# Alberto Valerio

Alberto "Betinho" Valério (Ipatinga, 6 September 1985) is a former Brazilian 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.

## 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 |
| 2004 | Formula Renault 2000 Brazil | Dragão Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2005 | Formula Three Sudamericana | Cesário F3 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 113 | 1st |
| 2005 | Formula Renault 2.0 Brazil | Cesário FRenault | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 15th |
| 2006 | British Formula 3 | Cesário Formula UK | 22 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 11th |
| 2006 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | EuroInternational | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2007 | British Formula 3 | Carlin Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 8th |
| 2007 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Victory Engineering | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2007 | Masters of Formula Three | Victory Engineering | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 29th |
| 2008 | GP2 Series | Durango | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| 2008 | GP2 Asia Series | Durango | 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 |
| 2009 | 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 | 22nd |

### 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 | ZOL 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 | 44th | 0 |
| 2007 | Victory Engineering | MNZ 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 | NC | 0 |
| 2009 | Comtec Racing | CAT 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 | 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 | CAT 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 | 26th | 0 |
| 2009 | Piquet GP | CAT 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 | 15th | 16 |
| 2010 | Scuderia Coloni | CAT 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 | 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 | DUB1 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 | | | 19th | 2 |
| 2008–09 | Trident Racing | SHI 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 | 37th | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Scuderia Coloni | YMC1 FEA | YMC1 SPR | YMC2 FEA 15 | YMC2 SPR 18 | BHR1 FEA | BHR1 SPR | BHR2 FEA | BHR2 SPR | | | | | 32nd | 0 |