Alberto Valerio

Alberto "Betinho" Valério (Ipatinga, 6 September 1985) is a Brazilian racing driver.[1]

Alberto Valério
Valério driving for Durango at the Silverstone round of the 2008 GP2 Series season.
NationalityBrazil Brazilian
Born (1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 38)
GP2 Series career
Debut season2008
Current teamScuderia Coloni
Car number20
Former teamsPiquet GP
Durango
Starts53
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish15th in 2009
Previous series
20082009–10
200607, 2009
200607
2004–05
2003–05
GP2 Asia Series
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
British Formula 3
Brazilian Formula Renault
Formula Three Sudamericana
Championship titles
2005Formula Three Sudamericana

Career

Formula Three

Valerio drove in the Formula Three Sudamericana championship from 2003 to 2005, winning the title in his final year of the category.[clarification needed] For 2006 he moved to the British championship, finishing 11th in the championship. 2007 saw him move to the Carlin Motorsport team and improve to eighth place in the standings.

Formula Renault

In 2004 and 2005, Valerio also drove at selected races in the Brazilian Formula Renault series. In 2006 and 2007, he drove in four races overall in the more prestigious Formula Renault 3.5 Series.

GP2 Series

For 2008, Valerio signed to drive for the Durango team in both the GP2 Series and the inaugural GP2 Asia Series.

He returned to the GP2 Asia Series for the second round onwards of the 2008–09 season by replacing Giacomo Ricci in the Trident Racing team.[2] But he himself was replaced for the third round by Frankie Provenzano.[3]

For 2009, he returned to the GP2 Series but moved to the Piquet GP squad as team-mate to Roldán Rodríguez. Valerio took his first win with the team, as he dominated the feature race at Silverstone. He finished fifteenth in the championship.

Valerio moved to Coloni for the 2010 season, but was dropped in favour of Álvaro Parente.[4]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeam NameRacesPolesWinsPointsFinal Placing
2003Formula Three SudamericanaDragão Motorsport4001118th
2004Formula Three SudamericanaCesário Junior1800586th
Formula Renault 2000 BrazilDragão Motorsport3000NC
2005Formula Three SudamericanaCesário F318441131st
Formula Renault 2.0 BrazilCesário FRenault4002215th
2006British Formula 3Cesário Formula UK22004211th
Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesEuroInternational2000NC
2007British Formula 3Carlin Motorsport20001148th
Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesVictory Engineering2000NC
Masters of Formula Three100N/A29th
2008GP2 SeriesDurango1900026th
GP2 Asia Series1000219th
2008–09GP2 Asia SeriesTrident Racing100037th
2009GP2 SeriesPiquet GP20011615th
Formula Renault 3.5 SeriesComtec Racing200036th
2009–10GP2 Asia SeriesScuderia Coloni200032nd
2010GP2 SeriesScuderia Coloni1400422nd

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2006EurointernationalZOL
1
ZOL
2
MON
1
IST
1
IST
2
MIS
1
MIS
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
DON
1
DON
2
LMS
1
LMS
2
CAT
1

19
CAT
2

Ret
44th0
2007Victory EngineeringMNZ
1
MNZ
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
MON
1
>
HUN
1
HUN
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
DON
1
DON
2
MAG
1
MAG
2
EST
1
EST
2
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

Ret
NC0
2009Comtec RacingCAT
1
CAT
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
MON
1
HUN
1
HUN
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
BUG
1
BUG
2
ALG
1

17
ALG
2

16
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
ALC
1
ALC
2
36th0

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2008DurangoCAT
FEA

13
CAT
SPR

Ret
IST
FEA

18
IST
SPR

7
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

Ret
MAG
FEA

18
MAG
SPR

17
SIL
FEA

21
SIL
SPR

9
HOC
FEA

9
HOC
SPR

15
HUN
FEA

DNS
HUN
SPR

17
VAL
FEA

Ret
VAL
SPR

12
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

12
MNZ
SPR

15
26th0
2009Piquet GPCAT
FEA

15
CAT
SPR

13
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

Ret
IST
FEA

4
IST
SPR

6
SIL
FEA

1
SIL
SPR

7
NÜR
FEA

Ret
NÜR
SPR

17
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

21
VAL
FEA

17
VAL
SPR

10
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

12
MNZ
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

11
ALG
FEA

Ret
ALG
SPR

7
15th16
2010Scuderia ColoniCAT
FEA

14
CAT
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

5
MON
SPR

Ret
IST
FEA

17
IST
SPR

19
VAL
FEA

9
VAL
SPR

Ret
SIL
FEA

14
SIL
SPR

22
HOC
FEA

11
HOC
SPR

12
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

12
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
22nd4

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008DurangoDUB1
FEA

9
DUB1
SPR

5
SEN
FEA

Ret
SEN
SPR

Ret
SEP
FEA

Ret
SEP
SPR

17
BHR
FEA

Ret
BHR
SPR

17
DUB2
FEA

13
DUB2
SPR

15
19th2
2008–09Trident RacingSHI
FEA
SHI
SPR
DUB
FEA

16
DUB
SPR

C
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
LSL
FEA
LSL
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
37th0
2009–10Scuderia ColoniYMC1
FEA
YMC1
SPR
YMC2
FEA

15
YMC2
SPR

18
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
32nd0

References

  • "Career statistics". driverdb.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Three Sudamericana
Champion

2005
Succeeded by