Team Astromega

Team Astromega

Founded	1995
Team principal(s)	Mikke Van Hool Werner Gillis
Current series	A1 Grand Prix Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium
Former series	Superleague Formula Euro Formula 3000 International Formula 3000
Drivers' Championships	2006 FR1.6 Belgium (Dolby) 2007 FR1.6 Belgium (Štāla)

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 championship^[1]), were the team drivers.

Astromega has been involved in A1 Grand Prix since the inaugural season in 2005–06, managing A1 Team China^[2] and later A1 Team Portugal.^[3]

Complete series results

A1 Grand Prix results[4]
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	17th
2007–08	Lola A1GP-Zytek	A1 Team China	20	0	0	4	55	13th
2008–09	A1GP-Ferrari	A1 Team China	14	0	0	0	18	7th

International Formula 3000 Championship Results[5]
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 results[6]
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 Dolby[7]	12	7	4		204	1st	6th
2007	Tatuus-Renault	Karline Stala[8]	12	2	0	2	178	1st	2nd
		Jack Piper[9]	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					2000s
	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08
Formulas	International Formula 3000										Euro F3000
											A1 Grand Prix
												FR 1.6 Belgium

References

External links

• Official website