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{{Motor racing team
| name           = {{flagicon|BEL}} Team Astromega
| logo           = 
| founded        = 1995
| principal      = {{flagicon|BEL}} Mikke Van Hool<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} Werner Gillis
| current series = [[A1 Grand Prix]]<br>[[Formula Renault|Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium]]
| former series  = [[Superleague Formula]]<br>[[Auto GP|Euro Formula 3000]]<br>[[International Formula 3000]]
| driver titles  = 2006 [[Formula Renault|FR1.6 Belgium]] <small>([[Craig Dolby|Dolby]])</small><br>2007 [[Formula Renault|FR1.6 Belgium]] <small>([[Karlīne Štāla|Štāla]])</small>
| team titles    = 
| folded         = 
}}

'''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|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 [[Open-wheel car|single seaters]] championship<ref name=first>[http://www.renault-sport.be/newsdet.asp?ref=244 First woman to win a single seater] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104234821/http://www.renault-sport.be/newsdet.asp?ref=244 |date=2007-11-04 }} ''renault-sport.be'' (2007-10-15)</ref>), were the team drivers.

Astromega has been involved in [[A1 Grand Prix]] since the inaugural season in [[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005–06]], managing [[A1 Team China]]<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070629091333/http://a1podium.com/teamCHN.php A1 Team China information]}} ''a1podium.com''</ref> and later [[A1 Team Portugal]].<ref>[http://a1podium.com/teamCHNPOR.php A1 Team Portugal information]{{dead link|date=February 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''a1podium.com''</ref>

==Complete series results==
{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="font-size:95%; width:590px"
!colspan=9| [[A1 Grand Prix]] results<ref>[http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012005&c=0 A1GP complete] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226151025/http://results.a1gp.com/cp.php?l=0&d=201&r=2012005&c=0 |date=2007-12-26 }} ''resultsresults.a1gp.com''</ref>
|-
! Year
! Car
! Team
! Races
! Wins
! Poles
! Fast laps
! Points
! T.C.
|-
! '''[[2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season|2005–06]]'''
| [[A1 Grand Prix car|Lola A1GP]]-[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[A1 Team China]]
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 22nd
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season|2006–07]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[A1 Grand Prix car|Lola A1GP]]-[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[A1 Team China]]
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 15th
|-
| {{flagicon|PRT}} [[A1 Team Portugal]]
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 17th
|-
!'''[[2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season|2007–08]]'''
|[[A1 Grand Prix car|Lola A1GP]]-[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[A1 Team China]]
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 55
| 13th
|-
!'''[[2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season|2008–09]]'''
|[[A1GP Powered by Ferrari car|A1GP-Ferrari]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[A1 Team China]]
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 7th
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; width:590px"
!colspan=10| [[International Formula 3000|International Formula 3000 Championship]] Results<ref>[http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000/gp2_series_fia_formula_3000.php GP2 and Formula 3000 entrylist and complete results] ''speedsportmag.com''</ref>
|-
! Year
! Car
! Drivers
! Races
! Wins
! Poles
! Fast laps
! Points
! D.C.
! T.C.
|-
! '''[[1995 International Formula 3000 season|1995]]'''
| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]]-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Mikke van Hool]]
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23rd
| NC
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[1996 International Formula 3000 season|1996]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Goossens]]
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 28
| 3rd
|rowspan=2| 3rd
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Guillaume Gomez]]
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[1997 International Formula 3000 season|1997]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Soheil Ayari]]
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 8th
|rowspan=2| 7th
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Boris Derichebourg]]
| 
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14th
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[1998 International Formula 3000 season|1998]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| {{flagicon|URY}} [[Gonzalo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Gonzalo Rodríguez]]
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 33
| 3rd
|rowspan=2| 4th
|-
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gastón Mazzacane]]
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 19th
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[1999 International Formula 3000 season|1999]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|URY}} [[Gonzalo Rodríguez (racing driver)|Gonzalo Rodríguez]]
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 27
| 3rd
|rowspan=2| 4th
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18th
|-
!rowspan=3| '''[[2000 International Formula 3000 season|2000]]'''
|rowspan=3| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Alonso]]
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 17
| 4th
|rowspan=3| 4th
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Goossens]]
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 11th
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Fabrice Walfisch]]
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
!rowspan=4| '''[[2001 International Formula 3000 season|2001]]'''
|rowspan=4| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giorgio Pantano]]
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 9th
|rowspan=4| 7th
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Dino Morelli]]
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Enrico Toccacelo]]
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
| {{flagicon|IDN}} [[Ananda Mikola]]
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[2002 International Formula 3000 season|2002]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mario Haberfeld]]
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 7th
|rowspan=2| 6th
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rob Nguyen]]
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13th
|-
!rowspan=3| '''[[2003 International Formula 3000 season|2003]]'''
|rowspan=3| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Tony Schmidt]]
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 10th
|rowspan=3| 7th
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jeffrey van Hooydonk]]
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 13th
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Michael Keohane (racing driver)|Michael Keohane]]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|-
!rowspan=4| '''[[2004 International Formula 3000 season|2004]]'''
|rowspan=4| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Zytek]] [[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Raffaele Giammaria]]
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 8th
|rowspan=4| 9th
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jan Heylen]]
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15th
|-
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Nico Verdonck]]
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15th
|-
| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Olivier Tielemans]]
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| NC
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; width:590px"
!colspan=10| [[Auto GP|Euro Formula 3000]] results<ref>[http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formel_3000_euroseries/formel_3000_euroseries.php Euro Formula 3 complete results] ''speedsportmag.com''</ref>
|-
! Year
! Car
! Drivers
! Races
! Wins
! Poles
! Fast laps
! Points
! D.C.
! T.C.
|-
!rowspan=2| '''[[2005 Italian Formula 3000 season|2005]]'''
|rowspan=2| [[Lola Cars|Lola B02/50]]-[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacomo Ricci]]
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 33
| 3rd
|rowspan=2| 4th
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Toni Vilander]]
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 12
| 4th †
|-
!rowspan=3| '''[[2006 Euroseries 3000 season|2006]]'''
|rowspan=3| [[Lola Cars|Lola B02/50]]-[[Zytek Engineering|Zytek]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Oliver Martini]]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9th †
|rowspan=2| 7th
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} [[Jason Tahinci]]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 16th
|-
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tuka Rocha]]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4th  †
|}

