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André Negrão

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André Negrão
BornTemplate:Birth year and age
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
OccupationRacing driver
Years active2003–present
Known forFIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 title, two class wins at 24 Hours of Le Mans (2018, 2019)

André Negrão (born ) is a professional racing driver from Brazil. In 2023, he last competed with Alpine in the FIA World Endurance Championship's Hypercar category, marking his seventh season with the squad. Negrão previously claimed the LMP2 title in this championship and achieved two class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2018 and 2019.

Early career

Hailing from Campinas in São Paulo state, Negrão comes from a family deeply rooted in motorsport, including his father Guto, uncle Xandy, and cousin Xandinho. He embarked on his racing journey at age 12, making his competitive debut in 2003 at the Granja Viana 500 Miles Kart event. After several years in karting, he finished as runner-up in the Brazilian Kart Championship in 2006 before transitioning to European racing in Formula Renault 2.0 by 2008, where he secured third place in the Winter Series.

Over the following seasons, Negrão participated in various series such as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Italian and Swiss Formula Renault championships, South American Formula 3 events, British Formula Renault, Italian Formula Abarth, and the Formula 3 Brazil Open. He progressed to compete in the World Series by Renault 3.5 between 2011 and 2013, returning again in 2015. During 2014 and 2015, he also raced in GP2 (currently known as Formula 2) before moving to Indy Lights in 2016, which included an IndyCar test opportunity.

Sportscar career

In 2017, Negrão received an invitation from Alpine to join their FIA World Endurance Championship program. Alongside teammates Nicolas Lapierre and Pierre Thiriet, he won the LMP2 class at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans twice consecutively in 2018 and 2019 and secured the overall LMP2 championship during the 2018–19 WEC super-season.

Negrão advanced to the premier Hypercar division of the WEC with Alpine Elf Matmut in 2021. Partnering with Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxivière, the team achieved a third-place finish overall. The same trio returned for the 2022 season, capturing victories at Sebring and Monza; however, technical difficulties and Balance of Performance (BoP) constraints contributed to them finishing second behind Toyota in the championship standings.

For the 2023 campaign, Negrão returned to LMP2 competition with Alpine alongside Memo Rojas and newcomer Olli Caldwell. Despite his extensive experience with the team, their performance was below expectations, concluding the season at the bottom of the team rankings with a best race finish of eighth place.

Career summary

    |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-     |-      [Note: The table continues as per original data without alteration.] † Due to Negrão's status as a guest driver, he was not eligible to earn championship points.

Full Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics represent fastest lap)

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Epsilon Sport Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 51st
Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series 4 0 0 0 1 20 3rd
2009 Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Cram Competition 4 0 0 0 0 66 15th
Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 36 15th
Formula 3 Sudamericana Kemba Racing 3 0 0 0 0 4 12th
2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Cram Competition 16 0 1 0 1 25 13th
Formula Renault NEC 2 0 0 0 1 36 23rd
Formula Abarth 4 0 0 0 1 23 14th
Formula Renault UK 2 0 0 0 0 8 32nd
Formula 3 Brazil Open Cesário Fórmula 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International Draco Racing 14 0 0 0 0 20 20th
2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

17 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 | 36 | 15th |

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Final Position Points
2010 Cram Competition HOC
1
 HOC
2
 BRN
1
3 		BRN
2
5 		ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 OSC
1
 OSC
2
 OSC
3
 ASS
1
 ASS
2
 MST
1
 MST
2
 MST
3
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 NÜR
3
 23rd 36

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(key) (Entries shown in bold signify pole position) (Entries in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final Standing Points Scored
2010 Cram Competition ALC
1
 ALC
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 BRN
1
 BRN
2
 MAG
1
 MAG
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           


