The state-owned operator might be striving to reduce its operating costs by 30% to help ride out the crude price slump, but Pertamina has come up with €5.2 million ($5.65 million) to back local racer Rio Haryanto.
The 23-year-old has also garnered 100 billion rupiah ($7.2 million) from the government via the Indonesian Sports Council in pursuit of his F1 dream.
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