Indonesia set for MotoGP contract extension?
Indonesia's Mandalika circu𝕴it may still be under construction, but the venue is rep▨orted to have already agreed on a substantial MotoGP contract extension.
The twisty tra🦋ck, said to be 30% complete, is due to host its inaugural MotoGP event in 2021.
An initial agreement with the Mandalika Grand Prix Association is then set to expire in 2023, but MGPA's Chief Strategic Communication Officer Happy Harinto told CNNIndonesia.com:

Indonesia's Mandalika circuit may still be under construction, but the venue iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs reported to have already agreed on a substantial MotoGP contract extension.
The twisty ✃track, said to be 30% complete, is due to host its inaugu💎ral MotoGP event in 2021.
An initial agreement with the Mandalika Grand Prix Association is then set to expire in 2023, but MGPA's Chief Strategic Communication Officer Happy Harinto told CNNIndonesia.com:
"We, MGPA as a whole, have held official ta༺lks with Dorna. We have also done correspondence. We have received an approval to hold a MotoGP for 10 years, only we are still preparing the legal [contracts]."
Competing the contracts is expected to take longer than usual due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Harinto insisted circuit construction remain📖🦹ed on course: "Up to now everything is on schedule."
Indonesia last🍷 hosted a MotoGP round in 1997, at Sentul, and spent several years in search of a venue that would meet modern standards before completing the Mandalika deal🃏.
MotoGP is currently aim🐷ing to rescue ten of its planned 20 events this season, but the knock-on effect from the coronavirus is also expected to force changes to the 2021 calendar.
WorldSBK is also set to make its debu💧t ♏;at the Mandilika circuit, which is on the island of Lombok, near Bali, in 2021.
Latest 2020 MotoGP Calendar (April 7) | |||
Round | Date | Race | Circuit |
1 | 8 March | Qatar (MotoGP cancelled) | Losail |
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| Spain (postponed) | Jerez |
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| France (postponed) | Le Mans |
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| Italy (postponed) | Mugello |
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| Catalunya (postponed) | Barcelona |
2 | 21 June | Germany | Sachsenring |
3 | 28 June | Netherlands | TT Circuit Assen |
4 | 12 July | Finland | KymiRing (Subject to homologation) |
5 | 9 August | Czech Republic | Brno |
6 | 16 August | Austria | Red Bull Ring |
7 | 30 August | Great Britain | Silverstone |
8 | 13 September | San Marino | Misano |
9 | 27 September | Aragon | Aragon (rescheduled) |
10 | 4 October | Thailand | Buriram (rescheduled) |
11 | 18 October | Japan | Motegi |
12 | 25 October | Australia | Phillip Island |
13 | 1 November | Malaysia | Sepang |
14 | 15 November | Americas | COTA (rescheduled) |
15 | 22 November | Argentina | Termas de Rio Hondo (rescheduled) |
16 | 29 November | Valencia | Ricardo Tormo (rescheduled) |

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