Alexandre Sarnes Negrão


Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, 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 is now concentrating on sports car racing for 2008. He is driving for the Vitaphone Racing Team in the FIA GT Championship, and has also 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

Complete Formula Three Sudamericana results

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPoints
2004Carlin MotorsportDallara F304Mugen-HondaDON
1		DON
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		CRO
1		CRO
2		KNO
1		KNO
2		SNE
1		SNE
2		CAS
1		CAS
2		DON
1		DON
2		OUL
1		OUL
2		SIL
1		SIL
2		THR
1		THR
2		SPA
1
11		SPA
2
12		BRH
1		BRH
2		19th1

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2007–08BrazilNED
SPR		NED
FEA		CZE
SPR		CZE
FEA		MLY
SPR		MLY
FEA		ZHU
SPR		ZHU
FEA		NZL
SPR		NZL
FEA		AUS
SPR		AUS
FEA		RSA
SPR		RSA
FEA		MEX
SPR		MEX
FEA		SHA
SPR
14		SHA
FEA
13		GBR
SPR
16		GBR
FEA
14		14th44

Complete FIA GT Championship results

YearEntrantCarEngineClass1234567891011DCPoints
2008Vitaphone Racing TeamMaserati MC12 GT1Maserati 6.0 L V12GT1SIL
7		MON
2		ADR
10		OSC
4		SPA
2		BUC
4		BUC
2		BRN
7		NOG
1		ZOL
6		SAN
Ret		3rd52.5

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

YearTeamCar123456789101112PosPoints
2009Medley-A.MattheisChevrolet VectraINT
10		CTB
8		BSB
Ret		SCZ
9		INT
Ret		SAL
5		RIO
6		CGD
10		CTB
Ret		BSB
12		TAR
15		INT
5		12th66
2010A.Mattheis MotorsportChevrolet VectraINT
15		CTB
Ret		VEL
8		RIO
13		RBP
14		SAL
22		INT
DNS		CGD
DSQ		LON
Ret		SCZ
7		BSB
7		CTB
2		13th52
2011Medley Full TimePeugeot 408CTB
Ret		INT
Ret		RBP
7		VEL
18		CGD
10		RIO
Ret		INT
6		SAL
21		SCZ
16		LON
23		BSB
DSQ		VEL
19		18th25
2012Medley Full TimePeugeot 408INT
20		CTB
25		VEL
Ret		RBP
Ret		LON
23		RIO
23		SAL
12		CGD
15		TAR
22		CTB
20		BSB
15		INT
18		26th37