Oswaldo Negri

Oswaldo "Ozz" Negri Jr. (born May 29, 1964) is a Brazilian racing driver from São Paulo.

Racing career

Formula Three and Indy Lights Negri raced part-time in the British Formula Three Championship from 1987 to 1989 with few good results. He returned to his native Brazil in 1990 to race in Brazilian Formula Three Championship, where he won the championship, and Formula 3 Sudamericana where he finished ninth. With newfound confidence, he returned to British F3 in 1992 and finished fourth. In 1993, he went to the Mexican Formula Three Championship and raced there until 1996. In 1997, he raced in Indy Lights part-time for Genoa Racing and finished 20th. In 1998, he won the Mexican version of Indy Lights, Indy Lights Panamericana. He made one Indy Lights start in 1999 and finished third in Indy Lights Panamericana in 2000.

Grand-Am sports cars

Negri moved to sports car racing in 2003 racing in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. He joined Michael Shank Racing and raced full-time in the series in 2004 and finished 12th in points, winning the league's rising star award which he shared with Max Angelelli. He captured his first victory in 2006 at Miller Motorsports Park and finished second in the 24 Hours of Daytona. He finished eighth in points in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, he finished tenth, winning in the first race held at the New Jersey Motorsports Park. He stayed with the team in 2009 and finished 8th in points. In 2010, he finished tenth in points and in 2011 improved to a career-best sixth. He won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2012 for Michael Shank Racing with teammates A. J. Allmendinger, John Pew, and Justin Wilson. It was his first Rolex Sports Car Series win since 2008.

Racing record

Complete American Open Wheel racing results (key)

Indy Lights

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

Season still in progress

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Michael Shank Racing John Pew Laurens Vanthoor Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 345 14th 9th Luzich Racing Côme Ledogar Francesco Piovanetti Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 335 32nd 7th