Oriol Servià

Oriol Servià 2017

Servià at the Indianapolis 500 2008

Servià returned to the IndyCar Series for Newman / Haas Racing in 2011

Oriol Servià i Imbers (born July 13, 1974 in Pals , Catalonia , Spain ) is a former Spanish automobile racing driver . In 1999 he became the master of the Indy Lights . He drove in the Champ Car series from 2000 to 2007 . In 2006 he was runner-up in this championship. From 2008 to 2016 he started, with interruptions, in the IndyCar Series . He has been Managing Director at Dragon Racing since 2015 .

Career

Servià began his motorsport career in karting in 1988 , where he was active until 1991. In 1993 he switched to the single-seater racing and was runner-up of the French Formula Renault Campus . In 1995 he started in the French Formula Renault and finished the season in sixth place. He also competed in the Eurocup Formula Renault and the French Porsche Carrera Cup . In 1996 Servià switched to the French Formula 3 championship . Starting for Winfield , he finished the season in fifth place overall and prevailed against Stéphane Sarrazin within the team . 1997 Servià denied his second season in the French Formula 3 championship for La Filière . Although he won a race, he fell back to eighth place in the overall standings and was defeated by his team-mate Franck Montagny . He also competed in a British Formula 3 race and finished sixth at the Macau Grand Prix .

In 1998 Servià moved to North American Indy Lights for Dorricott Racing . With two podium finishes, he finished the season in seventh place in the championship. 1999 Servià denied his second Indy Lights season for Dorricott Racing. He was on the podium five times and won the championship ahead of his teammate Casey Mears with 130 to 116 points. However, both drivers did not win the season.

In 2000 Servià switched to CART at PPI Motorsports and became a team-mate of Cristiano da Matta . With a third place as the best result, he finished the season in 15th place in the overall standings. Internally he was defeated by Matta with 60 to 112 points. In 2001 Servià competed in his second CART season for Sigma Autosport , which only entered with one vehicle. His best results were two fifth places and he finished the season in 19th place in the championship. In 2002 Servià started the season with PWR Championship Racing . After the first three races, he left the team and briefly moved to the Indy Racing League for Walker Racing . He tried to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 , but failed. He then returned to the CART and replaced Townsend Bell at Patrick Racing . At the end of the season, with a fourth place as the best result, he finished 16th in the drivers' standings.

In 2003 Servià stayed with Patrick Racing. With two second places and one third place, he achieved three podium finishes. At the end of the season he was seventh in the championship. After the championship was renamed Champ Car in 2004, Servià moved to Dale Coyne Racing , where he had changing teammates. He decided the team-internal duels against all team-mates for himself and finished the season with a third place in tenth place overall. In 2005 he started the season with Dale Coyne Racing. For the third race, Servià switched to Newman / Haas Racing to replace the injured Bruno Junqueira , who was out the rest of the season. He won the race at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve and finished six other races on the podium. At the end of the season he only had to admit defeat to his teammate Sébastien Bourdais and became runner-up.

After Junqueira's return, Servià moved to PKV Racing within the Champ Car in 2006 . With a third place he finished a race on the podium and finished eleventh in the championship. He left his teammate Katherine Legge , who was 16th, behind. In 2007 Servià was initially without a cockpit. After Paul Tracy was injured in the first race, he replaced it for the two following races for Forsythe Racing . He finished the races in second and fourth place. After Tracy was fit again, Servià got the other Forsysthe cockpit, in which he replaced Mario Domínguez . He finished another race in third on the podium but was replaced by David Martínez for the final two races of the season . Servià then switched back to PKV Racing, where Tristan Gommendy had run out of sponsorship funds. In the season finale he was again third. At the end of the season he finished sixth in the championship. In 2007 Servià also took part in a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series .

After the Champ Car merged with the IndyCar Series in 2008 , Servià switched to the IndyCar Series with his team, which from this season was called KV Racing Technology . He scored five finishes among the top five pilots and finished ninth in the championship. Although, unlike his teammate Will Power, he did not win a race, he prevailed against him within the team . In 2009 Servià did not receive a cockpit for a full season. At the Indianapolis 500 he competed for Rahal Letterman Racing . For four of the last five races of the season returned to Newman / Haas / Lanigan Racing and replaced Robert Doornbos . With a fourth place as the best result, he finished the season in 21st place overall.

After Servia in 2010 was without a cockpit, he returned in 2011 back into the IndyCar Series and entered again for Newman / Haas Racing. In the first five races he finished among the top ten pilots. At the seventh race weekend in West Allis , he finally achieved his first podium finish in the IndyCar Series in third place. He managed to surpass this result in Loudon and Baltimore with second place. With a total of three podium finishes, he finished the season in fourth place in the drivers' championship. In addition, Servià started a race in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS).