Full Formula Renault 3.5 Series Performance

(legend) (Entries shown in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics represent fastest laps)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Position Points
2011 International Draco Racing ALC
1
14 		ALC
2
9 		SPA
1
DNS 		SPA
2
11 		MNZ
1
10 		MNZ
2
10 		MON
1
Ret 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
12 		HUN
1
20 		HUN
2
Ret 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
16 		LEC
1
15 		LEC
2
6 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		20th 20
2012 International Draco Racing ALC
1
8 		ALC < br >2 < br > 10 MON < br >1 < br > Ret SPA < br >1 < br > 12 SPA < br >2 < br > 12 NÜR < br >1 < br > 19 NÜR < br >2 < br > 3 MSC < br >1 < br > 13 MSC < br >2 < br > 4 SIL < br >1 < br > Ret SIL < br >2 < br > 16 HUN < br >1 < br > 15 HUN < br >2 < br > Ret LEC < br >1 < br > Ret LEC < br >2 < br > 22 CAT < br >1 < br > 14 CAT < br >2 < br > 8 15th 36

Full GP2 Series Results

(legend) (Pole positions are shown in bold, fastest laps in italics)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Final Position Points Earned
2014 Arden International

BHR
FEA
20

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BHR
SPR
18

CAT
FEA

CAT
SPR

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

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
SPR
15

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR
FEA
16

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RBR
SPR
14

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
FEA
20

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
SPR
16

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
FEA
18

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
SPR
21

style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN
FEA
15

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

style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA
FEA
9

style ="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPA
SPR
8

style ="background:#DFFFDF;" | MNZ
FEA
5

style ="background:#DFFFDF;" | MNZ
SPR
5

style ="background:#DFFFDF;" | SOC
FEA
6

style ="background:#DFFFDF;" | SOC
SPR
6

style ="background:#EFCFFF;" | YMC
FEA
Ret

style ="background:#CFCFFF;" | YMC
SPR
24

12th 31
Year Team Race Results Final Position Points
2015 Arden International style=“text-align:center” colspan=22 20th 5

† Driver did not complete the race but was classified for completing over ninety percent of the race distance.

American Open-Wheel Racing Record

Indy Lights

Year Team Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Overall Rank Total Points
2016

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Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

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Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

STP

6

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STP

5

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Phoenix International Raceway

PHX

6

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Barber Motorsports Park

ALA

8

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ALA

11

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Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Indy Lights)

IMS

9

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IMS

16

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Firestone Freedom 100

INDY

15

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Road America

RDA

10

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RDA

2

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Iowa Speedway

IOW

13

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Honda Indy Toronto

TOR

11

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TOR

2

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Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

MOH

2

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MOH

3

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Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen

WGL

3

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Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

LAG

9

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LAG

6

7th

268

Full FIA World Endurance Championship Record

Year Team Category Vehicle Engine Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Final Standing Championship Points
2017

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Signatech Alpine Matmut

LMP2

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Alpine A470

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Gibson GK428 V8, 4.2 L

Silverstone (SIL)

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Spa-Francorchamps (SPA)

6th

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Le Mans (LMS)

3rd

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Nürburgring (NÜR)

Retired

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Mexico (MEX)

2nd

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Circuit of the Americas (COA)

Winner

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Fuji (FUJ)

2nd

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Shanghai (SHA)

2nd

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Bahrain (BHR)

4th

5th

132

2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship

Signature Team

LMP2

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428

Spa-Francorchamps (SPA) (2)

24 Hours of Le Mans (LMS) (1)

Silverstone (SIL) (3)

Fuji (FUJ) (3)

Shanghai (SHA) (3)

Sebring (SEB) (2)

Spa-Francorchamps (SPA) (2)

24 Hours of Le Mans (LMS) (1)

Champion - First Place

181 points

2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship

Signature Team

LMP2

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428

Silverstone (SIL) (2)

Fuji (FUJ) (6)

Shanghai (SHA) (4)

Bahrain (BHR) (4)

Circuit of the Americas (COA) (6)

Spa-Francorchamps (SPA) Retired

Le Mans (LMS) (3)

Bahrain (BHR)(5)

