André Negrão

André Negrão (born ) is a Brazilian racing driver. He most recently drove for Alpine in the LMP2 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023, and spent a total of seven seasons with the team during his tenure. Negrão is a former LMP2 champion in the series, and is also a two-time LMP2 class winner at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, winning in 2018 and 2019.

Early career Negrão was born in Campinas, in São Paulo state. He started his trajectory in motorsports when he was twelve years old, although his family has a tradition in Brazilian motorsports. Guto, his father, Xandy, his uncle, and Xandinho, his cousin, are race drivers too.

When Negrão accompanied his cousin at Granja Viana's 500 Miles Kart, in 2003, he started his career in motorsports. After some seasons in karting, Negrão was Brazilian Kart's runner-up in 2006, and started in European motorsports two years later, in Formula Renault 2.0. He also ran in the Formula Renault Winter Series in the same year, finishing third.

One year later, Negrão raced in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, and the Italian and Swiss championships' division, as well as some South American Formula 3 rounds. remaining in 2012 and 2013, and then returning in 2015. In 2014 and 2015, he ran in the GP2 Series, the current Formula 2. One year later, Negrão raced in Indy Lights and received a test in IndyCar.

Sportscar career In 2017, Alpine invted Negrão to move to the WEC.

In 2021, Negrão drove in Hypercar, WEC's new main class, with Alpine Elf Matmut. He shared the Alpine A480 with French drivers Matthieu Vaxivière and Nicolas Lapierre and finished third in the championship. Problems with the car meant that Negrão and his teammates would only take fourth place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, although a victory in Monza put the team into the lead of the championship. Despite finishing on the podium in the final two races, Alpine placed second behind the Toyota No. 7 car, with a power reduction as a result of the BoP system having played a part in the team's lack of pace at the end of the year.

Negrão and Alpine returned to the LMP2 class in 2023, as the Brazilian was partnered by experienced Mexican Memo Rojas and British rookie Olli Caldwell. The trio struggled, finishing eleventh and last in the teams' standings with a best race finish of eighth.

Racing record

Career summary † As Negrão was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Points 2011 International Draco Racing ALC1 ALC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 MON1 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 20th 20 2012 International Draco Racing ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MSC1 MSC2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 15th 36 2013 International Draco Racing MNZ1 MNZ2 ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 MSC1 MSC2 RBR1 RBR2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 CAT1 CAT2 10th 51 2015 International Draco Racing ALC1 ALC2 MON1 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BUG1 BUG2 JER1 JER2 21st 4

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 DC Points 2014 Arden International BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 12th 31 2015 Arden International BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA23† CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 20th 5 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 2016 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP STP PHX ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY RDA RDA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH WGL LAG LAG 7th 268

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2017 Signatech Alpine Matmut LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 5th 132 2018–19 Signatech Alpine Matmut LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 1st 181 2019–20 Signatech Alpine Elf LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 8th 109 2021 Alpine Elf Matmut Hypercar Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 3rd 128 2022 Alpine Elf Team Hypercar Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 2nd 144 2023 Alpine Elf Team LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 18th 23

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues Alpine A470-Gibson LMP2 362 4th 3rd 2018 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470-Gibson LMP2 367 5th 1st 2019 Signatech Alpine Matmut Nicolas Lapierre Pierre Thiriet Alpine A470-Gibson LMP2 368 6th 1st 2020 Signatech Alpine Elf Thomas Laurent Pierre Ragues Alpine A470-Gibson LMP2 367 8th 4th 2021 Alpine Elf Matmut Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A480-Gibson Hypercar 367 3rd 3rd 2022 Alpine Elf Team Nicolas Lapierre Matthieu Vaxivière Alpine A480-Gibson Hypercar 362 23rd 5th 2023 Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell Memo Rojas Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 322 19th 9th

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2018 Signatech Alpine Matmut LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 18th 10 2020 Richard Mille Racing Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 14th 18