After Newman / Haas Racing had stopped IndyCar racing at the end of the 2011 season, Servià switched to Dreyer & Reinbold Racing for the 2012 season , which was initially supported by Lotus during the season and started as Lotus - DRR . After the racing team was not satisfied with the Lotus engines, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing entered into a cooperation with Panther Racing and switched to Chevrolet engines. In the first race with the new engine, the Indianapolis 500 , he achieved fourth place. A race later in Detroit, he finished fifth and finished in the top five. Servià finished the season in 13th place with four top 5 placements. In 2013 Servià stayed with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, which continued to cooperate with Panther Racing. Since his team had withdrawn for financial reasons after the Indianapolis 500 , Servià was without a cockpit after the fifth race. He made it into the top 10 twice in the first five races and finished fourth in São Paulo . In the further course of the season he was used in seven races for Panther Racing. In two of these races he represented Ryan Briscoe , who was not ready for use due to other obligations or an injury. Servià was 22nd overall at the end of the season.

In 2014 , Servià did not find a permanent IndyCar cockpit. He completed four of the first five races for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Seventh place was his best result. He did not complete any other IndyCar races this year. For the first season of the FIA Formula E Championship , Servià then received a cockpit at Dragon Racing . Servià contested the first four races and always came in the points. Before the fifth race, Servià resigned as a racing driver for the racing team and took on the role of Managing Director . In the course of 2015 he competed again for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the Indianapolis 500. In addition, at the request of the family of the fatally injured Justin Wilson , he took over Wilson's cockpit at Andretti Autosport for the last race of the 2015 IndyCar Series . At the beginning of 2016 , Servià competed in an IndyCar race for the Penske team as a substitute for the health problem . In the further course of the season he competed for Schmidt Peterson with Marotti Racing for the Indianapolis 500 .

statistics

Career stations

1988–1991: karting
1993: French Formula Renault Campus (2nd place)
1995: French Formula Renault (6th place)
1995: Eurocup Formula Renault
1995: French Porsche Carrera Cup
1996: French Formula 3 (5th place)
1997: French Formula 3 (8th place)
1997: British Formula 3 (19th place)
1998: Indy Lights (7th place)
1999: Indy Lights (Master)
2000 : CART (15th place)

2001 : CART (19th place)
2002 : CART (16th place)
2003 : CART (7th place)
2004 : Champ Car (10th place)
2005 : Champ Car (2nd place)
2006 : Champ Car (11th place)
2007 : Champ Car (6th place)
2007: Rolex Sports Car Series , DP (61st place)
2008 : IndyCar Series (9th place)
2009 : IndyCar Series (21st place)
2011 : IndyCar Series (4th place)

2011: ALMS , GT
2012 : IndyCar Series (13th place)
2013 : IndyCar Series (22nd place)
2014 : IndyCar Series (24th place)
2015 : Formula E (19th place)
2015 : IndyCar Series (32nd place)
2016 : IndyCar Series (24th place)
2017 : IndyCar Series (27th place)
2018 : IndyCar Series (35th place)
2019 : IndyCar Series (34th place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
2002	Walker Racing	HMS	PHX	HAIRDRYER	NZR	INDY	TXS	PPI	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					-	-
2002	Walker Racing					DNQ															-	-
2008	KV Racing Technology	HMS	STP	MOT	LBH	KAN	INDY	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF	358	9.
2008	KV Racing Technology	12	7th		5	11	11	6th	26th	16	5	23	16	5	5	12	15th	4th	17th	5	358	9.
2009	Rahal Letterman Racing	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	Mil	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	GOAL	EDM	KTY	MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			115	21st
	Rahal Letterman Racing				26th
	Newman / Haas Racing													11	6th	7th	4th
2011	Newman / Haas Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS		Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV		425	4th
2011	Newman / Haas Racing	9	5	6th	5	6 ³	21st	15th	3	14th	12	22nd	8th	2	11	2	5	6th	C.		425	4th
2012	Lotus - DRR Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	HAIRDRYER					287	13.
2012	Lotus - DRR Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	16	13	16	11	4 ²⁷	5	20th	4th	21st	5	24	25th	19th	7th	19th					287	13.
2013	Panther DRR	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET		TXS	Mil	IOW	POC	GOAL		MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU		HAIRDRYER	233	22nd
	Panther DRR	17 °	15th	6th	4th	11 ¹³
	Panther Racing								19th		7 ¹⁰				14th		12	19th	7th	19th
2014	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	HOU		POC	IOW	GOAL		MDO	Mil	SNM	HAIRDRYER		88	24.
2014	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		7th	20th	12 °	11 ²⁹															88	24.
2015	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	GOAL	HAIRDRYER	Mil	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM				46	32.
	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing						29
	Andretti Autosport																12
2016	Team Penske	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM				72	24.
	Team Penske	18th
	Schmidt Peterson with Marotti Racing						12 ¹⁰
2017	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM			61	27.
2017	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing						21 ¹²	20th	19th												61	27.
2018	Scuderia Corsa with RLL	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM			27	35.
2018	Scuderia Corsa with RLL						17 ° ²⁶														27	35.
2019	MotoGator Team Pole Racing w / Arrow SPM	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG			16	34.
2019	MotoGator Team Pole Racing w / Arrow SPM						22 ¹⁹														16	34.

