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Find sources: "Hugo Valente" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Hugo Mario Valente Valente in 2016 at the Circuit de Magny-Cours Nationality French Born (1992-06-17) June 17, 1992 (age 34) Choisy-le-Roi, France World Touring Car Championship career Debut season 2012 Categorisation FIA Silver Former teams SUNRED Engineering, Campos Racing, Lada Sport Rosneft Starts 82 Wins 0 Poles 0 Fastest laps 2 Best finish 9th in 2015 Previous series 2015, 2017 2012 2010 2009–2010 2009 2008 TCR International Series French SEAT León Supercopa Formula Renault 2.0 UK Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Formul'Academy Euro Series **Hugo Mario Valente** (born 17 June 1992) is a French former [auto racing](/source/Auto_racing) driver. He raced in the [World Touring Car Championship](/source/World_Touring_Car_Championship) for [SUNRED Engineering](/source/SUNRED_Engineering), [Campos Racing](/source/Campos_Racing) and the [Lada](/source/Lada) factory team having made his debut in the series at the [2012 FIA WTCC Race of China](/source/2012_FIA_WTCC_Race_of_China). For 2017, he made the switch to the [TCR International Series](/source/TCR_International_Series), where part way through the season he announced his retirement from motorsport. He was born in [Choisy-le-Roi](/source/Choisy-le-Roi) and is of Italian descent.[1] ## Racing career ### Formula Renault Eurocup For 2009, Valente moved into car racing and into the [Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0](/source/Eurocup_Formula_Renault_2.0) series with [SG Formula](/source/SG_Formula). He finished the season 24th in the standings with a best result of eighth at the [Nürburgring](/source/N%C3%BCrburgring). He stayed in the series for 2010, moving to the new [Tech 1 Racing](/source/Tech_1_Racing) team alongside [Arthur Pic](/source/Arthur_Pic) and [Aaro Vainio](/source/Aaro_Vainio).[2] He scored a single podium finish, of second place, on the first weekend at [Motorland Aragón](/source/Ciudad_del_Motor_de_Arag%C3%B3n) and he went on to finish the season 12th on 28 points. ### French SEAT León Supercopa After taking a sabbatical in 2011, Valente returned to racing for 2012 in the [French SEAT León Supercopa](/source/SEAT_Le%C3%B3n_Supercopa#France). He led the championship going into the final round at the [Circuit Paul Ricard](/source/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 [2012 FIA WTCC Race of China](/source/2012_FIA_WTCC_Race_of_China), driving the [SUNRED SR León 1.6T](/source/SEAT_Le%C3%B3n#Second_generation_(1P;_2005)) previously driven in the [2012 season](/source/2012_World_Touring_Car_Championship_season) by [Tiago Monteiro](/source/Tiago_Monteiro) and [Hiroki Yoshimoto](/source/Hiroki_Yoshimoto).[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] Valente competing in the [2014 World Touring Car Championship](/source/2014_World_Touring_Car_Championship_season) #### Campos Racing (2013–2015) Valente would stay the WTCC full-time in [2013 season](/source/2013_World_Touring_Car_Championship_season), joining [Campos Racing](/source/Campos_Racing) alongside [Fernando Monje](/source/Fernando_Monje) in a [SEAT León WTCC](/source/SEAT_Le%C3%B3n#Second_generation_(1P;_2005)).[7] The start of his season was delayed until the [Race of Hungary](/source/2013_FIA_WTCC_Race_of_Hungary) when Campos introduced their second car.[8] He skipped the Russian and Portuguese rounds of the championship and his car was taken over by [European Touring Car Cup](/source/European_Touring_Car_Cup) driver [Nikolay Karamyshev](/source/Nikolay_Karamyshev).[9] #### Lada Sport (2016) Valtente secured a factory drive with the [Lada Sport Rosneft](/source/Lada_Sport) team for [2016](/source/2016_World_Touring_Car_Championship). It was a tough season as Valente was unable to make the podium, unlike his teammates [Gabriele Tarquini](/source/Gabriele_Tarquini) and [Nick Catsburg](/source/Nick_Catsburg) who both took victories. Valente's best results were two fourth place finishes in Morocco and Russia. After scoring points consistently for the first half of the season, Valente would only finish once more in the points across the final four rounds including five retirements. This left him in 12th place overall, three places behind Tarquini and five behind Catsburg. At the end of the season it was announced that Lada would be pulling out of the [World Touring Car Championship](/source/World_Touring_Car_Championship), leaving Valente without a drive for [2017](/source/2017_World_Touring_Car_Championship).