Oriol Servià

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Oriol Servià
Nationality	Spanish
Date of birth	July 13, 1974
Place of birth	Pals, Catalonia
2009 IRL IndyCar Series
Debut season	2008
Current team	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
Car no.	06
Former teams	KV Racing Technology Rahal Letterman Racing
Starts	17
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	9th in 2008

Oriol Servià
CART/Champ Car World Series
Years active	2000-2007
Teams	PPI Motorsports Sigma Autosport PWR Championship Racing Patrick Racing Dale Coyne Racing Newman/Haas Racing PKV Racing Forsythe Championship Racing
Starts	125
Wins	1
Poles	1
Best finish	2nd in 2005
Previous series
1998-1999	Indy Lights
Championship titles
1999	Indy Lights Champion

Oriol Servià i Imbers (born 13 July 1974 in Pals, Catalonia) is a race car driver in the IndyCar Series, originally from Catalonia, Spain. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.

Contents 1 Racing career 1.1 Early career 1.2 2005-2006 1.3 2007 1.4 2008 1.5 2009 2 Motorsports Career Results 2.1 American Open-Wheel 2.1.1 Champ Car 2.1.2 IndyCar 2.2 Indianapolis 500 results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Racing career

[edit] Early career

Like many drivers, Servià started his career in at go-karts at a local kart track where he stayed until he was 19, before racing in several Formula 3 championships. In 1998, he moved to the Dayton Indy Lights series in America. In 1999, Servià won the Indy Lights championship over closest rival Casey Mears. He had no wins that year but five runner-up finishes.

In 2000, Servià joined the PPI Motorsports team in the Champ Car series, as teammate to Cristiano da Matta. Servià moved on to race for the Sigma Autosport (for 2001), Patrick Racing (from the middle of 2002 to the end of 2003, finishing 6th in the championship that year), and Dale Coyne Racing (in 2004, scoring some of the underfunded team's best ever results) teams. Servià also practiced for the 2002 Indianapolis 500 for Walker Racing and Conquest Racing although he failed to get a car into the field.

[edit] 2005-2006

After starting the 2005 season for Coyne, Servià moved to the Newman/Haas Racing team after two races to replace injured Bruno Junqueira. On August 28, 2005, Servià picked up his first-ever Champ Car victory at the Molson Indy Montreal at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal. The win was controversial, as Timo Glock, gambling on fuel, was forced to pull over and allow Servià to take the lead on the final lap after cutting the final chicane while blocking Oriol a second time. Glock had been warned about an earlier unfair attempt. Oriol ultimately finished as championship runner-up behind team-mate Sébastien Bourdais. In 2006 he joined PKV Racing, alongside British rookie Katherine Legge, with team co-owner Jimmy Vasser scheduled to do a partial season (although Vasser only drove in the season opener at Long Beach). Servia ended the season 11th in the standings with one podium finish, a third at Cleveland.

[edit] 2007

Without a ride at the beginning of the 2007 season, Servià replaced the injured Paul Tracy at Forsythe Championship Racing. Despite little time in the new Panoz DP01 chassis, Servia earned a runner-up finish in his debut with the team. He then finished 4th in his second replacement start, which earned him a seat for the rest of the season, as he replaced teammate Mario Dominguez at Forsythe. For the season, Servia scored two podiums and four top-five finishes in 11 starts with Forsythe Racing. At San Jose the Spaniard earned a third place finish after leading a race high 42 laps. But on September 12, 2007 it was announced that Forsythe Championship Racing had named Mexican driver David Martinez to drive the #7 INDECK Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone for the final two Champ Car World Series races of the season. Luckily for Servia in October he was named the new pilot of the #22 Pay By Touch PKV Racing Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone entry replacing Tristan Gommendy for these two races, because Tristan had some unresolved business situation. The veteran driver finished in the top ten in all but one start this season, and despite missing the season opener, finished sixth in the Series standings.

[edit] 2008

On January 3, 2008 PKV Racing announced that popular Spanish driver Oriol Servia, who had finished sixth in the 2007 Champ Car World Series, would return to the series for 2008 with PKV Racing.^[1] However, following Champ Car's unification with the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series, the team fields cars for Servia and Will Power in the unified IndyCar Series, under the KV Racing name following Dan Petitt's departure.

