1993 Indonesian Grand Prix

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. It was the first race held at the newly constructed state-owned racetrack, built in an attempt to secure a Formula One Grand Prix, specifically for the 1994 Formula One season.

1993 Indonesian Grand Prix
Formula Holden Race
Race details
Date August 21–22 1993
Location Sentul International Circuit, Citeureup, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.12 km (2.56 mi)
Distance 2x20 laps, 164.8 km (102.4 mi)
Pole position
Driver Larkham Motor Sport
Time 1:24.217
Podium
First Larkham Motor Sport
Second Birrana Racing
Third Gibson Motor Sport

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.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoNatDriverCarLapGap
1 2 Mark Larkham Reynard 91D Holden 1:24.217
2 9 Paul Stokell Reynard 90D Holden 1:24.986 +0.769
3 1 Mark Skaife Lola T91/50 Holden 1:25.551 +1.334
4 Simon Kane Ralt RT21 Holden 1:25.976 +1.759
5 70 Kevin Weeks Reynard 90D Holden
6 74 Chris Hocking Reynard 90D Holden
7 78 Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk.9 Holden
8 Mark McLaughlin Reynard 90D Holden
9 5 Mark Poole Shrike NB89H Holden
10 Graham Watson Ralt RT21 Holden
11 99 Albert Callegher Ralt RT21 Holden
12 Aswin Bahar Reynard 90D Holden
13 18 Chris Clearihan Ralt RT20 Holden
14 8 John Hermann Ralt RT20 Holden
15 Tinton Soeprapto Reynard 90D Holden
16 Amin Mahfud Reynard 90D Holden
18 Colin Milne Hocking 911 Holden
19 3 Alan Galloway Reynard 90D Holden
20* 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

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 2 Mark Larkham Reynard 91D Holden 20 1 20
2 9 Paul Stokell Reynard 90D Holden 20 2 15
3 Graham Watson Ralt RT21 Holden 20 10 12
4 Aswin Bahar Reynard 90D Holden 19 12 10
5 78 Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk.9 Holden 7 8
6 Simon Kane Ralt RT21 Holden 4 6
7 1 Mark Skaife Lola T91/50 Holden 3 4
8 18 Chris Clearihan Ralt RT20 Holden 13 3
9 Tinton Soeprapto Reynard 90D Holden 15 2
10 8 John Hermann Ralt RT20 Holden 14 1
Ret 70 Kevin Weeks Reynard 90D Holden
Ret 74 Chris Hocking Reynard 90D Holden
Ret 5 Mark Poole Shrike NB89H Holden
Ret 99 Albert Callegher Ralt RT21 Holden
Ret 3 Alan Galloway Reynard 90D Holden
Ret Tommy Soeharto Reynard 92D Mugen-Honda

Race 2

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 2 Mark Larkham Reynard 91D Holden 20 1 20
2 9 Paul Stokell Reynard 90D Holden 20 2 15
3 1 Mark Skaife Lola T91/50 Holden 7 12
4 Simon Kane Ralt RT21 Holden 6 10
5 70 Kevin Weeks Reynard 90D Holden 8
6 Graham Watson Ralt RT21 Holden 3 6
7 Aswin Bahar Reynard 90D Holden 4 4
8 18 Chris Clearihan Ralt RT20 Holden 8 3
9 78 Brian Sampson Cheetah Mk.9 Holden 5 2
10 8 John Hermann Ralt RT20 Holden 10 1
Ret Tinton Soeprapto Reynard 90D Holden 9
Ret 74 Chris Hocking Reynard 90D Holden
Ret 99 Albert Callegher Ralt RT21 Holden
Ret Tommy Soeharto Reynard 92D Mugen-Honda
Ret Amin Mahfud Reynard 90D Holden
DNS 5 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. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  • Normoyle, Steve (1993). "Australian Motor Racing Year 1993/94". 23. Chevron Publishing Group: 166–170. ISSN 0158-4138. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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