Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
# Alexandre Sarnes Negrão

Alexandre Sarnes Negrão (Portuguese:; 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 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.

## Personal life

Xander was married to Brazilian actress Marina Ruy Barbosa between October 2017 and January 2021, when the couple filed for divorce.

## Racing record

### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/laps | Points | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Formula 3 Sudamericana | Piquet Sports | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 3rd |
| 2004 | Formula 3 Sudamericana | Piquet Sports | 18 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 240 | 1st |
| 2004 | British Formula 3 International Series | Carlin Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th |
| 2005 | GP2 Series | Piquet Sports | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19th |
| 2006 | GP2 Series | Piquet Sports | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13th |
| 2007 | GP2 Series | Piquet Sports | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 20th |
| 2008 | 24 Hours of Le Mans | Vitaphone Racing Team/Strakka Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2009 | Stock Car Brasil | Medley-A.Mattheis | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 12th |
| 2010 | Stock Car Brasil | A.Mattheis Motorsport | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13th |
| 2011 | Stock Car Brasil | Medley Full Time | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18th |
| 2012 | Stock Car Brasil | Medley Full Time | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 26th |

### 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 Sports | IMO FEA Ret | IMO SPR 13 | CAT FEA 8 | CAT SPR 15 | MON FEA 12† | NÜR FEA Ret | NÜR SPR Ret | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR 13 | SIL FEA 19 | SIL SPR 16† | HOC FEA Ret | HOC SPR 18 | HUN FEA 8 | HUN SPR 15 | IST FEA 12 | IST SPR 19 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR 13 | SPA FEA 7 | SPA SPR 7 | BHR FEA 12 | BHR SPR 9 | 19th | 4 |
| 2006 | Piquet Sports | VAL FEA 13 | VAL SPR 7 | IMO FEA Ret | IMO SPR 11 | NÜR FEA 7 | NÜR SPR 7 | CAT FEA 7 | CAT SPR 18 | MON FEA Ret | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR 12 | MAG FEA 5 | MAG SPR Ret | HOC FEA 16 | HOC SPR 9 | HUN FEA 5 | HUN SPR Ret | IST FEA 8 | IST SPR Ret | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR Ret | | | 13th | 13 |
| 2007 | Minardi Piquet Sports | BHR FEA Ret | BHR SPR 15 | CAT FEA Ret | CAT SPR DNS | MON FEA 15 | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR Ret | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR 18 | NÜR FEA 12 | NÜR SPR 10 | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 13 | IST FEA 7 | IST SPR 2 | MNZ FEA 14 | MNZ SPR Ret | SPA FEA 19† | SPA 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 |
