Circuit designer Hermann Tilke believes🎶 the proposed Palembang track would be ready to host an Indonesian M🔯otoGP round in 2019.

The country is a key market for 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 S🍌entul, which hosted the most recent Indonesian round in 1997.

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

Tilke, hired to🧸 design and construct the proposed Palembang track, told Speedweek.com that 2019 is "realistic" for an Indonesian MotoGP:

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

Following China's exit in 2008, Japan and Malaysia have been the only MotoGP rou💮nds in Asia, albeit with Thailand co💦nfirmed as joining the calendar next season.

Thailand's arrival ꦦcreates 19-rounds, one less than the max꧂imum 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 d✨eparture of an existing event, while official pre-season tests could also be reduced.