1993 Indonesian Grand Prix Explained

Type:CUST
Description:Formula Holden Race
Country:Indonesia
Grand Prix:Indonesian
Location:Sentul International Circuit, Citeureup, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Date:August 21–22
Year:1993
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:2.56
Course Km:4.12
Distance Laps:2x20
Distance Mi:102.4
Distance Km:164.8
Pole Driver:Mark Larkham
Pole Country:Australia
Pole Team:Larkham Motorsport
Pole Time:1:24.217
First Driver:Mark Larkham
First Country:Australia
First Team:Larkham Motorsport
Second Driver:Paul Stokell
Second Country:Australia
Second Team:Birrana Racing
Third Driver:Graham Watson
Third Country: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 . 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.[1] 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
12Mark LarkhamReynard 91D Holden1:24.217
29Paul StokellReynard 90D Holden1:24.986+0.769
31Mark SkaifeLola T91/50 Holden1:25.551+1.334
4Simon KaneRalt RT21 Holden1:25.976+1.759
570Kevin WeeksReynard 90D Holden
674Chris HockingReynard 90D Holden
778Brian SampsonCheetah Mk.9 Holden
8Mark McLaughlinReynard 90D Holden
95Mark PooleShrike NB89H Holden
10Graham WatsonRalt RT21 Holden
1199Albert CallegherRalt RT21 Holden
12Aswin BaharReynard 90D Holden
1318Chris ClearihanRalt RT20 Holden
148John HermannRalt RT20 Holden
15Tinton SoepraptoReynard 90D Holden
16Amin MahfudReynard 90D Holden
18Colin MilneHocking 911 Holden
193Alan GallowayReynard 90D Holden
20*Tommy SoehartoReynard 92D Mugen-Honda

Race 1

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
12 Mark LarkhamReynard 91D Holden20120
29 Paul StokellReynard 90D Holden20215
3 Graham WatsonRalt RT21 Holden201012
4 Aswin BaharReynard 90D Holden191210
578 Brian SampsonCheetah Mk.9 Holden78
6 Simon KaneRalt RT21 Holden46
71 Mark SkaifeLola T91/50 Holden34
818 Chris ClearihanRalt RT20 Holden133
9 Tinton SoepraptoReynard 90D Holden152
108 John HermannRalt RT20 Holden141
Ret70 Kevin WeeksReynard 90D Holden
Ret74 Chris HockingReynard 90D Holden
Ret5 Mark PooleShrike NB89H Holden
Ret99 Albert CallegherRalt RT21 Holden
Ret3 Alan GallowayReynard 90D Holden
Ret Tommy SoehartoReynard 92D Mugen-Honda

Race 2

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
12 Mark LarkhamReynard 91D Holden20120
29 Paul StokellReynard 90D Holden20215
31 Mark SkaifeLola T91/50 Holden712
4 Simon KaneRalt RT21 Holden610
570 Kevin WeeksReynard 90D Holden8
6 Graham WatsonRalt RT21 Holden36
7 Aswin BaharReynard 90D Holden44
818 Chris ClearihanRalt RT20 Holden83
978 Brian SampsonCheetah Mk.9 Holden52
108 John HermannRalt RT20 Holden101
Ret Tinton SoepraptoReynard 90D Holden9
Ret74 Chris HockingReynard 90D Holden
Ret99 Albert CallegherRalt RT21 Holden
Ret Tommy SoehartoReynard 92D Mugen-Honda
Ret Amin MahfudReynard 90D Holden
DNS5 Mark PooleShrike NB89H Holden

Points

PosDriverR1R2Total
1Mark Larkham202040
2Paul Stokell151530
3Graham Watson12618
4Mark Skaife41216
5Simon Kane61016
6Aswin Bahar10414
7Brian Sampson8210
8Kevin Weeks88
9Chris Clearihan336
10John Hermann112
11Tinton Soeprapto22

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Mark Larkham (50m22s). Rusty's Garage. 18 June 2019.

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