1993 Indonesian Grand Prix

CUST Formula Holden Race Indonesia Sental International Circuit.svg Indonesian Sentul International Circuit, Citeureup, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia August 21–22 1993 Permanent racing facility 2.56 4.12 2x20 102.4 164.8 Mark Larkham Australia Larkham Motorsport 1:24.217 Mark Larkham Australia Larkham Motorsport Paul Stokell Australia Birrana Racing Graham Watson Australia The 1993 Indonesian Grand Prix was a Formula Brabham race held on August 21–22, 1993 at the Sentul International Circuit near Citeureup, Indonesia. It was the first round of a two event Pan-Pacific series for the Australian-based Formula Brabham category. Summary The 1993 was the first race held at the newly constructed state-owned Sentul International Circuit, built in an attempt to secure a Formula One Grand Prix from 1994 onwards. With no local form of open wheel motor racing occurring in Indonesia (as it had been several years since a motor racing circuit had operated in the country), organisers looked into importing a field of racing. After investigating the potential costs of importing the European Formula 3000 Championship and several Formula 3 series, the geographically closer Australian Formula Brabham series was selected. To increase local interest, a selection of Indonesian drivers were brought in to fill the field. These were led by Tommy Suharto, son of incumbent Indonesian president Suharto, but also included Tinton Soeprapto (father of Ananda Mikola and Moreno Soeprapto) and leading Indonesian driving instructor Aswin Bahar id. For Suharto's protection, a 300m long pane of bulletproof glass was installed around the main grandstand and Indonesian military were stationed in the surrounding mountainside. 1989 Driver to Europe champion Mark Larkham qualified on pole for the two-legged affair ahead of Paul Stokell and reigning CAMS Gold Star winner Mark Skaife. The leading local entrant was Bahar in 12th. Rival competitors were forced into signing a waiver allowing Suharto to compete with a Mugen-Honda V8 Formula 3000 engine in his car (compared to the regular Holden V6) but in the interests of fairness he was required to start from the back of the grid. Larkham went on to win both races as Suharto crashed at the first corner of the first heat in his overpowered Reynard.https://podbay.fm/p/rustys-garage/e/1560783600 Mark Larkham (50m22s) Rusty's Garage 18 June 2019 Stokell trailed home Larkham in each heat, followed by Graham Watson in Heat 1 and Skaife in Heat 2. Bahar remained the best local with a fourth-placed finish in the opening race. Classification Qualifying Pos No Nat Driver Car Lap Gap 1 2 Australia Mark Larkham Reynard 91D Holden 1:24.217 2 9 Australia Paul Stokell Reynard 90D Holden 1:24.986 +0.769 3 1 Australia Mark Skaife Lola T91/50 Holden 1:25.551 +1.334 4 Australia Simon Kane Ralt RT21 Holden 1:25.976 +1.759 5 70 Australia Kevin Weeks Reynard 90D Holden 6 74 Australia Chris Hocking Reynard 90D Holden 7 78 Australia Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk.9 Holden 8 Australia Mark McLaughlin Reynard 90D Holden 9 5 Australia Mark Poole Shrike NB89H Holden 10 Australia Graham Watson Ralt RT21 Holden 11 99 Australia Albert Callegher Ralt RT21 Holden 12 Indonesia Aswin Bahar Reynard 90D Holden 13 18 Australia Chris Clearihan Ralt RT20 Holden 14 8 Australia John Hermann Ralt RT20 Holden 15 Indonesia Tinton Soeprapto Reynard 90D Holden 16 Indonesia Amin Mahfud Reynard 90D Holden 18 Australia Colin Milne Hocking 911 Holden 19 3 Australia Alan Galloway Reynard 90D Holden 20* Indonesia Tommy Soeharto Reynard 92D Mugen-Honda Tommy Soeharto, the youngest son of then Indonesian president Suharto, qualified 17th but engine problems forced the team to replace the V6 Holden engine with a V8 Mugen-Honda Formula 3000 engine and only started with the approval of the other competitors. Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Australia Mark Larkham Reynard 91D Holden 20 1 20 2 9 Australia Paul Stokell Reynard 90D Holden 20 2 15 3 Australia Graham Watson Ralt RT21 Holden 20 10 12 4 Indonesia Aswin Bahar Reynard 90D Holden 19 12 10 5 78 Australia Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk.9 Holden 7 8 6 Australia Simon Kane Ralt RT21 Holden 4 6 7 1 Australia Mark Skaife Lola T91/50 Holden 3 4 8 18 Australia Chris Clearihan Ralt RT20 Holden 13 3 9 Indonesia Tinton Soeprapto Reynard 90D Holden 15 2 10 8 Australia John Hermann Ralt RT20 Holden 14 1 Ret 70 Australia Kevin Weeks Reynard 90D Holden Ret 74 Australia Chris Hocking Reynard 90D Holden Ret 5 Australia Mark Poole Shrike NB89H Holden Ret 99 Australia Albert Callegher Ralt RT21 Holden Ret 3 Australia Alan Galloway Reynard 90D Holden Ret Indonesia Tommy Soeharto Reynard 92D Mugen-Honda Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Australia Mark Larkham Reynard 91D Holden 20 1 20 2 9 Australia Paul Stokell Reynard 90D Holden 20 2 15 3 1 Australia Mark Skaife Lola T91/50 Holden 7 12 4 Australia Simon Kane Ralt RT21 Holden 6 10 5 70 Australia Kevin Weeks Reynard 90D Holden 8 6 Australia Graham Watson Ralt RT21 Holden 3 6 7 Indonesia Aswin Bahar Reynard 90D Holden 4 4 8 18 Australia Chris Clearihan Ralt RT20 Holden 8 3 9 78 Australia Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk.9 Holden 5 2 10 8 Australia John Hermann Ralt RT20 Holden 10 1 Ret Indonesia Tinton Soeprapto Reynard 90D Holden 9 Ret 74 Australia Chris Hocking Reynard 90D Holden Ret 99 Australia Albert Callegher Ralt RT21 Holden Ret Indonesia Tommy Soeharto Reynard 92D Mugen-Honda Ret Indonesia Amin Mahfud Reynard 90D Holden DNS 5 Australia Mark Poole Shrike NB89H Holden Points Pos Driver R1 R2 Total 1 Mark Larkham 20 20 40 2 Paul Stokell 15 15 30 3 Graham Watson 12 6 18 4 Mark Skaife 4 12 16 5 Simon Kane 6 10 16 6 Aswin Bahar 10 4 14 7 Brian Sampson 8 2 10 8 Kevin Weeks 8 8 9 Chris Clearihan 3 3 6 10 John Hermann 1 1 2 11 Tinton Soeprapto 2 2 References Indonesian Grand Prix 1993, Sentul (RI) Unofficial F3000 http://uk.geocities.com/unofficialf3000/nonchampionship/indonesia93.htm 2008-04-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20091019104934/http://uk.geocities.com/unofficialf3000/nonchampionship/indonesia93.htm 2009-10-19 dead Australian Motor Racing Year 1993/94 Normoyle Steve Australian Motor Racing Yearbook Chevron Publishing Group 23 1993 0158-4138 166–170 Category:Indonesian Grand Prix Grand Prix Indonesian Grand Prix Category:Formula Holden Category:Grand Prix race reports Category:August 1993 sports events in Asia