# André Negrão

André Negrão (born 17 June 1992) is a Brazilian racing driver. He most recently drove for Alpine in the Hypercar 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 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. 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 3rd.
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. 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.
Negrão stepped up to the World Series by Renault 3.5 in 2011, 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.

## Sportscar career

In 2017, Alpine invted the Brazilian to move to the WEC.
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.
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.
For the 2022 season, Negrão, Lapierre and Vaxivière returned to Alpine to race in the WEC. The squad began the season well, winning the season opener in Sebring before finishing second at Spa. 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 Nr. 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 11th and last in the teams' standings with a best race finish of eighth.

## 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 |
| 2008 | Portuguese Formula Renault 2.0 Winter Series | Epsilon Sport Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3rd |
| 2009 | Italian Formula Renault 2.0 | Cram Competition | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 15th |
| 2009 | Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 | Cram Competition | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15th |
| 2009 | 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 |
| 2010 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Cram Competition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 23rd |
| 2010 | Formula Abarth | Cram Competition | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 14th |
| 2010 | Formula Renault UK | Cram Competition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32nd |
| 2010 | 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 |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2015 | 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 |
| 2017 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2018 | European Le Mans Series – LMP2 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18th |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Signatech Alpine Matmut | 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 |
| 2020 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Signatech Alpine Elf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th |
| 2020 | Alpine Elf Europa Cup | Racing Technology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2021 | FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar | Alpine Elf Matmut | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 128 | 3rd |
| 2021 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar | Alpine Elf Matmut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2022 | FIA World Endurance Championship – Hypercar | Alpine Elf Team | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 144 | 2nd |
| 2022 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – Hypercar | Alpine Elf Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th |
| 2023 | FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP2 | Alpine Elf Team | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18th |
| 2023 | 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 | Alpine Elf Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th |
$^†$ 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)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
| 2010 | Cram Competition | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | BRN 1 3 | BRN 2 5 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | MST 1 | MST 2 | MST 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | 23rd | 36 |

### Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2010 | Cram Competition | ALC 1 Ret | ALC 2 Ret | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 3 | BRN 1 11 | BRN 2 Ret | MAG 1 11 | MAG 2 9 | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 18 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 9 | SIL 1 10 | SIL 2 13 | CAT 1 13 | CAT 2 9 | 13th | 25 |

### 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.

### 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 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 2 | LMS 4 | MNZ 1 | FUJ 3 | BHR 3 | | | | 2nd | 144 |
| 2023 | Alpine Elf Team | LMP2 | Alpine A470 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB Ret | ALG 10 | SPA 8 | LMS 7 | MNZ 8 | FUJ 11 | BHR 10 | | | 18th | 23 |

### 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 | 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 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 |