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 Negrao 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

Xande is married to Brazilian actress, Marina Ruy Barbosa, since October 2017.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920212223DCPoints
2005HiTech/Piquet RacingIMO
FEA
Ret		IMO
SPR
13		CAT
FEA
8		CAT
SPR
15		MON
FEA
12		NÜR
FEA
Ret		NÜR
SPR
Ret		MAG
FEA
Ret		MAG
SPR
13		SIL
FEA
19		SIL
SPR
16		HOC
FEA
Ret		HOC
SPR
18		HUN
FEA
8		HUN
SPR
15		IST
FEA
12		IST
SPR
19		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
13		SPA
FEA
7		SPA
SPR
7		BHR
FEA
12		BHR
SPR
9		19th4
2006Piquet SportsVAL
FEA
13		VAL
SPR
7		IMO
FEA
Ret		IMO
SPR
11		NÜR
FEA
7		NÜR
SPR
7		CAT
FEA
7		CAT
SPR
18		MON
FEA
Ret		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
12		MAG
FEA
5		MAG
SPR
Ret		HOC
FEA
16		HOC
SPR
9		HUN
FEA
5		HUN
SPR
Ret		IST
FEA
8		IST
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
Ret		13th13
2007Minardi Piquet SportsBHR
FEA
Ret		BHR
SPR
15		CAT
FEA
Ret		CAT
SPR
DNS		MON
FEA
15		MAG
FEA
Ret		MAG
SPR
Ret		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
18		NÜR
FEA
12		NÜR
SPR
10		HUN
FEA
Ret		HUN
SPR
13		IST
FEA
7		IST
SPR
2		MNZ
FEA
14		MNZ
SPR
Ret		SPA
FEA
19		SPA
SPR
16		VAL
FEA
15		VAL
SPR
18		20th8

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