Serviá finished 11th at the Indianapolis 500, impressive due to his 25th place start. He stayed in the top 15 for most of the race. A week later, he had a remarkable run at Milwaukee. After falling back to 26th position and losing a lap early in the race due to contact with Enrique Bernoldi, he immediately regained his lap on the restart and steadily moved through the field to finish 6th. Following unsuccessful races in Iowa and Texas, Servià improved his best finish in an IRL-spec race by finishing 4th in the Detroit Indy Grand Prix. The final race of the season at the Chicagoland Speedway brought in CDW as a new sponsor.

The season finished with Serviá racking up seven top-10 finishes, five top-5 finishes, and a 4th place best finish.

[edit] 2009

Serviá was sidelined for the first three races of the Indycar Series leading into the Indianapolis 500. He signed a deal with Rahal Letterman Racing to compete in the Indianapolis 500. He qualified on the third day of qualifying at an average speed of 220.984, and finished 26th in the race after dropping out with mechanical problems.^[2]

He has since signed on with Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing for the Mid-Ohio race after serving as an advisor to Tony Kanaan at Andretti Green Racing.

[edit] Motorsports Career Results

[edit] American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

[edit] Champ Car

2000-2001 to be completed.

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Team	Rank	Points
2002	PacWest	MTY 10	LBH 11	MOT 6	MIL DNP	LAG DNP	POR DNP	CHI DNP	TOR DNP	CLE DNP	VAN Ret	MDO 10	ROA Ret	MTL Ret	DEN 11	ROC 4	MIA Ret	SUR Ret	FON 5	MEX 9	Patrick Racing	16th	44
2003	Patrick Racing	STP 12	MTY Ret	LBH Ret	BRH 4	LAU 5	MIL 2	LAG 6	POR 5	CLE 6	TOR 5	VAN Ret	ROA Ret	MDO Ret	MTL 2	DEN 3	MIA Ret	MEX 13	SUR Ret	FON Canc	Patrick Racing	7th	108
2004	Dale Coyne	LBH Ret	MTY 14	MIL 7	POR 11	CLE 4	TOR 9	VAN 12	ROA 6	DEN 6	MTL 9	LAG 3	LAS 12	SUR 13	MEX 7						Dale Coyne	10th	199*
2005	Dale Coyne	LBH 9	MTY 11	MIL 3	POR Ret	CLE 3	TOR 2	EDM 2	SAN 3	DEN 4	MTL 1	LAS 2	SUR 5	MEX 4							Newman/Haas	2nd	288
2006	PKV Racing	LBH Ret	HOU Ret	MTY 8	MIL 5	POR 10	CLE 3	TOR Ret	EDM 4	SAN 8	DEN Ret	MTL Ret	ROA 4	SUR Ret	MEX 6						PKV Racing	11th	197
2007	Forsythe	LVG DNP	LBH 2	HOU 4	POR 11	CLE 7	MTT 9	TOR Ret	EDM 6	SAN 3	ROA 4	ZOL 6	ASS 8	SUR 14	MEX 3						PKV Racing	6th	237

• *New points system implemented in 2004

[edit] IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Walker	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY DNQ	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					N/A	0
2008	KV	HMS 12	STP 7	MOT1 DNP	LBH1 5	KAN 11	INDY 11	MIL 6	TXS Ret	IOW 16	RIR 5	WGL Ret	NSH 16	MDO 5	EDM 5	KTY 12	SNM 15	DET 4	CHI 17	SRF2	9th	358
2009	Rahal Letterman	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY Ret	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY								21st	115
	N/H/L													MDO 11	SNM 6	CHI 7	MOT 4	HMS

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)	Top 10s (Non-podium)	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
2	3	22	0	0	0	10	0	0

[edit] Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2002	Dallara Dallara	Chevrolet Nissan	DNQ		Walker Conquest
2008	Dallara	Honda	25	11	KVRT
2009	Dallara	Honda	25	26	Rahal

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Oriol Servià

• Official Oriol Servia website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Cristiano da Matta	Indy Lights Champion 1999	Succeeded by Scott Dixon

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