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%; width:590px"
!colspan=10| [[Formula Renault|Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium]] results
|-
! Year
! Car
! Drivers
! Races
! Wins
! Poles
! Fast laps
! Points
! D.C.
! T.C.
|-
! '''2006'''
| [[Tatuus]]-[[Renault]]
| '''{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Craig Dolby]]'''<ref>[http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver901.html Dolby career results] ''driverdb.com''</ref>
| '''12'''
| '''7'''
| '''4'''
| 
| '''204'''
| '''1st'''
| 6th
|-
!rowspan=2| '''2007'''
|rowspan=2| [[Tatuus]]-[[Renault]]
| '''{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Karline Stala]]'''<ref>[http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver8833.html Stala career results] ''driverdb.com''</ref>
| '''12'''
| '''2'''
| '''0'''
| '''2'''
| '''178'''
| '''1st'''
|rowspan=2| 2nd
|-
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Jack Piper]]<ref>[http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver12586.html Piper career results] ''driverdb.com''</ref>
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 89
| 8th 
|}
<small><div>
* † 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.</div></small>

==Timeline==
{| style="margin: 0.5em auto; clear: both; font-size:80%;" class="toccolours"
|-
|align=center rowspan=2 width=80 style="background:#EFEFEF;"| '''Type'''
|align=center colspan=5 style="background:#EFEFEF;"| 1990s
|align=center colspan=9 style="background:#EFEFEF;"| 2000s
|- align=center style="background:#EFEFEF;"
|width=20|95
|width=20|96
|width=20|97
|width=20|98
|width=20|99
|width=20|00
|width=20|01
|width=20|02
|width=20|03
|width=20|04
|width=20|05
|width=20|06
|width=20|07
|width=20|08
|- align=center
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" rowspan=3| [[Formula racing|Formulas]]
|colspan=10 style="background:#C0C0C0;"| [[International Formula 3000]]
|colspan= 2 style="background:#C0C0C0;"| [[Auto GP|Euro F3000]]
|colspan= 2 style="background:#E0E0E0;"|
|- align=center
|colspan=10 style="background:#E0E0E0;"|
|colspan= 4 style="background:#C0C0C0;"| [[A1 Grand Prix]]
|- align=center
|colspan=11 style="background:#E0E0E0;"|
|colspan= 3 style="background:#C0C0C0;"| [[Formula Renault|FR 1.6 Belgium]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.team-astromega.com/}}

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