Saingan MotoGP kembali ke Indonesia dengan Litar Mandalika menjadi tuan rumah terbaru selepas 25 tahun.
Aksi di kelas premier menyaksikan pelumba KTM, Miguel Oliveira muncul juara diikuti Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) kedua dan Johann Zarco (Pramac) ketiga.
Meskipun perlumbaan kali ini berjalan dengan penuh aksi apabila pelumba terpaksa menempuh litar yang basah kuyup namun senario yang berlaku sebelum perlumbaan paling mencuri tumpuan.
Ini kerana seorang bomoh hujan telah dipanggil dalam usaha menolak hujan lebat yang menimpa Litar Mandalika pada Ahad sekaligus menjejaskan perlumbaan.
Bomoh wanita tersebut telah dirakam berjalan di kawasan pit dan menuju ke grid sambil memegang mangkuk sewaktu menjalankan ritual tolak hujan.
Ini kerana keadaan hujan lebat telah memaksa perlumbaan kelas premier tergendala lebih satu jam.
Memetik laporan berita Indonesia, bomoh hujan dikenali dengan nama Rara Istiani Wulandri itu memaklumkan bahawa dia sering mengawasi acara besar di negara itu.
“Saya merupakan pawang hujan yang disyorkan oleh Erick Thohir (Menteri Badan Usaha Milik Negara) dan sering mengawasi acara Presiden Jokowi, bersama-sama pasukan penyelaras lapangan untuk mengubah suai cuaca dengan kuasa doa.
“Di sini, saya telah diminta untuk turunkan suhu agar lembap dan sejuk dengan sedikit hujan.
“Kita di Indonesia sudah biasa dengan iklim tropika, tetapi pelumba dari luar negara minta cuaca sejuk. Saya minta sokongan untuk semua berjalan dengan baik,” jelasnya.
Bagaimanapun, hujan di Lombok tidak berhenti seperti diharapkan namun cukup untuk membolehkan perlumbaan berlangsung dan menyaksikan Oliveira merekodkan kemenangan pertama musim ini.
Difahamkan, Rara juga terlibat memanggil hujan pada 9 hingga 11 Mac lalu bagi membantu menyejukan trek selepas Litar Mandalika diturap kali kedua sempena pusingan kedua MotoGP. – Awani
Baru-baru ini, MotoGP mengadakan ujian pra-musim kedua di Litar Mandalika, Indonesia.
Litar Mandalika merupakan litar terbaru yang dibangunkan negara itu dan bakal sertai kalendar MotoGP bagi musim 2022.
Meskipun MotoGP sendiri menyifatkan Litar Mandalika antara yang tercantik pernah dibina namun terdapat beberapa ‘cerita’ di luar pagar litar itu yang mencuri tumpuan.
Salah seorang jurugambar profesional MotoGP, telah memuat naik gambar ke akaun Instagram rasmi pasukan Repsol Honda.
Gambar tersebut memaparkan pelumba Honda, Marc Marquez sedang melakukan ujian namun apa yang menarik, gambar tersebut turut memaparkan tiga lelaki berkain pelikat yang menyaksikan dengan rapat sesi ujian tersebut.
Tiga individu tersebut dikenali sebagai Sibawaeh, 53, Medan, 47 dan Amaq Manim, 57.
Difahamkan, kelibat mereka disitu bukan sebagai peminat MotoGP malah merupana pemilik sebahagian tanah yang telah diambil bagi tujuan pembinaan Litar Mandalika.
Berdasarkan laporan, meskipun Litar Mandalika telah siap sepenuhnya namun urusan penjualan dan pembayaran tanah tersebut masih belum diselesaikan Perbadanan Pembangunan Pelancongan Indonesia (ITDC).
Sibawaeh mendedahkan masih tiada sebarang bayaran dilunaskan meskipun tanah seluas 3.5 hektar miliknya telah diambil.
“Bunyi deruan motor ini buat hati saya sakit. Sedih mengenangkan nasib kami, tanah tergadai, duit tak dapat.
“Kami tidak sedar gambar kami dirakam ketika menyaksikan sesi ujian itu dan dalam hati kami terdetik bilakah masalah (jual tanah) ini akan selesai,” jelasnya.
Sebelum ini, pembangunan Litar Mandalika turut dikecam Jawatankuasa Hak Asasi Manusia Persatuan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) yang disifatkan telah mencabul hak asasi orang asli di Kepulauan Lombok. – Utusan Online
Indonesia plans to sell an only electric motorcycle to replace the conventional combustion engine by 2040.
According to the country’s energy minister Arifin Tasrif, Indonesia is looking at selling electric motorcycle by 2040 and electric cars by 2050.
The move is expected to boost electric mobility in South East Asia as the country currently sold an average of 6.5 million and around 1 million cars every year.
