# 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 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), were the team drivers.
Astromega has been involved in A1 Grand Prix since the inaugural season in 2005–06, managing A1 Team China and later A1 Team Portugal.

## Complete series results

A1 Grand Prix results :
| 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 |
| 2006–07 | Lola A1GP-Zytek | 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 :
| 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 |
| 1996 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Guillaume Gomez | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 3rd |
| 1997 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Soheil Ayari | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8th | 7th |
| 1997 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Boris Derichebourg | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14th | 7th |
| 1998 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Gonzalo Rodríguez | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 3rd | 4th |
| 1998 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Gastón Mazzacane | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19th | 4th |
| 1999 | Lola-Zytek | Gonzalo Rodríguez | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3rd | 4th |
| 1999 | Lola-Zytek | Justin Wilson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th | 4th |
| 2000 | Lola-Zytek | Fernando Alonso | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4th | 4th |
| 2000 | Lola-Zytek | Marc Goossens | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11th | 4th |
| 2000 | Lola-Zytek | Fabrice Walfisch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 4th |
| 2001 | Lola-Zytek | Giorgio Pantano | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9th | 7th |
| 2001 | Lola-Zytek | Dino Morelli | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 7th |
| 2001 | Lola-Zytek | Enrico Toccacelo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 7th |
| 2001 | Lola-Zytek | Ananda Mikola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 7th |
| 2002 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Mario Haberfeld | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7th | 6th |
| 2002 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Rob Nguyen | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13th | 6th |
| 2003 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Tony Schmidt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10th | 7th |
| 2003 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13th | 7th |
| 2003 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Michael Keohane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 7th |
| 2004 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Raffaele Giammaria | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8th | 9th |
| 2004 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Jan Heylen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15th | 9th |
| 2004 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Nico Verdonck | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15th | 9th |
| 2004 | Lola-Zytek Judd | Olivier Tielemans | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | 9th |
Euro Formula 3000 results :
| 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 |
| 2005 | Lola B02/50-Zytek | Toni Vilander | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4th † | 4th |
| 2006 | Lola B02/50-Zytek | Oliver Martini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9th † | 7th |
| 2006 | Lola B02/50-Zytek | Jason Tahinci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16th | 7th |
| 2006 | Lola B02/50-Zytek | 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 | 12 | 7 | 4 | | 204 | 1st | 6th |
| 2007 | Tatuus-Renault | Karline Stala | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 1st | 2nd |
| 2007 | Tatuus-Renault | Jack Piper | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 8th | 2nd |