Team Astromega was a racing team from

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, headquartered in

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and created in 1995 by Mikke

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. The team competed in

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and Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium.

History

Team Astromega was created in 1995 by Belgian

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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

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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

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who became champion. In 2007, Briton Jack Piper and Latvian Karlīne Štāla (who became the first ever woman to win a

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championshipFirst woman to win a single seater
''renault-sport.be'' (2007-10-15)), were the team drivers. Astromega has been involved in

since the inaugural season in 2005–06, managing

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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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Astromega 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