Team Astromega was a racing team from Belgium, headquartered in Heist-op-den-Berg and created in 1995 by Mikke Van Hool. The team has competed in A1 Grand Prix, Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium and International Formula 3000.
History Team Astromega was created in 1995 by Belgian International Formula 3000 driver Mikke Van Hool, who wanted to drive in his own team. Since 1996, Sam Boyle has been the team manager.
In 2003, Werner Gillis, an expert in financial management, became co-team owner. The same year, Robby Arnott joined the team as chief engineer after working with DAMS racing team.
In 2003, a Belgian Formula Renault 1.6 championship was created and Astromega was selected to organise the technical assistance for the series rookie test with assistance of two drivers from normal and Indoor Karting. Later, in the 2006 championship, Astromega ran a car with British driver Craig Dolby who became champion. In 2007, Briton Jack Piper and Latvian Karlīne Štāla (who became the first ever woman to win a single seaters championshipFirst woman to win a single seater renault-sport.be (2007-10-15)), were the team drivers.
Astromega has been involved in A1 Grand Prix since the inaugural season in 2005–06, managing A1 Team China a1podium.com and later A1 Team Portugal.A1 Team Portugal information a1podium.com
Complete series results A1 Grand Prix resultsA1GP complete resultsresults.a1gp.com Year Car Team Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C. 2005–06 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team China 22 0 0 0 6 22nd 2006–07 Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team China 22 0 0 0 22 15th A1 Team Portugal 8 0 0 0 10 17th2007–08Lola A1GP-Zytek A1 Team China 20 0 0 4 55 13th2008–09A1GP-Ferrari A1 Team China 14 0 0 0 18 7th
International Formula 3000 Championship ResultsGP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 1995 Reynard-Zytek Judd Mikke van Hool 7 0 0 0 0 23rd NC 1996 Lola-Zytek Judd Marc Goossens 10 2 1 0 28 3rd 3rd Guillaume Gomez 8 0 0 0 0 NC 1997 Lola-Zytek Judd Soheil Ayari 10 1 0 0 12 8th 7th Boris Derichebourg 0 0 0 4 14th 1998 Lola-Zytek Judd Gonzalo Rodríguez 12 2 0 2 33 3rd 4th Gastón Mazzacane 11 0 0 0 2 19th 1999 Lola-Zytek Gonzalo Rodríguez 8 1 0 1 27 3rd 4th Justin Wilson 10 0 0 0 2 18th 2000 Lola-Zytek Fernando Alonso 10 1 1 2 17 4th 4th Marc Goossens 4 0 0 1 6 11th Fabrice Walfisch 6 0 0 0 0 NC 2001 Lola-Zytek Giorgio Pantano 12 1 0 3 12 9th 7th Dino Morelli 5 0 0 0 0 NC Enrico Toccacelo 4 0 0 0 0 NC Ananda Mikola 3 0 0 0 0 NC 2002 Lola-Zytek Judd Mario Haberfeld 12 0 0 0 18 7th 6th Rob Nguyen 12 0 0 0 2 13th 2003 Lola-Zytek Judd Tony Schmidt 10 0 0 0 14 10th 7th Jeffrey van Hooydonk 5 0 0 0 9 13th Michael Keohane 2 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 Lola-Zytek Judd Raffaele Giammaria 9 0 0 0 27 8th 9th Jan Heylen 4 0 0 0 1 15th Nico Verdonck 9 0 0 0 1 15th Olivier Tielemans 5 0 0 0 0 NC
Euro Formula 3000 resultsEuro Formula 3 complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2005 Lola B02/50-Zytek Giacomo Ricci 8 0 0 1 33 3rd 4th Toni Vilander 10 1 1 1 12 4th † 2006 Lola B02/50-Zytek Oliver Martini 2 0 0 0 6 9th † 7th Jason Tahinci 2 0 0 0 4 16th Tuka Rocha 2 0 0 0 0 4th †
Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium results Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2006 Tatuus-Renault Craig DolbyDolby career results driverdb.com 12 7 4 204 1st 6th 2007 Tatuus-Renault Karline StalaStala career results driverdb.com 12 2 0 2 178 1st 2nd Jack PiperPiper career results driverdb.com 12 0 0 1 89 8th † These drivers also drove for other teams during the season and their final positions include all team results. D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.
Timeline Type 1990s 2000s9596979899000102030405060708 Formulas International Formula 3000 Euro F3000 A1 Grand Prix FR 1.6 Belgium
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