Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
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Alexandre Sarnes Negrão (born October 14, 1985), nicknamed Xandinho, is a Brazilian 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 team-mate 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.
Racing record
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 Racing | SMR FEA Ret |
SMR SPR 13 |
ESP FEA 8 |
ESP SPR 15 |
MON FEA 12 |
EUR FEA Ret |
EUR SPR Ret |
FRA FEA Ret |
FRA SPR 13 |
GBR FEA 19 |
GBR SPR 16 |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 18 |
HUN FEA 8 |
HUN SPR 15 |
TUR FEA 12 |
TUR SPR 19 |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 13 |
BEL FEA 7 |
BEL SPR 7 |
BHR FEA 12 |
BHR SPR 9 |
19th | 4 |
| 2006 | Piquet Sports | VAL FEA 13 |
VAL SPR 7 |
SMR FEA Ret |
SMR SPR 11 |
EUR FEA 7 |
EUR SPR 7 |
ESP FEA 7 |
ESP SPR 18 |
MON FEA Ret |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR 12 |
FRA FEA 5 |
FRA SPR Ret |
GER FEA 16 |
GER SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 5 |
HUN SPR Ret |
TUR FEA 8 |
TUR SPR Ret |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR Ret |
13th | 13 | ||
| 2007 | Minardi Piquet Sports | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 15 |
ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR DNS |
MON FEA 15 |
FRA FEA Ret |
FRA SPR Ret |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR 18 |
EUR FEA 12 |
EUR SPR 10 |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 13 |
TUR FEA 7 |
TUR SPR 2 |
ITA FEA 14 |
ITA SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 19 |
BEL SPR 16 |
VAL FEA 15 |
VAL SPR 18 |
20th | 8 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 10 |
CTB 8 |
BSB Ret |
SCZ 9 |
INT Ret |
SAL 5 |
RIO 6 |
CGD 10 |
CTB Ret |
BSB 12 |
TAR 15 |
INT 5 |
12th | 66 |
| 2010 | A.Mattheis Motorsport | Chevrolet Vectra | INT 15 |
CTB Ret |
VEL 8 |
RIO 13 |
RBP 14 |
SAL 22 |
INT DNS |
CGD DSQ |
LON Ret |
SCZ 7 |
BSB 7 |
CTB 2 |
13th | 52 |
| 2011 | Medley Full Time | Peugeot 408 | CTB Ret |
INT Ret |
RBP 7 |
VEL 18 |
CGD 10 |
RIO Ret |
INT 6 |
SAL 21 |
SCZ 16 |
LON 23 |
BSB DSQ |
VEL 19 |
18th | 25 |
| 2012 | Medley Full Time | Peugeot 408 | INT 20 |
CTB 25 |
VEL Ret |
RBP Ret |
LON 23 |
RIO 23 |
SAL 12 |
CGD 15 |
TAR 22 |
CTB 20 |
BSB 15 |
INT 18 |
26th | 37 |
Complete GT1 World Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Vitaphone Racing Team | Maserati | ABU QR |
ABU CR |
SIL QR |
SIL CR |
BRN QR |
BRN CR |
PRI QR |
PRI CR |
SPA QR |
SPA CR |
NÜR QR |
NÜR CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
NAV QR |
NAV CR |
INT QR 4 |
INT CR 1 |
SAN QR |
SAN CR |
24th | 25 |
References
- Alexandre Sarnes Negrão career summary at DriverDB.com Retrieved on July 10, 2008.
External links
- Official website (Portuguese)
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Danilo Dirani |
Formula Three Sudamericana Champion 2004 |
Succeeded by Alberto Valerio |