The Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix () is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM

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season. As a response to the

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, this race was dropped from the

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

calendar. In February 2019, it was announced that the Indonesian GP would return in 2021 to be held at the Mandalika International Street Circuit, then under construction in the

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of Central Lombok Regency,

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. The track, claimed to be a street circuit, is the first in Grand Prix motorcycle racing since the

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last staged a Grand Prix as a street circuit in 1986. The Grand Prix races were subsequently postponed until

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due to the

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Official names and sponsors

*1996–1997:

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Indonesian Grand Prix *2022–present: Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia

Winners of the Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

Multiple winners (countries)

By year

References