Alberto Januário "Betinho" Gontijo Valério (born 6 September 1985) is a Brazilian former racing driver.Alberto Valério Birth date September 6, 1985 Birthplace Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, BrazilLuiz Razia e Alberto Valério são os representantes do país na principal categoria de acesso

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. 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.

Valerio 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. But he himself was replaced for the third round by Frankie Provenzano.

For 2009, Valerio returned to the GP2 Series but moved to the Piquet GP squad as team-mate to Roldán Rodríguez. He 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.

Stock Car Brasil In 2011, Valério returned to Brazil to compete in three Stock Car Brasil races for the Amir Nasr Racing team. Valério returned to the category in 2017, racing for Full Time Bassani alongside Diego Nunes. But on 25 October 2017, Bassani announced that Valério would be replaced before the 11th round in Goiânia by António Félix da Costa.

Retirement Following 2017, Valério has retired from participating full-time in any championships. He now works as a driver coach in the Porsche Cup Brasil, where he has occasionally competed.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing 2003 Formula Three Sudamericana Dragão Motorsport 4 0 0 11 18th 2004 Formula Three Sudamericana Cesário Junior 18 0 0 58 6th Formula Renault 2000 Brazil Dragão Motorsport 3 0 0 0 NC 2005 Formula Three Sudamericana Cesário F3 18 4 4 113 1st Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil Cesário FRenault 4 0 0 22 15th 2006 British Formula 3 Cesário Formula UK 22 0 0 42 11th Formula Renault 3.5 Series EuroInternational 2 0 0 0 NC 2007 British Formula 3 Carlin Motorsport 20 0 0 114 8th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Victory Engineering 2 0 0 0 NC Masters of Formula Three 1 0 0 N/A 29th 2008 GP2 Series Durango 19 0 0 0 26th GP2 Asia Series 10 0 0 2 19th 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series Trident Racing 1 0 0 0 37th 2009 GP2 Series Piquet GP 20 0 1 16 15th Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing 2 0 0 0 36th 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series Scuderia Coloni 2 0 0 0 32nd 2010 GP2 Series Scuderia Coloni 14 0 0 4 22nd2011Stock Car BrasilAmir Nasr Racing300032nd2016Porsche GT3 Cup BrasilDener Motorsport30012911th2017Stock Car BrasilFull Time Bassani19003327thPorsche GT3 Cup BrasilDener Motorsport2006217th2021Porsche GT3 Cup BrasilDener Motorsport100053rd

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 2006 Eurointernational ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 44th 0 2007 Victory Engineering MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1> HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 NC 0 2009 Comtec Racing CAT1 CAT2 SPA1 SPA2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SIL1 SIL2 BUG1 BUG2 ALG1 ALG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ALC1 ALC2 36th 0

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 DC Points 2008 Durango CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 26th 0 2009 Piquet GP CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR ALGFEA ALGSPR 15th 16 2010 Scuderia Coloni CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 22nd 4

Complete GP2 Asia 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 DC Points 2008 Durango DUB1FEA DUB1SPR SENFEA SENSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR DUB2FEA DUB2SPR 19th 2 2008–09 Trident Racing SHIFEA SHISPR DUBFEA DUBSPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR LSLFEA LSLSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 37th 0 2009–10 Scuderia Coloni YMC1FEA YMC1SPR YMC2FEA YMC2SPR BHR1FEA BHR1SPR BHR2FEA BHR2SPR 32nd 0

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