Hugo Valente
| Hugo Valente | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 French |
| Born |
June 17, 1992 Choisy-le-Roi, France |
| World Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Lada Sport Rosneft |
| Car no. | 7 |
| Former teams | SUNRED Engineering, Campos Racing |
| Starts | 82 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 9th in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012 2010 2009–2010 2009 2008 |
French SEAT León Supercopa Formula Renault 2.0 UK Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Formul'Academy Euro Series |
Hugo Valente (born 17 June 1992, Choisy-le-Roi) is a French auto racing driver. He currently races in the World Touring Car Championship for Lada having made his debut in the series at the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of China.
For 2009 Valente moved into car racing and into the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series with SG Formula. He finished the season 24th in the standings with a best result of 8th at the Nürburgring. He stayed in the series for 2010, moving to the new Tech 1 Racing team alongside Arthur Pic and Aaro Vainio. He scored a single podium finish, of second place, on the first weekend at Motorland Aragón and he went on to finish the season 12th on 28 points.
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.
Valente made his debut in the WTCC at the 2012 FIA WTCC Race of China, driving the SUNRED SR León 1.6T previously driven in the 2012 season by Tiago Monteiro and Hiroki Yoshimoto. He qualified 23rd for the race with the only SR León on the grid. His car was found to be over-boosting later on in Q1 but his best time was set prior to the change being made so his grid slot was unaffected. His best result of the weekend was fifteenth in race one, but he was later dropped to sixteenth in the classification when he was one of five drivers issued with a 30-second penalty for cutting a chicane to avoid a separate incident.
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