecelakaan di Sentul, Begini Kondisi Ducati Panigale Tunggangannya |trans-title=Accident in Sentul, Here's the Condition of the Ducati Panigale Rike |url=https://www.gridoto.com/read/221600700/kecelakaan-di-sentul-begini-kondisi-ducati-panigale-tunggangannya?page=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101082557/https://www.gridoto.com/read/221600700/kecelakaan-di-sentul-begini-kondisi-ducati-panigale-tunggangannya?page=2 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |work=GridOto |language=Indonesian}}
- Kevin Safaruddin Madria - 2022 Idemitsu bLU CRu Yamaha Sunday Race.{{cite web | url=https://kepri.antaranews.com/berita/129613/kecelakaan-di-sirkuit-sentul-pembalap-muda-kevin-safaruddin-meninggal-dunia | title=Kecelakaan di Sirkuit Sentul, pembalap muda Kevin Safaruddin meninggal dunia | date=29 August 2022 }}
See also
{{Portal|Indonesia}}
References
{{Reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://sentulinternationalcircuit.com/ Official Website]
- [http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Sentul_International_Circuit Trackpedia's guide to racing and driving the Sentul Circuit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070511065514/http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Sentul_International_Circuit |date=11 May 2007 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080912051622/http://www.afos.com/calendar.php?cid=43 Track info from AFOS Official Website]
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