Astro Racing Group
The Astro Racing Group are the holding company that runs Fusion Motorsports, Nebula Grand Prix and Pulsar Racing Team. Each team represents a different arm of the company.
Formation
Initially, Fusion Motorsports was formed in late 2014 by Jake Legge and raced in the 2015 seasons of F3RWRS and RoLFS. Having become good friends with Frenchman Jacques Couteau, Legge decided to hand over his entries in the respective series to concentrate on making Fusion a team that would enter the higher categories in RWRS-sanctioned motorsports.
When the Siemens Ausdauer Reject Series was opened up, neither Fusion or Nebula had the space to accommodate an endurance-series car. Couteau and Legge therefore decided to open up Pulsar Racing Team with the explicit purpose of becoming their endurance racing and sportscar team. All three teams were assimilated into the newly formed Astro Racing Group, in deference to the team names being related to various astrophysical phenomena.
Astro Racing Stars
The Astro Racing Stars is Astro's main single-seater management scheme. Initially the "Fusion Management Group", the company followed its parent company into the Astro circle. The scheme aims to promote some of Europe's greatest talents (although outstanding drivers from other nations have been signed to the scheme), and although the initial signings picked up unsigned drivers in lower formulae, Jerry de Boer was the first driver to be picked up from a RWRS-sanctioned competition, having been the runner-up in the 2015 F1RDS season.
Astro ProtoStars
The Astro ProtoStars scheme was formed to provide the younger drivers under Astro's management with a greater focus towards developing their racing skills and knowledge ready for the future. The ProtoStars program has been devised for drivers under the age of twenty, and includes lessons with the Fusion and Nebula technical staff to improve their driver feedback.
Divisions
Astro Racing Group have a number of divisions which have different purposes within motorsport. In series with free number selection, the Astro-led teams are characterised with the numbers 19 and 20. Fusion was formed in late 2014, with Nebula and Pulsar being created in 2015 ready for the following year's competitions. Although Álvarez Competición do not have any scheduled entries until 2017, they entered a one-off car in the 2016 Indy 500 piloted by Jiri Komárek. Cosmo Yanagawa Racing was also created in 2016 to be the group's focal point for Asian motorsports, namely the Formula Rejects Nippon Championship.
Driver | Purpose | Series |
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Fusion Motorsports | High-performance open-wheel racing team. | F1RWRS |
Nebula Grand Prix | Junior open-wheel racing team. | F2RWRS, F3RWRS, AR3.5 |
Pulsar Racing Team | High-performance sportscar team. | RTCC, LMC, GT-RWC |
Álvarez Competición | Indy-car and junior sportscar team. | ARIWC, ARIWC, ARGTi, RWMT |
Yanagawa Racing | Asian open-wheel racing team. | FRENCH, F5000 |