Alexandre Sarnes Negrão

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

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/laps

! Points

! Position

! 2003

|align=left| Formula 3 Sudamericana

|align=left| Piquet Sports

| 18

| 2

| 0

| 151

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

! rowspan=2| 2004

|align=left| Formula 3 Sudamericana

|align=left| Piquet Sports

| 18

| 10

| 7

| 9

| 240

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| 1st

|align=left nowrap| British Formula 3 International Series

|align=left| Carlin Motorsport

| 2

| 0

| 1

| 19th

! 2005

|align=left| GP2 Series

|align=left| Piquet Sports

| 23

| 0

| 4

| 19th

! 2006

|align=left| GP2 Series

|align=left| Piquet Sports

| 21

| 0

| 13

| 13th

! 2007

|align=left| GP2 Series

|align=left| Piquet Sports

| 21

| 0

| 1

| 8

| 20th

! 2008

|align=left| 24 Hours of Le Mans

|align=left nowrap| Vitaphone Racing Team/Strakka Racing

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| DNF

! 2009

|align=left| Stock Car Brasil

|align=left nowrap| Medley-A.Mattheis

| 12

| 0

| 66

| 12th

! 2010

|align=left| Stock Car Brasil

|align=left| A.Mattheis Motorsport

| 11

| 0

| 52

| 13th

! 2011

|align=left| Stock Car Brasil

|align=left| Medley Full Time

| 12

| 0

| 25

| 18th

! 2012

|align=left| Stock Car Brasil

|align=left| Medley Full Time

| 12

| 0

| 37

| 26th

Complete Formula Three Sudamericana results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! nowrap| Piquet Sports

! nowrap| Dallara F301

! nowrap| Mugen-Honda

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|CAM 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CAM 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|RDJ 1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|RDJ 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PAR 1

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|PAR 2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INT 1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INT 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OBE 1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|OBE 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CUR 1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CUR 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|LON 1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|LON 2

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|CAS 1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|CAS 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|BRA 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BRA 2

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 151

|rowspan=2| 2004

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Piquet Sports

!rowspan=2 nowrap| Dallara F301

!nowrap| Mugen-Honda

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BRA 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BRA 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|PAL 1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PAL 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|COR 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|COR 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|PAR 1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PAR 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CUR 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CUR 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|RDJ 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|RDJ 2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CUR 1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CUR 2

|colspan=4|

!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 240

! Berta

|colspan=14|

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|INT 1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INT 2

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|INT 3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|INT 4

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! nowrap| Carlin Motorsport

! nowrap| Dallara F304

! nowrap| Mugen-Honda

|DON 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

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA 1

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA 2

|BRH 1

|BRH 2

! 19th

! 1

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! 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

! nowrap| Hitech Piquet Sports

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IST SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR SPR

! 19th

! 4

| 2006

! nowrap| Piquet Sports

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IMO SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAT FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAT SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAG FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IST FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IST SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ SPR

|colspan=2|

! 13th

! 13

| 2007

! nowrap| Minardi Piquet Sports

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BHR FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT FEA

|style="background:#ffffff;"| CAT SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR SPR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN SPR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IST FEA

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IST SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ FEA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SPA SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| VAL SPR

|colspan=2|

! 20th

! 8

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! DC

! Points

| nowrap| 2007–08

! nowrap| Brazil

|NED 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

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SHA SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|SHA FEA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|GBR SPR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|GBR FEA

! 14th

! 44

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! Engine

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! DC

! Points

| 2008

! nowrap| Vitaphone Racing Team

! nowrap| Maserati MC12 GT1

! nowrap| Maserati M144B/2 6.0 L V12

! GT1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ADR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SPA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BUC

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BUC

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NOG

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAN

! 3rd

! 52.5

24 Hours of Le Mans results

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! 2008

|align="left" nowrap| Vitaphone Racing Team Strakka Racing

|align="left" nowrap| Peter Hardman Nick Leventis

|align="left" nowrap| Aston Martin DBR9

| GT1

| 82

| DNF

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! Pos

! Points

| 2009

! nowrap| Medley-A.Mattheis

! nowrap| Chevrolet Vectra

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CTB

|style="background:#efcfff;"| BSB

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SCZ

|style="background:#efcfff;"| INT

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAL

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| RIO

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CGD

|style="background:#efcfff;"| CTB

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BSB

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TAR

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT

! 12th

! 66

| 2010

! nowrap| A.Mattheis Motorsport

! nowrap| Chevrolet Vectra

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT

|style="background:#efcfff;"| CTB

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| VEL

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| RIO

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| RBP

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SAL

|style="background:#ffffff;"| INT

|style="background:black; color:white;"| CGD

|style="background:#efcfff;"| LON

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SCZ

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BSB

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CTB

! 13th

! 52

| 2011

! nowrap| Medley Full Time

! nowrap| Peugeot 408

|style="background:#efcfff;"| CTB

|style="background:#efcfff;"| INT

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| RBP

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| VEL

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CGD

|style="background:#efcfff;"| RIO

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SAL

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SCZ

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| LON

|style="background:black; color:white;"| BSB

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| VEL

! 18th

! 25

| 2012

! nowrap| Medley Full Time

! nowrap| Peugeot 408

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| CTB

|style="background:#efcfff;"| VEL

|style="background:#efcfff;"| RBP

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| LON

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| RIO

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CGD

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| TAR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CTB

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BSB

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INT

! 26th

! 37

References

Retrieved on July 10, 2008.

Career

Personal life

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Three Sudamericana results

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

Complete FIA GT Championship results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

References

External links