Racing career

Early career

Born in Pals, Girona, Spain, Servià started his career in go-karts at a local kart track where he stayed until he was 19, before racing in several Formula Three 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.

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 28 August 2005, Servià picked up his first-ever Champ Car victory at the Molson Indy Montreal at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 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 Servià a second time. Glock had been warned about an earlier unfair attempt. Servià 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). Servià ended the season 11th in the standings with one podium finish, a third at Cleveland.

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, Servià 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 Domínguez at Forsythe. For the season, Servià scored two podiums and four top-five finishes in 11 starts with Forsythe Racing. At San 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 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 Servià 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 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.

2008

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

Servià 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 Servià racking up seven top-10 finishes, five top-5 finishes, and a 4th-place best finish.

2009

Servià 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.

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

2011

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 5s, and eleven top 10s on his way to finishing 4th in the points.

Servià also finished runner-up in the controversial race at 2011 MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225. With just 10 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 award Ryan Hunter-Reay as the winner. Newman/Haas Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing filed protests. After a hearing on 22 August, the race was officially awarded to Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay.

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

2012

The 2012 Indycar Season saw a change for Servià, as he moved to the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing team. The season started rough for Servià, due to the use of a Lotus motor that was not competitive compared to the Chevrolet and Honda motors. At the Indianapolis 500, the team switched to Chevrolet power, and Servià's scored his first top 10 of the season. He went on to score three more top 5s to finish 13th in points.

2013

Servià began the 2013 Indycar season with the same team as last year, where he scored one top 5 finish at the 2013 São Paulo Indy 300. However his team ran into sponsorship problems following the 2013 Indianapolis 500. Servià was later signed to drive the Panther Racing National Guard car for Texas and Iowa.

2015

Servià started the 2015 Indianapolis 500 in the 5th row in 13th place. He was unable to complete the race after a collision with Ed Carpenter and the official results had him in 29th place. After Justin Wilson's fatal crash at the ABC Supply 500, Servià took over his car at Sonoma.

Career results

American open-wheel racing results

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

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1998	Dorricott Racing	MIA	LBH	NAZ	STL	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	TRO	VAN	LS	FON	7th	73
1999	Dorricott Racing	MIA	LBH	NAZ	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	DET	CHI	LS	FON			1st	130

CART/Champ Car

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
2000	PPI Motorsports	Reynard 2Ki	Toyota RV8E V8t	MIA	LBH	RIO	MOT	NZR	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS	STL	HOU	SRF	FON		15th	60
2001	Sigma Autosport	Lola B01/00	Ford XF V8t	MTY	LBH	TXS	NZR	MOT	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAU	ROC	HOU	LS	SRF	FON	19th	42
2002	PWR Championship Racing	Lola B02/00	Toyota RV8F V8t	MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LS	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE													16th	44
	Patrick Racing	Reynard 02i											VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SRF	FON	MXC
2003	Patrick Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LS	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN	MIA	MXC	SRF	FON			7th	108
2004	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	DEN	MTL	LS	LVG	SRF	MXC								10th	199^
2005	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH	MTY																				2nd	288
	Newman/Haas Racing					MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	LVG	SRF	MXC
2006	PKV Racing	Lola B02/00	Ford XFE V8t	LBH	HOU	MTY	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SJO	DEN	MTL	ROA	SRF	MXC								11th	197
2007	Forsythe Championship Racing	Panoz DP01	Cosworth XFE V8t	LVG	LBH	HOU	POR	CLE	MTT	TOR	EDM	SJO	ROA	ZOL	ASN										6th	237
	PKV Racing															SRF	MXC

• ^ New points system implemented in 2004

IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Walker Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	HMS	PHX	FON	NAZ	INDY	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MCH	KTY	GAT	CHI	TXS					NC	-
2008	KV Racing Technology	Dallara	Honda	HMS	STP	MOT1		KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO	EDM	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2	9th	358
		Panoz DP01	Cosworth				LBH1
2009	Rahal Letterman Racing	Dallara	Honda	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	TOR	EDM	KTY								21st	115
	Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing															MDO	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS
2011	Newman/Haas Racing	Dallara	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LVS3		4th	425
2012	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara DW12	Lotus	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO																13th	287
	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing		Chevrolet					INDY	DET	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	FON
2013				STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	DET													22nd	233
	Panther Racing										TXS	MIL	IOW	POC	TOR	TOR	MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU	HOU	FON
2014	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing		Honda	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET	DET	TXS	HOU	HOU	POC	IOW	TOR	TOR	MDO	MIL	SNM	FON		24th	88
2015				STP	NLA	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET	DET	TXS	TOR	FON	MIL	IOW	MDO	POC					32nd	46
	Andretti Autosport																		SNM
2016	Team Penske		Chevrolet	STP	PHX	LBH	ALA	IMS															23rd*	12*
	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports		Honda						INDY	DET	DET	TXS	RDA	IOW	TOR	MDO	POC	WGL	SNM

* Season still in progress.

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

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
9	8	72	0	0	16	30	0	0

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	DNQ		Walker Racing
	Dallara	Infiniti	DNQ		Conquest Racing
2008	Dallara	Honda	25	11	KV Racing Technology
2009	Dallara	Honda	25	26	Rahal Letterman Racing
2011	Dallara	Honda	3	6	Newman/Haas Racing
2012	Dallara	Chevrolet	27	4	Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2013	Dallara	Chevrolet	13	11	Panther Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
2014	Dallara	Honda	18	11	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
2015	Dallara	Honda	13	29	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

Complete Formula E results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2014-15	Dragon Racing	Spark-Renault SRT 01E	BEI	PUT	PDE	BNA	MIA	LBH	MON	BER	MOS	LON	LON	19th	16

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