Alexandre Sarnes Negrão (; born October 14, 1985), better known as Xande Negrão and nicknamed Xandinho, is a Brazilian entrepreneur and race car driver. He raced in the first three seasons of the GP2 Series, all with the Piquet Sports team, having won the Formula Three Sudamericana championship in 2004.

Career

Negrão's career started in karting in 1998, where he continued to race until he joined the Piquet team in Formula Three Sudamericana for the 2003 season. The team had been put together primarily to help Nelson Piquet Jr.'s run through the lower series, his goal to make Formula One, but nevertheless Negrão would stay with team in 2004. He ended the 2004 season as the champion, and also got a taste of British Formula Three that year, in the form of two races for the Carlin Motorsport team.

Negrão moved up to the GP2 Series for its inaugural season in 2005, alongside Piquet in his family-sponsored team. He scored only four points, but improved to thirteen in 2006, as Piquet unsuccessfully fought with Lewis Hamilton for the championship. Piquet moved to the Renault F1 team in for 2007 as the outfit's test driver, so Negrão was expected to lead his former GP2 team. However, Negrão had a very disappointing season, scoring fewer points than the previous year and being outscored by his rookie teammate Roldán Rodríguez. He was not retained for 2008. At the time of his departure from GP2, he was the only driver to have entered every GP2 race thus contested. He also held the record for most GP2 starts, which has subsequently been surpassed by Giorgio Pantano.

Negrão competed in four races for A1 Team Brazil in the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season, and later moved to sports car racing for 2008. He drove for the Vitaphone Racing Team in the FIA GT Championship, and participated in the 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours race.

Personal life Negrão was married to Brazilian actress Marina Ruy Barbosa between October 2017 and January 2021, when the couple filed for divorce.

Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Points Position 2003 Formula 3 Sudamericana Piquet Sports 18 2 2 0 151 3rd 2004 Formula 3 Sudamericana Piquet Sports 18 10 7 9 240 1st British Formula 3 International Series Carlin Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 19th 2005 GP2 Series Piquet Sports 23 0 0 0 4 19th 2006 GP2 Series Piquet Sports 21 0 0 0 13 13th 2007 GP2 Series Piquet Sports 21 0 0 1 8 20th 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans Vitaphone Racing Team/Strakka Racing 1 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2009 Stock Car Brasil Medley-A.Mattheis 12 0 0 0 66 12th 2010 Stock Car Brasil A.Mattheis Motorsport 11 0 0 0 52 13th 2011 Stock Car Brasil Medley Full Time 12 0 0 0 25 18th 2012 Stock Car Brasil Medley Full Time 12 0 0 0 37 26th

Complete Formula Three Sudamericana results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2003 Piquet Sports Dallara F301 Mugen-HondaCAM1CAM2RDJ1RDJ2PAR1PAR2INT1INT2OBE1OBE2CUR1CUR2LON1LON2CAS1CAS2BRA1BRA2 3rd 151 2004 Piquet Sports Dallara F301 Mugen-HondaBRA1BRA2PAL1PAL2COR1COR2PAR1PAR2CUR1CUR2RDJ1RDJ2CUR1CUR2 1st 240 BertaINT1INT2INT3INT4

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2004 Carlin Motorsport Dallara F304 Mugen-HondaDON1DON2SIL1SIL2CRO1CRO2KNO1KNO2SNE1SNE2CAS1CAS2DON1DON2OUL1OUL2SIL1SIL2THR1THR2 SPA1 SPA2BRH1BRH2 19th 1

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DC Points 2005 Hitech Piquet Sports IMOFEA IMOSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA NÜRFEA NÜRSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR BHRFEA BHRSPR 19th 4 2006 Piquet Sports VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 13th 13 2007 Minardi Piquet Sports BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 20th 8

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2007–08 BrazilNEDSPRNEDFEACZESPRCZEFEAMLYSPRMLYFEAZHUSPRZHUFEANZLSPRNZLFEAAUSSPRAUSFEARSASPRRSAFEAMEXSPRMEXFEASHASPRSHAFEAGBRSPRGBRFEA 14th 44

Complete FIA GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Car Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points 2008 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 GT1 Maserati M144B/2 6.0 L V12 GT1 SIL MON ADR OSC SPA BUC BUC BRN NOG ZOL SAN 3rd 52.5

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2008 Vitaphone Racing Team Strakka Racing Peter Hardman Nick Leventis Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 82 DNF DNF

Complete Stock Car Brasil 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 12 Pos Points 2009 Medley-A.Mattheis Chevrolet Vectra INT CTB BSB SCZ INT SAL RIO CGD CTB BSB TAR INT 12th 66 2010 A.Mattheis Motorsport Chevrolet Vectra INT CTB VEL RIO RBP SAL INT CGD LON SCZ BSB CTB 13th 52 2011 Medley Full Time Peugeot 408 CTB INT RBP VEL CGD RIO INT SAL SCZ LON BSB VEL 18th 25 2012 Medley Full Time Peugeot 408 INT CTB VEL RBP LON RIO SAL CGD TAR CTB BSB INT 26th 37

References

Retrieved on July 10, 2008.

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