André Negrão

André Negrão (born 17 June 1992, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian driver in the World Endurance Championship (WEC),[1] world champion in the WEC's superseason 2018/2019 and twice winner in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2018 and 2019) in the LMP2 class.[2]

André Negrão
Negrão at the Nürburgring round of the 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season
Nationality Brazilian
Born (1992-06-17) 17 June 1992
São Paulo, Brazil
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2017
Current teamAlpine Elf Matmut Endurance
Car number36
Best finish1st in 2018–19
Previous series
2017-21
2018-2020
2016
2014-15
2011-13, 15
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008		WEC
European Le Mans Series
Indy Lights
GP2 Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Abarth
British Formula Renault 2.0
Italian Formula Renault 2.0
Swiss Formula Renault 2.0
South American Formula Three
Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Championship titles
2018–19FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2018 /2019 –
Best finish1th (2018/2019)
Class wins2 (2018, 2019)

2021, André will start in LMP1, the WEC's main class, with Alpine. He will share the Alpine A480 LMP1 with French drivers Matthieu Vaxiviere and Nicolas Lapierre.[3] Negrão arrived on the team in 2017,[4] when the team named “Signatech Alpine Matmut”, a Renault's division, now named Only “Alpine” – same name the Formula 1's team.[5]

Biography

Negrão was born in Campinas, in São Paulo state. He started his trajectory in motorsports when he was 12 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.[6] After some seasons in karting, Negrão was Brazilian Kart's runner-up in 2006,[7] 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 3th.[8]

One year later, André 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.[9] In 2010, he competed in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and British Formula Renault, in addition to racing in Italian Formula Abarth and the Formula 3 Brazil Open.[10]

Negrão stepped up to the World Series by Renault 3.5 in 2011,[11] remaining in 2012 and 2013, and then returning in 2015. In 2014 and 2015, he ran in GP2, the current Formula 2. One year later, Negrão raced in Indy Lights and received a test in IndyCar, but he was invited by Alpine to move to WEC in 2017.[12]

Negrão won twice the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, the main endurance race of the world, in the LMP2 class in 2018 and 2019, beside Nicolas Lapierre and Pierre Thiriet. They also won the 2018–19 WEC super-season in the same class.[13]

In 2021, Negrão drove in Hypercar, WEC's new main class, with Alpine Elf Matmut. He shared the Alpine A480 LMP1 with French drivers Matthieu Vaxivière and Nicolas Lapierre, and finished 3rd in the championship.[14][15]

Racing record

Career summary
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 2.0 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 International Draco Racing 17 0 0 0 1 36 15th
Formula 3 Brazil Open Hitech Racing Brazil 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series International Draco Racing 17 0 1 0 1 51 10th
2014 GP2 Series Arden International 20 0 0 0 0 31 12th
2015 GP2 Series Arden International 21 0 0 0 0 5 20th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series International Draco Racing 4 0 0 0 0 4 21st
2016 Indy Lights Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 18 0 0 0 5 268 7th
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Matmut 8 1 3 0 5 132 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2018 European Le Mans Series Signatech Alpine Matmut 1 0 0 0 0 10 18th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Matmut 8 1 1 0 8 181 1st
2019 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Matmut 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Elf 8 0 0 0 2 109 8th
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Richard Mille Racing Team 2 0 0 0 0 18 14th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Signatech Alpine Elf 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
Alpine Elf Europa Cup Racing Technology 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2021 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Alpine Elf Matmut 6 0 1 0 6 128 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2022 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Alpine Elf Team 1 1 1 0 1 39 1st*

† As Negrão was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

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 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
2
10		 MON
1
Ret		 SPA
1
12		 SPA
2
12		 NÜR
1
19		 NÜR
2
3		 MSC
1
13		 MSC
2
4		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
16		 HUN
1
15		 HUN
2
Ret		 LEC
1
Ret		 LEC
2
22		 CAT
1
14		 CAT
2
8		 15th 36
2013 International Draco Racing MNZ
1
11		 MNZ
2
13		 ALC
1
Ret		 ALC
2
8		 MON
1
12		 SPA
1
7		 SPA
2
Ret		 MSC
1
7		 MSC
2
6		 RBR
1
9		 RBR
2
11		 HUN
1
21†		 HUN
2
6		 LEC
1
3		 LEC
2
11		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
Ret		 10th 51
2015 International Draco Racing ALC
1		 ALC
2		 MON
1		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 BUG
1
12		 BUG
2
Ret		 JER
1
8		 JER
2
12		 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 BHR
FEA
20		 BHR
SPR
18		 CAT
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 MON
FEA
Ret		 MON
SPR
15		 RBR
FEA
16		 RBR
SPR
14		 SIL
FEA
20		 SIL
SPR
16		 HOC
FEA
18		 HOC
SPR
21		 HUN
FEA
15		 HUN
SPR
Ret		 SPA
FEA
9		 SPA
SPR
8		 MNZ
FEA
5		 MNZ
SPR
5		 SOC
FEA
6		 SOC
SPR
6		 YMC
FEA
Ret		 YMC
SPR
24		 12th 31
2015 Arden International BHR
FEA
9		 BHR
SPR
8		 CAT
FEA
23†		 CAT
SPR
21		 MON
FEA
21		 MON
SPR
17		 RBR
FEA
16		 RBR
SPR
21		 SIL
FEA
20		 SIL
SPR
15		 HUN
FEA
20		 HUN
SPR
21		 SPA
FEA
20		 SPA
SPR
14		 MNZ
FEA
14		 MNZ
SPR
18		 SOC
FEA
15		 SOC
SPR
11		 BHR
FEA
17		 BHR
SPR
20		 YMC
FEA
9		 YMC
SPR
C		 20th 5

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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
6		 STP
5		 PHX
6		 ALA
8		 ALA
11		 IMS
9		 IMS
16		 INDY
15		 RDA
10		 RDA
2		 IOW
13		 TOR
11		 TOR
2		 MDO
2		 MDO
3		 WGL
3		 LAG
9		 LAG
6		 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
6		 LMS
3		 NÜR
Ret		 MEX
2		 COA
1		 FUJ
2		 SHA
2		 BHR
4		 5th 132
2018–19 Signatech Alpine Matmut LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA
2		 LMS
1		 SIL
3		 FUJ
3		 SHA
3		 SEB
2		 SPA
2		 LMS
1		 1st 181
2019–20 Signatech Alpine Elf LMP2 Alpine A470 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL
2		 FUJ
6		 SHA
4		 BHR
4		 COA
6		 SPA
Ret		 LMS
3		 BHR
5		 8th 109
2021 Alpine Elf Matmut Hypercar Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SPA
2		 ALG
3		 MNZ
2		 LMS
3		 BHR
3		 BHR
3		 3rd 128
2022 Alpine Elf Team Hypercar Alpine A480 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SEB
1		 SPA
 LMS
 MNZ
 FUJ
 BHR
 1st* 39*

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
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 LMH 367 3rd 3rd

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
5		 MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 18th 10
2020 Richard Mille Racing Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
5		 SPA
6		 LEC MNZ ALG 14th 18

References
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