---
title: "Scuderia Corsa Confirms 2019 Indy 500 Ride, Considers Full-Time Season"
description: "Team owner Giacomo Mattioli wants to Scuderia Corsa to field an IndyCar without ties to an existing team."
date: "2018-06-01"
modified: "2018-06-01"
authors:
  - name: "Jerry Perez"
    job_title: "Deputy Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jerry-perez"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/21234/scuderia-corsa-confirms-2019-indy-500-ride-considers-full-time-season"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "indycar"
  - "Indycar Series"
  - "Oriol Servia"
  - "racing"
  - "Racing News"
  - "Scuderia Corsa"
  - "Team RLL"
---

# Scuderia Corsa Confirms 2019 Indy 500 Ride, Considers Full-Time Season

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Oriol Servia's performance on [Sunday's Indy 500](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/21131/will-power-and-team-penske-win-the-scorching-hot-2018-indy-500>) appears to have boosted Scuderia Corsa's desire to participate in IndyCar more frequently. Team owner Giacomo Mattioli has committed to fielding at least one car for next year's Indy 500 and is considering a full-season effort.

Mattiloi told [*RACER*](<https://racer.com/2018/05/31/scuderia-corsa-commits-to-2019-indy-500/>) that the sports car racing outfit "is committing" to the 2019 edition of the 500-mile race, but would like Scuderia Corsa to run the car and hire its own drivers. However, it wasn't clear whether he would consider Servia for the job once again, or partner with a different team should they not be able to build their own.

![message-editor%2F1527859936716-gettyimages-963301874.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1527859936716-gettyimages-963301874.jpg>)
*Orio Servia at the 2018 Indy 500., *GETTY**

“We’re committing to the Indy 500 next year, and we’re trying to put a \[full-season\] program together for next year,” team owner Giacomo Mattioli told *RACER*. “We take our time, we study, we observe, and it was a very good learning experience. We’ll do things different next time around. Definitely back for the Indy 500, and more races, we will see.”

The IMSA championship-winning team partnered with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the [102nd running of the Indy 500](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/21106/this-is-what-its-like-to-live-in-indianapolis-during-the-indy-500>) and hired the services of open-wheel veteran Oriol Servia. The Spanish underdog managed to pass an incredible 46 cars during the race and was terribly close to winning the greatest spectacle in racing.

![message-editor%2F1527859965730-gettyimages-911948898.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1527859965730-gettyimages-911948898.jpg>)
*Scuderia Corsa's Ferrari 488 GT3 at the Daytona 24., *GETTY**

“We gave it a try!” Mattioli told *RACER*. “It’s been a very exciting month with the Bump Day and the qualifying experience, the race, the last 25 laps being in the hunt. At one point, we believed we could do well, even though Chevy was stronger. It was incredible.”

Servia, along with Stefan Wilson, couldn't make their fuel strategies work and [had to pit](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/21205/scenes-from-the-2018-indy-500>) for a splash of E85R with just four laps to go, allowing Will Power to lead the race.

## Author
Jerry is responsible for upholding The Drive's ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car blog that serves up industry-leading news, reviews, culture, and motorsport coverage. Overseeing a staff of writers and editors from his home base in Indianapolis, he helps curate the site's daily rundown, as well as its medium- and long-term content strategies. Jerry joined The Drive in 2018 as a writer and worked as news editor and managing editor before becoming the deputy in 2023. As a lifelong car enthusiast and racing fan, Jerry believes that all cars are cool, but the people behind the machines are even cooler. This belief often gives The Drive a slightly different focus from most other car sites, where we explore the humanity behind the machines. When he's not obsessing over the day's biggest stories or hanging out at a race track, Jerry can be found behind the wheel of a car, most likely sharing a laugh with his teenage son or daughter.

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