Based on data from 2019, Indonesia currently has more than 112 million motorcycles and 15 million cars on the road.
The new initiative is laid out as part of the national plan to curb air pollution as major cities such as Jakarta is among the country’s most polluted cities.
In April, Indonesia’s e-hailing giant, Gojek, aims to use only Electric Vehicle (including cars and motorcycles) by 2030.
(source: The Star)
Sekumpulan peminat cilik MotoGP di Indonesia telah mencipta semula aksi perlumbaan dua roda popular dunia itu di sebuah ladang kelapa sawit.
Menggunakan apa yang ada, kanak-kanak ini berjaya ‘menghidupkan’ suasana ala MotoGP terutamanya ketika sebelum perlumbaan dengan kehadiran ‘gadis’ litar memegang payung daripada daun pisang.
Saksikan perlumbaan terbabit di bawah:
Apa yang mencuri perhatian, ketika perlumbaan ada diantara mereka yang berhenti untuk mendapatkan aiskrim!
Ditambah pula dengan ulasan daripada perlumbaan MotoGP sebenar, video berdurasi lebih 4 minit itu ternyata menghiburkan.
Insiden ‘pelanggaran’ ikonik di antara Marc Marquez dan Valentino Rossi turut dimainkan semula!
More than 400 Gojek riders protested outside the Malaysian embassy in Jakarta yesterday.
The demonstrations were held to protests against the disparaging remarks made by Big Blue Taxi founder Dato’ Shamsubahrin Ismail in a video. Shamsubahrin said that the e-hailing service is meant for “poor” people like those in Jakarta, Indonesia, besides Thailand and Cambodia.
“This (Indonesia) is a poor country. We (Malaysia) are a rich country. If Indonesia’s youths are any good, they would not leave their country to look for a job,” he said in the video.
The video was circulated all the way to Indonesia where it infuriated Gojek riders. Gojek spokeswoman Theresia Ismiyanti demanded that Shamsubahrin travel to Indonesia to apologize publicly.
Shamsubahrin held a press conference on 30th August to apologize but blamed a “media report” on poverty in Indonesia, instead. He also sent a letter to the Malaysian embassy in Indonesia. It was since handed to the Garda association of motorcycle workers by the Malaysian Police Attaché.
However, the riders and Indonesians were unsatisfied with the apology and continued their demand for Shamsubahrin to visit the country. They even raised funds for him to travel there.
Shamsubahrin spouted the claims when he protested against the government’s desire to allow Gojek to operate here. To his credit, he suggested that Malaysian-based Dego Ride should be given priority over Gojek.
A motorcycle thief passed out after being chased relentlessly by the owner of the motorcycle he stole.
Tanah Abang Police Chief Sr. Adj. Comr. Lukman Cahyono said the thief had stolen a motorcycle outside a house.
The owner of the motorcycle had left the engine on while warming it up. The thief saw his opportunity and jumped on it and rode off.
But his thoughts of an easy score was dashed when the owner gave chase on another motorcycle. The chase kept up until Tanah Abang in Central Jakarta. By then the engine of the stolen motorcycle had given up and sputtered to a halt.
The thief got off and ran on foot, while still being hounded by the motorcycle owner. Finding himself cornered, he decided to jump into flood canal (a large storm drain) and tried to swim away.
However, he fainted from exhaustion after pulling himself up on the far bank.
The police arrested the GTA-wannabe while he was still unconscious. The owner of the motorcycle recovered his vehicle and brought it home.
Source: Jakarta Post
We know for many years that Indonesia is the largest market for motorcycles in the ASEAN region, but it was a toss-up between them and Vietnam.
However, new data by the ASEAN Automotive Federation (AAF) and Federation of Asian Motorcycle Industries (FAMI) confirmed that the largest number of motorcycles sold in 2018 was in Indonesia.
In that year alone, motorcycle manufacturers and distributors in the Republic of 260 million souls moved a total of 6,383,111 units. That number represents a whopping 47% of all motorcycle sales in the ASEAN region. In terms of ratio, 1 out of 40.7 persons bought a motorcycle.
The second largest market in 2018 was Vietnam, with 3,386,097 units moved. The population of the country is 94 million. Converting that to a ratio, 1 out of 27.7 persons purchased a bike.
So, although Indonesia contributed the larger total, more Vietnamese bought motorcycles. It could also means that there’s still much space for motorcycle sales, if we know the current motorcycle population in each country.
Anyhow, in third was Thailand with 1,788,323 bikes sold. The Kingdom’s motorcycle market looks to be reaching a saturation point. The Philippines followed closely with 1,582,901 units. Malaysia contributed a distant but not entirely small 494,254. Last was Singapore with 10,377 bikes.
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