Oriol Servia News

Question: Is there any indication yet on whether the MotoGP deal will be extended at the Speedway? I assume with the smaller crowd that this year's race was not as profitable as last year's. And congratulations to Jenson Button on becoming the 44th best driver in the world.

Oriol Servia drives the #06 McDonald's Newman Haas Lanigan Racing Dallara Honda during the IRL IndyCar Series The Honda Indy 200 on August 9, 2009 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

For Oriol Servia, it'd been a while. For Graham Rahal, it'd never been at all. Going into last night's Indy Japan 300, Servia hadn't raced at the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi oval since 2002, when CART was still racing at the facility.

Scott Dixon won the Indy Japan 300 Saturday and vaulted from third to first place in the championship race with one event remaining.

Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing isn't dwelling on the prospect of going winless for the second time in 27 years because the remaining four IndyCar Series races leave opportunities for Graham Rahal and teammate Oriol Servia to break through.

Oriol Servia will replace Robert Doornbos in the No. 06 car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing at this weekend's IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Oriol Servia will replace Robert Doornbos in the No. 06 car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing at this weekend's IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Oriol Servia will replace Robert Doornbos in the No. 06 car for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing at this weekend's IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

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Practice for Sunday's Hondy Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio gets underway this afternoon at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Complex in Lexington.

That sound you hear off-track this weekend at Mid-Ohio is someone cueing up "IndyCar musical chairs," because it's August and drivers are rotating around the seats until someone is left standing.

Oriol Servia will replace Robert Doornbos in the No. 06 car of Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing at this weekend's IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio, but for now it's just a one-race deal.

Welcome to the Rexall Edmonton Indy, the 11th race of the 2009 IndyCar Series season.

Question: What do you make of Oriol Servia consulting T.K. this weekend? Servia would be a great fit for AGR.

Thoughts on Edmonton with TCGR Managing Director Mike Hull: "Edmonton is a fantastic race track.

INDIANAPOLIS / Indy 500 rookies come in all shapes, sizes and nationalities. But the shape their mouths make as the drivers enter gasoline alley, tread the famed yard of bricks at the start/finish line and go where the greats have gone so fast before, is always the same.

Question: Why would 3G use Jaques Lazier as their replacement driver who hasn't been in a car for so long? Why not use Townsend Bell or Oriol Servia who had/were having great runs going at Indy? Answer: That's a fair question and one I don't have an answer to.

AUTO RACING F1-MONACO GP MONACO _ Nico Rosberg continues his impressive form in practice by setting the fastest lap at Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix, while Lewis Hamilton shows his McLaren just might be finding its pace again.

Davey Hamilton won't want this pressure, but a review of Indianapolis 500 records shows he is the driver least likely to be involved in an accident in Sunday's race.

The driver and team owner came together just in time to qualify for Sundaya s race.