Remarks

↑ Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
↑ Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.
↑ No points were awarded.

( Legend )

Individual results in the FIA Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points	rank
2014/15	Dragon Racing	China People's Republic AT	Malaysia PUT	Uruguay PUN	Argentina BUE	United States MIA	United States LBH	Monaco MON	Germany BER	Russia MOS	United Kingdom LON		16	19th
2014/15	Dragon Racing	7th	7th	9	9								16	19th

( Legend )

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2011	United States Jaguar RSR	Jaguar XKR	Brazil Bruno Junqueira	Brazil Cristiano da Matta	Rank 38

Web links

Commons : Oriol Servià - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official Website of Oriol Servia (English)
Career statistics of Oriol Sérvia (English)

Individual evidence

↑ "Newman / Haas: When will the second car arrive?" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 24, 2011)
^ "Officially: Servia drives for Dreyer and Reinbold" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 17, 2012)
↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "IndyCar - Servia stays with Panther DRR". Number 22 continues with Chevrolet power. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 5, 2012, accessed February 24, 2013 .
↑ Pete Fink: "The end for Dreyer and Reinbold?" Motorsport-Total.com, April 26, 2013, accessed on July 13, 2013 .
^ "Oriol Servia to race for Dragon in Beijing". (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, September 5, 2014, archived from the original on September 6, 2014 ; accessed on September 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Timo Pape: Servia gives up cockpit for leadership role at Dragon. (No longer available online.) E-formel.de, March 12, 2015, archived from the original on July 25, 2015 ; accessed on March 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Mario Fritzsche: Sonoma: Oriol Servia takes over Justin Wilson's cockpit. Motorsport-Total.com, August 28, 2015, accessed September 2, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Servià, Oriol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Servià i Imbers, Oriol
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Spanish racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pals , Catalonia , Spain

[8] Took place on the same day as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

[9] Took place on the same day as the Indy Japan 300.

[10] No points were awarded.

[1] "Newman / Haas: When will the second car arrive?" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 24, 2011)

[2] "Officially: Servia drives for Dreyer and Reinbold" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 17, 2012)

[3] Frederik Hackbarth: "IndyCar - Servia stays with Panther DRR". Number 22 continues with Chevrolet power. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 5, 2012, accessed February 24, 2013 .

[4] Pete Fink: "The end for Dreyer and Reinbold?" Motorsport-Total.com, April 26, 2013, accessed on July 13, 2013 .

[5] "Oriol Servia to race for Dragon in Beijing". (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, September 5, 2014, archived from the original on September 6, 2014 ; accessed on September 5, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[6] Timo Pape: Servia gives up cockpit for leadership role at Dragon. (No longer available online.) E-formel.de, March 12, 2015, archived from the original on July 25, 2015 ; accessed on March 12, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[7] Mario Fritzsche: Sonoma: Oriol Servia takes over Justin Wilson's cockpit. Motorsport-Total.com, August 28, 2015, accessed September 2, 2015 .

Penske	Foyt	Mclaren SP	Ganassi	RLLR	Coyne
01 Newgarden 0 3 Castroneves (Indy 500) 12 Power 22 Pagenaud	04 Kimball 14 Kanaan (O) 14 Bourdais (part time) 14 Kellett (part time) TBA Kellett (Indy 500)	05 O'Ward 0 7 Askew 66 Alonso (Indy 500)	08 Ericsson 0 9 Dixon 10 Rosenqvist	15 Rahal 30 Satō 45 Pigot (Indy GP, 500)	18 Ferrucci 51 Davison (Indy 500) 55 Palou
Carpenter	Dreyer & Reinbold	Andretti	Carlin	Meyer Shank	DragonSpeed
20 Daly (R) 20 Carpenter (O) 21 VeeKay 47 Daly (Indy 500)	24 Karam (part-time) TBA Hildebrand (Indy 500)	26 Veach 27 Rossi 28 Hunter-Reay 29 Hinchcliffe (part-time) 88 Herta 98 Andretti	59 Chilton (R, Indy 500) 59 Daly (part time)	60 Harvey	84 Hanley (Indy 500)
R = circular routes, O = ovals