Circui🌼t designer Hermann Tilke believes the proposed Palembang track would be ready to host an Indonesian MotoGP round in 2019.

The country is a key market f♎or MotoGP and Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has indicated it will be granted a return to the calendar once the necessary circuit and infrastructure requirements are met.

Indonesia's first option was to upgrade Sentul, wh🦂ich hosted the most recent Indonesian roun𝕴d in 1997.

However the project stalled and focus has switched to the creation of a brand new circuit in Palembang, South Sumatra, which will benefit from infrastructure development tied in with t๊he 2018 Asian Games.

Tilke, hired to des🃏ign and construct the proposed Palembang track, told Speedweek.com that 2019 is "realistic" for an Indon🃏esian MotoGP:

"Whether it actually takes place in 2019 or 2020, I cannot say. But from꧑ our side as builder, 2019 is realistic."

Following China's exit in 2008, Japan and Malaysia have&nb👍sp;been the only MotoG🉐P rounds in Asia, albeit with Thailand confirmed as joining the calendar next season.

Thailand's arrival creates 19-rounds, one less than the maximum of 20 events agreed♏ under the present commercial contract between the MotoGP teams and Dorna.

With Finland also due on the calendar in 2019, Indonesia's long-awaited return could mean the departure of 🐽an existing event, while official pre-season tests could als𒉰o be reduced.