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Oriol Servià
Servià at the2017 Indianapolis 500
Nationality	Spanish
Born	Oriol Servià Imbers (1974-07-13)13 July 1974 (age 51) Pals,Catalonia, Spain
IndyCar Series career
79 races run over 9 years
Team	No. 16 (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing)
2016 position	24th
Best finish	4th (2011)
First race	2002 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race	2019 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 3 0
Champ Car career
126 races run over 8 years
Years active	2000–2007
Team(s)	PPI Motorsports (2000) Sigma Autosport (2001) PWR Championship Racing (2002) Patrick Racing (2002–2003) Dale Coyne Racing (2004) Newman/Haas Racing (2005) PKV Racing (2006) Forsythe Championship Racing (2007)
Best finish	2nd (2005)
First race	2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last race	2007 Gran Premio Tecate (Mexico City)
First win	2005 Molson Indy Montreal (Montreal)
Last win	2005 Molson Indy Montreal (Montreal)
Wins Podiums Poles 1 16 1
Previous series
2014–15 2011 2006–07 1998–99 1997 1997 1996–97 1994–95 1993 1993	Formula E American Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car Series Indy Lights British Formula Three Championship Renault Spider Europe French Formula Three Championship Championnat de France Formule Renault Formula Campus by Renault and Elf Spanish Touring Car Championship
Championship titles
1999	Indy Lights

Oriol Servià Imbers (born 13 July 1974) is a Spanish formerracing driver who competed most notably in theIndyCar Series. He raced forDragon Racing in the2014–15 Formula E season, and left the series prior to the2015 Miami ePrix to become managing director for the technical and commercial partnerships of Dragon Racing.^[1] Servià holds a degree in mechanical engineering from thePolytechnic University of Catalonia. Since 2018 he also serves aspace car driver at IndyCar races outside the Indianapolis 500.

Born inPals,Girona,Catalonia,Spain, Servià started his career ingo-karts at a local kart track where he stayed until he was nineteen, before racing in severalFormula Three championships. In 1998, he moved to theDayton Indy Lights series in America. In1999, Servià won the Indy Lights championship over closest rivalCasey Mears. He had no wins that year but five runner-up finishes.

In2000, Servià joined thePPI Motorsports team in theChamp Car series, as teammate toCristiano da Matta. Servià moved on to race for theSigma Autosport (for 2001),Patrick Racing (from the middle of2002 to the end of2003, finishing 6th in the championship that year), andDale Coyne Racing (in2004, scoring some of the underfunded team's best ever results) teams. Servià also practiced for the2002 Indianapolis 500 forWalker Racing andConquest Racing although he failed to get a car into the field.

After starting the2005 season for Coyne, Servià moved to theNewman/Haas Racing team after two races to replace injuredBruno Junqueira. On 28 August 2005, Servià picked up his first-ever Champ Car victory at theMolson Indy Montreal atCircuit Gilles Villeneuve inMontreal. The win was controversial, asTimo 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 Servià a second time. Glock had been warned about an earlier unfair attempt. Servià ultimately finished as championship runner-up behind team-mateSébastien Bourdais. In2006 he joinedPKV Racing, alongsideBritish rookieKatherine Legge, with team co-ownerJimmy Vasser scheduled to do a partial season (although Vasser only drove in the season opener atLong Beach). Servià ended the season 11th in the standings with one podium finish, a third atCleveland.

Without a ride at the beginning of the2007 season, Servià replaced the injuredPaul Tracy atForsythe Championship Racing. Despite little time in the newPanoz DP01 chassis, Servià earned a runner-up finish inhis debut with the team. He then finished fourth inhis second replacement start, which earned him a seat for the rest of the season, as he replaced teammateMario Domínguez at Forsythe. For the season, Servià scored two podiums and four top-five finishes in eleven starts with Forsythe Racing. AtSan Jose, Servià earned a third place finish after leading a race high 42 laps. But on 12 September 2007, it was announced that Forsythe Championship Racing had namedMexican driverDavid Martinez to drive the No. 7 INDECK Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone for the final two Champ Car World Series races of the season. Luckily for Servià in October he was named the new pilot of the No. 22 Pay By Touch PKV Racing Cosworth/DP01/Bridgestone entry replacingTristan Gommendy for these two races, because Gommendy 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.

