Hugo Valente
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Hugo Valente (born 17 June 1992) is a French former
Racing career
Formula Renault Eurocup
For 2009 Valente moved into car racing and into the
French SEAT León Supercopa
After taking a sabbatical in 2011, Valente returned to racing for 2012 in the French SEAT León Supercopa. He led the championship going into the final round at the Circuit Paul Ricard but ultimately lost out to Jimmy Antunes in the final race.[3]
World Touring Car Championship
SUNRED Engineering (2012)
Valente made his debut in the WTCC at the
Campos Racing (2013–2015)
Valente would stay the WTCC full-time in
Lada Sport (2016)
Valtente secured a factory drive with the
TCR International Series
Campos Racing (2015)
Valente made his debut in the new for 2015, TCR International Series, at the penultimate round in Thailand. Driving with Campos Racing in their Opel Astra, Valente did not finish the first race of the weekend, although he was still classified. Valente started the second race from pole position as a result of it being a reversed grid race. However Valente would retire from this race as well.
Craft-Bamboo Racing (2017)
Having been unable to secure a seat in the
Shortly before the round at the Salzburgring, it was announced that Valente would retire from motorsport with immediate effect, citing the need to be closer to his family, in particular his young daughter. His seat at the team was taken over by former British Touring Car driver, Dan Lloyd.[12]
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete TCR International Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015
|
Campos Racing | Opel Astra OPC | SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
SHA 1 |
SHA 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
ALG
1 |
ALG
2 |
MNZ
1 |
MNZ
2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MRN 1 |
MRN 2 |
CHA 1 21† |
CHA 2 Ret |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
NC | 0 |
2017 | Lukoil Craft-Bamboo Racing | SEAT León TCR | RIM 1 Ret |
RIM 2 9 |
BHR 1 2 |
BHR 2 3 |
SPA 1 15 |
SPA 2 Ret |
MNZ 1 6 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
CHA
1 |
CHA
2 |
ZHE 1 |
ZHE 2 |
DUB 1 |
DUB 2 |
16th | 46 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
References
- ^ "Muitas novidades mesmo antes do fim de época". JTM. 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ^ "A new era for Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0". Racecar. Racecar New Media Services Ltd. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Finale au Castellet: Jimmy Antunes Champion 2012 pour une seconde!" [Finale at Le Castellet: Jimmy Antunes 2012 Champion by a second!]. SEAT León Supercopa (in French). Oreca. 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (25 October 2012). "Hugo Valente to race for SUNRED in Shanghai". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 27 October 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ Hudson, Neil (3 November 2012). "Alex Liu granted permission to start from outside 107%". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ Auger, Matt (4 November 2012). "Shanghai WTCC: Penalty Summary". Touring-Cars.net. Andrew Abbott. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ "Campos Racing confirm Monje and Valente for 2013". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ Tremayne, Sam (23 April 2013). "Hugo Valente to return to WTCC with Campos SEAT in Hungary". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "KARAMYSHEV FACES WTCC DEBUT". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Lada set to leave WTCC at the end of 2016". World Touring Car Championship. Motorsport.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Hugo Valente joins James Nash and Pepe Oriola at Craft-Bamboo". TCR International Series. TouringCarTimes. March 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Daniel Lloyd replaces retiring Hugo Valente in TCR switch". TCR International Series. TouringCarTimes. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
External links
Media related to Hugo Valente at Wikimedia Commons
- Hugo Valente on Twitter
- Hugo Valente career summary at DriverDB.com