Sentul International Circuit, Motorsport racing track in Sentul, Indonesia
Sentul International Circuit is a permanent motor racing circuit in Babakan Madang, Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia. The current layout is a truncated version of the original design, about 40% shorter, running clockwise over 3.965 km with a width of 15 m. Its 900 m main straight leads into the right-hand Turn 1, and the only truly high-speed corner is Turn 2, taken as a complex S bend.
The complex opened in August 1993 and was at the time the first circuit outside Japan in Asia built to Formula One standards. Hutomo Mandala Putra, son of then-president Suharto, launched the project.
The name Sentul comes from the village in Babakan Madang, Bogor Regency. The circuit hosts the Indonesia Sentul Series of Motorsport (ISSOM) in April, May, July, August, October and November, and in 2018 it held the para-cycling road race of the Asian Para Games.
The facility has 50 pit garages and two covered grandstands that offer visitors protection from sun and rain. Due to the tropical climate, it makes sense to wear light clothing and bring enough water.
The 900 m main straight lets bikes reach about 300 km/h before the right-hand Turn 1; the fastest riders then take Turn 2, the track's only truly high-speed corner, as an S-bend at roughly 140 km/h. Cars can hit 220 km/h and bikes 190 km/h on the same stretch.
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