Team Astromega was a racing team from
Belgium
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, headquartered in
Heist-op-den-Berg
Heist-op-den-Berg () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Heist-op-den-Berg proper (including the hamlets: Heist-Goor, Heist-Station, Zonderschot, Heist-Centrum and Bruggeneinde), the villages of ...
and created in 1995 by Mikke
Van Hool
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Most of the buses and coaches are built entirely by Van Hool, with engines and axle ...
. The team competed in
A1 Grand Prix
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and
Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium.
History
Team Astromega was created in 1995 by Belgian
International Formula 3000
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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
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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
Craig Dolby (born 31 March 1988 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England) is a British racing driver. He has raced in Formula Renault series around the world for most of his career, winning the Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium championship in 200 ...
who became champion. In 2007, Briton Jack Piper and Latvian
Karlīne Štāla
Karlīne Štāla (born 5 March 1986) is a Auto racing, race car driver from Latvia.
Career history
Karting
Stala enter in Kart racing, karting series in 2000.
* 2000 : 6th in Latvian championship, KF2, ICA junior class
* 2001 : Latvian champio ...
(who became the first ever woman to win a
single seaters
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championship
[First woman to win a single seater]
''renault-sport.be'' (2007-10-15)), were the team drivers.
Astromega has been involved in
A1 Grand Prix
A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most for ...
since the inaugural season in
2005–06, managing
A1 Team China
A1 Team China was the Chinese team of A1 Grand Prix, a now defunct international racing series.
Management
The seat holder ''A1 Team China'' is Liu Yu (刘煜). Werner Gillis is the team principal, and technical support is provided by Team Ast ...
and later
A1 Team Portugal.
A1 Team Portugal information
''a1podium.com''
Complete series results
* † 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
References
External links
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Belgian auto racing teams
Auto racing teams established in 1995
1995 establishments in Belgium
Formula Renault teams
International Formula 3000 teams
A1 Grand Prix racing teams
Superleague Formula teams
Auto GP teams
Team Astromega
Team Astromega was a racing team from Belgium, headquartered in Heist-op-den-Berg and created in 1995 by Mikke Van Hool. The team competed in A1 Grand Prix and Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium.
History
Team Astromega was created in 1995 by Belgian In ...