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]

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André Negrão
Negrão in 2023
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 31) São Paulo, Brazil
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Alpine Elf Team
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	36
Best finish	1st in 2018–19
Previous series
2017– 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
2018–19	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers

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André is in the LMH Class in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving with Alpine. He shares the Alpine A480 with French drivers Matthieu Vaxivière and Nicolas Lapierre.^[3] Negrão has driven with the team since 2017,^[4] when the team was named "Signatech Alpine Matmut" in the LMP2 Class, now named only "Alpine" – with the same name as the Formula One team.^[5]

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 3rd.^[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.^[2] 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.^[2]

Negrão stepped up to the World Series by Renault 3.5 in 2011,^[9] 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.

In 2017, Alpine invted the Brazilian to move to the WEC.^[2]

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.^[10]

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.^[3][4]

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.^[11] Problems with the car meant that Negrão and his teammates would only take fourth place in the 24 Hours of Le Mans,^[12] although a victory in Monza put the team into the lead of the championship.^[13] 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.^[14][15]

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.^[16][17] The trio struggled, finishing 11th and last in the teams' standings with a best race finish of eighth.