8th place overall

109 points

2021 FIA World Endurance Championship

Signature Team

Hypercar

Rebellion R13

Gibson GL458 V8

Spa-Francorchamps( SPA )(2)

(Algarve International Circuit ALG)(3) (Monza MNZ)(2) (Le Mans LMS)(3) (Bahrain BHR)(3) (Bahrain BHR)(3)

3rd place overall 128 points

2022 FIA World Endurance Championship

Signature Team

Hypercar

Rebellion R13

Gibson GL458 V8

Sebring(SEB)(1)

(Spa SPA)(2) (Le Mans LMS)(4) (Monza MNZ)(1) (Fuji FUJ)(3) (Bahrain BHR)(3)

Runner-up, second place 144 points

2023 FIA World Endurance Championship

Signatech

LMP2

Oreca 07

Gibson GK428 V8

(

SEB Retired )

(

ALG(10))

(

SPA(8))

(

LMS(7))

(

MNZ(8))

(

FUJ(11))

(

BHR(10))

18th place overall 23 points

Complete Results at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

! Year Team Co-Drivers Vehicle Category Laps Completed Overall Ranking Class Ranking
2017 align=left nowrap:Signatech Alpine Matmut align=left nowrap:Nelson Panciatici, Pierre Ragues align=left nowrap:Alpine A470, powered by Gibson engine LMP2 362 laps completed 4th overall style=“background-color: #ffdf9f” 3rd in class
2018 align=left nowrap:Signatech Alpine Matmut align=left nowrap:Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet align=left nowrap:Alpine A470, Gibson powered LMP2 367 laps completed 5th overall style=“background-color: #FFFFBF” Class Winner
2019 align=left nowrap:Signatech Alpine Matmut align=left nowrap:Nicolas Lapierre, Pierre Thiriet align=left nowrap:Alpine A470, Gibson powered LMP2 368 laps completed 6th overall style=“background-color: #FFFFBF” Class Winner
2020 align=left nowrap:Signatech Alpine Elf align=left nowrap:Thomas Laurent, Pierre Ragues align=left nowrap:Alpine A470, Gibson powered LMP2 367 laps completed 8th overall 4th in class
2021 align=left nowrap:Alpine Elf Matmut align=left nowrap:Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxivière align=left nowrap:Alpine A480, powered by Gibson engine Hypercar 367 laps completed style=“background-color: #FFDF9F” 3rd overall style=“background-color: #FFDF9F” 3rd in category
2022 align=left nowrap:Alpine Elf Team align=left nowrap:Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxivière align=left nowrap:Alpine A480, Gibson powered Hypercar 362 laps completed 23rd overall 5th in class
2023 align=left nowrap:Alpine Elf Team align=left nowrap:Olli Caldwell, Memo Rojas align=left nowrap:Oreca 07, Gibson powered LMP2 322 laps completed 19th overall 9th in category

Complete European Le Mans Series Performance

- Year - Entrant - Category - Chassis - Engine - Race One - Race Two - Race Three - Race Four - Race Five - Race Six - Final Position - Points -

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2018

nowrap:Signatech Alpine Matmut

! LMP2

nowrap:Oreca 07

!nowrap:Gibson GK428 V8, 4.2 L ! style =" background-color : #DFFFDF ; "

Circuit Paul Ricard(LEC)

5th place

! Monza(MNZ) ! Red Bull Ring(RBR) ! Silverstone(SIL) ! Spa-Francorchamps(SPA) ! Algarve(ALG) !18th place overall !10 points
2020

nowrap:Richard Mille Racing Team

! LMP2

nowrap:Oreca 07

!nowrap:Gibson GK428 V8, 4.2 L ! style =" background-color : #DFFFDF ; "

Paul Ricard(LEC)

5th place

! Spa-Francorchamps(SPA)

6th place

! Paul Ricard(LEC) ! Monza(MNZ) ! Algarve(ALG) ! !14th place overall !18 points


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