Alberto Valerio


Alberto Januário "Betinho" Gontijo Valério is a Brazilian former racing driver.

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

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

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

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

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008DurangoDUB1
FEA
9		DUB1
SPR
5		SEN
FEA
Ret		SEN
SPR
Ret		SEP
FEA
Ret		SEP
SPR
17		BHR
FEA
DNS		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