Mandalika꧟, the new Indonesian circuit that will host MotoGP and World Superbike events, has a capacity of 188,000 spectators.

But&💦nbsp;ongoing Covid restrictions - Reuters estimates Indonesia has vaccinated 18% of it's vast 270-million population - means only a fraction of that crowd capacity&nb🐠sp;are likely to be present for the inaugural WorldSBK event in November and following MotoGP test (February) and race (March).

The Mandalika Grand🔥 Prix Association estimates 20-30,000 𝓡spectators or around 15% of the circuit's maximum will be possible for the upcoming rounds.

“We obviously want to have events that are safe for everyone, and that's basically our main goal. If we are allowed to have an audience at Mandalika, we w🉐ill see a percentage of the total capacity. And because we sit in a very large o🔴pen area and it's an open environment, to have 20-30,000 spectators per day means 15% of the capacity," said MGPA CEO Ricky Baheramsjah.

“It's a very small number, but the most important thing is to learn from other circuits that alr♉eady hold motorsport events with large audiences to see what their guidelines and proce🔴dures are, so we can adapt them and we work with the government.

"We just don't want to waste the opportunity for spectat⛄ors 🔴to come and watch a World Superbike event, or any future MotoGP event."

Happy Harinto, MGPA's Director of Stꦺrategy and Communication, added: "It is very difficult to hold a race like this [in the midst of a pandemic], but we are waiting for instructions from the government whether it is allowed with spectators or not.

"But what is clear, we from the M𒈔GPA are ready… the track has been completed, and the [remaining] fꦍacilities are just a matter of time.

"Our hope with World Superbike is that it can be a warm-up for future events such asဣ the pre-season test and the Indonesiaওn MotoGP itself."

The 188,000 Mandalika spectator capacity includes 50,000 gran🐻dstand seats.

The only non-European MotoGP events so far held since the start of the Covid pandemic are this year's season-opening Qatar rounds. The other 'flyaways' have all been cancelled with the exception of COTA in Texas, 💯still planned for October 1-3, and Argentina, which officially remains 'postponed'.