Oriol Servià
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| Champ Car World Series Record | |
| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Car # | 6 |
| Current team | Free Agent |
| Race starts | 110 |
| Series Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podium finishes | 13 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| First Champ Car race | 2000 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead) |
| First win | 2005 Molson Indy Montreal |
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Oriol Servià (born 13 July 1974 in Pals, Catalonia, Spain) is a race car driver in the Champ Car World Series, originally from the Catalonia providence in Spain. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.
Like many drivers, Servià started his career in go-karts 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, finsihing 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.
After starting the 2005 season for Dale 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 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 the Grand Prix of Cleveland.
[edit] Complete Champ Car results
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Rank | Points |
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| 2002 | PWR | MTY 10 |
LBH 11 |
MOT 6 |
MIL DNP |
16th | 44 | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick Racing | VAN Ret |
MDO 10 |
ROA Ret |
MON Ret |
DEN 11 |
ROC 4 |
MIA Ret |
SUR Ret |
FON 5 |
MEX 9 |
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| 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 |
MID Ret |
MTL 2 |
DEN 3 |
MIA Ret |
MEX 13 |
SUR Ret |
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 |
10th | 199 | |||||
| 2005 | Dale Coyne | LBH 9 |
MTY 11 |
2nd | 288 | |||||||||||||||||
| Newman/Haas | MIL 3 |
POR Ret |
CLE 3 |
TOR 2 |
EDM 2 |
SAN 3 |
DEN 4 |
MTL 1 |
LAS 2 |
SUR 5 |
MEX 4 |
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| 2006 | PKV Racing | LBH Ret |
HST 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 |
11th | 197 |
| 2007 Champ Car World Series | |||||||||
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| N/H/L | Forsythe | Minardi | Australia | PKV | RSPORTS | Coyne | PCM | Conquest | |
| 1 Bourdais 2 Rahal |
3 Tracy 7 Dominguez |
4 Clarke 14 Doornbos |
5 Power 15 Pagenaud |
21 Jani 22 Gommendy |
8 Tagliani 9 Wilson |
11 Legge 19 Junqueira |
28 Dalziel 29 Figge |
42 Halliday | |
| Las Vegas - Long Beach - Houston - Portland - Cleveland - Mont-Tremblant - Toronto - Edmonton - San Jose - Road America - Assen - Zolder - Surfers Paradise - Zhuhai - Mexico City - Phoenix | |||||||||