On 3 January 2008, PKV Racing announced that popular Spanish driver Servià, who had finished sixth in the2007 Champ Car World Series, would return to the series for2008 with PKV Racing.^[2] However, following Champ Car's unification with theIndyCar Series, the team fields cars for Servià andWill Power in the unified IndyCar Series, under the KV Racing name followingDan Pettit's departure.

Servià finished eleventh at theIndianapolis 500, impressive due to his 25th place start. He stayed in the top-fifteen for most of the race. A week later, he had a remarkable run atMilwaukee. After falling back to 26th position and losing a lap early in the race due to contact withEnrique Bernoldi, he immediately regained his lap on the restart and steadily moved through the field to finish sixth. Following unsuccessful races inIowa andTexas, Servià improved his best finish in an IRL-spec race by finishing 4th in theDetroit Indy Grand Prix. The final race of the season at theChicagoland Speedway brought inCDW as a new sponsor.

The season finished with Servià racking up seven top-ten finishes, five top-five finishes, and a fourth place best finish.

Servià was sidelined for the first three races of the IndyCar Series leading into theIndianapolis 500. He signed a deal withRahal 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.^[3]

Servià then signed on withNewman/Haas/Lanigan Racing for the Mid-Ohio race after serving as an advisor toTony Kanaan atAndretti Green Racing.

Due to sponsorship issues at Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing, Servià sat out the 2010 IndyCar season. However, after picking up Telemundo and CDW as sponsors, Servià was able to make his return for the 2011 season. He had his best season since 2005, by finishing with three podiums, six top-fives, and eleven top-tens on his way to finishing fourth in the points.

Servià also finished runner-up in the controversial race at2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225. With just ten laps remaining, the green flag was displayed, which resulted in multiple crashes. As the race was then red flagged, with Servià in front, race control decided to reverse the order and declaredAndretti Autosport deiferRyan Hunter-Reay as the winner.Newman/Haas Racing andChip Ganassi Racing filed protests. After a hearing on 22 August, the result was upheld and the protests denied.

Three weeks later, Servià would score his second runner-up of the season in the Baltimore Grand Prix.^[4]

The 2012 season saw a change for Servià, as he moved to theDreyer & Reinbold Racing team. The season started rough for Servià, due to the use of aLotus motor that was not competitive compared to theChevrolet andHonda motors. At the Indianapolis 500, the team switched to Chevrolet power, and Servià's scored his first top-ten of the season. He went on to score three more top-fives to finish thirteenth in points.

Servià began the 2013 IndyCar season with the same team as last year, where he scored one top-five finish at the 2013 São Paulo Indy 300. However, his team ran into sponsorship problems following the2013 Indianapolis 500. Servià was later signed to drive thePanther Racing National Guard car for Texas and Iowa.

Servià started the2015 Indianapolis 500 in the fifth row in thirteenth place. He was unable to complete the race after a collision withEd Carpenter and the official results had him in 29th place. AfterJustin Wilson's fatal crash at theABC Supply 500, Servià took over his car at Sonoma.^[5]

In 2017, Servià was signed to a three-race deal with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.^[6] He raced at the 2017 Indianapolis 500, and the Detroit doubleheader, finishing 21st, twentieth, and nineteenth, respectively.

Servià drove in the 103rd running of the Indy 500 race in May withTeam Stange Racing who worked with Schmidt Peterson Motorsport according to their own Instagram-page as well as their website.^{[citation needed]}

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

• ^ New points system implemented in2004

* Season still in progress.

• ¹ Run on same day.
• ² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.
• ³ TheLas Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned afterDan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

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• IndyCar 36: Oriol Servià – IndyCar documentary

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