Hugo Valente

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Hugo Valente in Spa 2014

Hugo Valente (born June 17, 1992 in Choisy-le-Roi ) is a French racing driver . He competed in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) from 2012 to 2015 .

Career

Valente began his motorsport career in 2006 in kart racing , in which he was active until 2007. In 2008 Valente switched to formula racing in the Formul'Academy Euro Series . He finished his debut season in eighth place with a win. In 2009 Valente started for SG Formula in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup . While Jean-Éric Vergne , one of his teammates, took second place, Valente was 24th in the drivers' standings with an eighth place as the best result. He also competed for SG Formula in the Western European Formula Renault . With a fifth place as the best result, he finished the season in eleventh place overall, while his team-mate Vergne came in second overall. He also took part in kart races. In 2010 Valente switched to Tech 1 Racing and stayed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. Valente achieved second place as the best result and was twelfth in the championship. His team mates Arthur Pic and Aaro Vainio took third and fourth place. Valente also took part in a British Formula Renault race weekend.

After Valente returned to karting in 2011, Valente switched to touring car racing in 2012 . For Clairet Sports he started in the French SEAT Leon Supercopa . He won three races and finished second behind his teammate Jimmy Antunes with 268 to 270 points. Subsequently, Valente received a SUNRED León 1.6T for an event at SUNRED Engineering in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). In 2013 Valente completed seven WTCC events for Campos Racing in a Seat Leon. He scored points for the first time with an eighth place. He finished 21st in the drivers' championship. In 2014 , Valente competed for the entire season in the WTCC for Campos Racing. He drove a Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 . At the season opener in Marrakech , he achieved his first podium finish in the WTCC with a third place. He repeated this result in two other races. In the world championship he improved to twelfth place. In 2015 , Valente stayed with Campos Racing in the World Touring Car Championship. With a second place as the best result, he reached ninth place in the overall ranking. In addition, he took part in a TCR International Series event for Campos in preparation for a WTCC race .

statistics

Career stations

Individual results in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2012 SUNRED engineering ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP MoroccoMorocco MAR SlovakiaSlovakia SLK HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria AUT PortugalPortugal POR BrazilBrazil BRA United StatesUnited States United States JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN MacauMacau MAC 0 -
16 18th
2013 Campos Racing ItalyItaly ITA MoroccoMorocco MAR SlovakiaSlovakia SLK HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria AUT RussiaRussia RUS PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG United StatesUnited States United States JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN MacauMacau MAC 4th 21st
12 19th DNF DNS 18th 14th 13 8th 13 14th DNF 12 DNF DNF
2014 Campos Racing MoroccoMorocco MAR FranceFrance FRA HungaryHungary HUN SlovakiaSlovakia SLK AustriaAustria AUT RussiaRussia RUS BelgiumBelgium BEL ArgentinaArgentina ARG China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN JapanJapan JPN MacauMacau MAC 85 12.
8th 3 6 3 10 10 3 11 C. NC DNF DNF 9 12 4 9 DNF DNF 12 11 9 8th 5 5 DNF NC 3
2015 Campos Racing ArgentinaArgentina ARG MoroccoMorocco MAR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER RussiaRussia RUS SlovakiaSlovakia SLK FranceFrance FRA PortugalPortugal PRT JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN ThailandThailand THA QatarQatar QAT 120 9.
DNF DNS 15 4 9 3 2 8th DNF 2 DNS 12 8th 5 5 DNF 6th DNF 3 7th 10 2 8th DNF DNF DNS 3 4 6th
Legend
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings
  • 1 : first in qualifying, 2 : second in qualifying, ...

Individual results in the TCR International Series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd Points rank
2015 Campos Racing MalaysiaMalaysia SEP China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China SHA SpainSpain VAL PortugalPortugal POR ItalyItaly MNZ AustriaAustria SAL RussiaRussia SOC AustriaAustria SPI SingaporeSingapore SIN ThailandThailand BUR MacauMacau MAC 0 -
21 * DNF

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: “20-year-old Frenchman before WTCC debut”. Motorsport-Total.com, October 26, 2012, accessed November 2, 2012 .
  2. ^ "Hugo Valente is the first driver to sign for a new RML Chevrolet". touringcartimes.com, November 18, 2013, accessed November 18, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Neil Hudson: Hugo Valente back with Campos Racing for 2015. touringcartimes.com, December 17, 2014, accessed on February 28, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Hugo Valente: Special training at guest start in Thailand. Motorsport-Total.com, October 12, 2015, accessed October 30, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Valente, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH 17th June 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Choisy-le-Roi , France