[10] ### TCR International Series #### Campos Racing (2015) Valente made his debut in the new for 2015, [TCR International Series](/source/TCR_International_Series), at the penultimate round in Thailand. Driving with [Campos Racing](/source/Campos_Racing) in their [Opel Astra](/source/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 [World Touring Car Championship](/source/World_Touring_Car_Championship), Valente rejoined the [TCR International Series](/source/TCR_International_Series) with the [Craft-Bamboo Racing](/source/Craft-Bamboo_Racing) team alongside TCR frontrunners and former World Touring Car rivals, [Pepe Oriola](/source/Pepe_Oriola) and [James Nash](/source/James_Nash_(racing_driver)).[11] At the first round in Georgia, Valente retired from the first race of the season, but finished in ninth place in the second and scoring his first TCR points. Valente took his first podium of the season in the second round at Bahrain, with a second place finish. He followed this up with a third place in the second race of the weekend. However a non-points scoring weekend at [Spa-Francorchamps](/source/Circuit_de_Spa-Francorchamps) dealt a blow to his championship hopes. Although Valente finished sixth in the first race at [Monza](/source/Autodromo_Nazionale_Monza), a further retirement in the second, having started the race from pole left Valente in tenth place in the championship, 67 points adrift from the championship leader at that point in time. Shortly before the round at the [Salzburgring](/source/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](/source/British_Touring_Car_Championship) driver, [Dan Lloyd](/source/Daniel_Lloyd_(racing_driver)).[12] ## Racing record ### Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results ([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 DC Points 2009 SG Formula CAT 1 Ret CAT 2 10 SPA 1 28 SPA 2 21 HUN 1 10 HUN 2 12 SIL 1 13 SIL 2 18 LMS 1 23 LMS 2 17 NÜR 1 8 NÜR 2 Ret ALC 1 Ret ALC 2 19 24th 5 2010 Tech 1 Racing ALC 1 8 ALC 2 2 SPA 1 14 SPA 2 15 BRN 1 12 BRN 2 14 MAG 1 8 MAG 2 Ret HUN 1 16 HUN 2 Ret HOC 1 Ret HOC 2 8 SIL 1 9 SIL 2 DNS CAT 1 Ret CAT 2 Ret 12th 28 ### Complete World Touring Car Championship results ([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 23 24 DC Points 2012 SUNRED Engineering SUNRED SR León 1.6T ITA 1 ITA 2 ESP 1 ESP 2 MAR 1 MAR 2 SVK 1 SVK 2 HUN 1 HUN 2 AUT 1 AUT 2 POR 1 POR 2 BRA 1 BRA 2 USA 1 USA 2 JPN 1 JPN 2 CHN 1 16 CHN 2 18 MAC 1 MAC 2 NC 0 2013 Campos Racing SEAT León WTCC ITA 1 ITA 2 MAR 1 MAR 2 SVK 1 SVK 2 HUN 1 12 HUN 2 19 AUT 1 Ret AUT 2 DNS RUS 1 RUS 2 POR 1 18 POR 2 14 ARG 1 13 ARG 2 8 USA 1 13 USA 2 14 JPN 1 JPN 2 CHN 1 Ret CHN 2 12 MAC 1 Ret MAC 2 Ret 21st 4 2014 Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 MAR 1 8 MAR 2 3 FRA 1 6 FRA 2 10 HUN 1 10 HUN 2 3 SVK 1 11 SVK 2 C AUT 1 NC AUT 2 Ret RUS 1 Ret RUS 2 9 BEL 1 12 BEL 2 9 ARG 1 Ret ARG 2 Ret BEI 1 12 BEI 2 11 CHN 1 9 CHN 2 8 JPN 1 5 JPN 2 Ret MAC 1 NC MAC 2 3 12th 85 2015 Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 ARG 1 Ret ARG 2 DNS MAR 1 15 MAR 2 9 HUN 1 3 HUN 2 8 GER 1 Ret GER 2 DNS RUS 1 12 RUS 2 8 SVK 1 5 SVK 2 5 FRA 1 Ret FRA 2 6 POR 1 Ret POR 2 7 JPN 1 10 JPN 2 2 CHN 1 8 CHN 2 Ret THA 1 Ret THA 2 DNS QAT 1 3 QAT 2 6 9th 120 2016 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC FRA 1 5 FRA 2 7 SVK 1 12 SVK 2 Ret HUN 1 6 HUN 2 9 MAR 1 Ret MAR 2 4 GER 1 6 GER 2 10 RUS 1 4 RUS 2 7 POR 1 Ret POR 2 9 ARG 1 Ret ARG 2 Ret JPN 1 Ret JPN 2 13 CHN 1 6 CHN 2 12 QAT 1 Ret QAT 2 Ret 12th 78 ### Complete TCR International Series results ([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Muitas novidades mesmo antes do fim de época"](https://jtm.com.mo/especiais-jtm-column/61o-grande-premio-de-macau/muitas-novidades-mesmo-antes-fim-de-epoca/). *JTM*. 2014-11-11. 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Retrieved 10 June 2017. ## External links Media related to [Hugo Valente](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hugo_Valente) at Wikimedia Commons - [Hugo Valente](https://x.com/Hugovalente_7) on [X](/source/X_(social_network)) - [Hugo Valente](https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/hugo-valente) career summary at DriverDB.com v t e Teams and drivers competing in the 2016 World Touring Car Championship season Lada Sport Honda Citroën Polestar Racing 2. Gabriele Tarquini 7. Hugo Valente 10. Nick Catsburg 5. Norbert Michelisz 12. Robert Huff 18. Tiago Monteiro 37. José María López 68. Yvan Muller 61. Fredrik Ekblom 62. Thed Björk Sébastien Loeb Racing Campos Racing Münnich Motorsport Nika International ROAL Motorsport Zengő Motorsport 3. Tom Chilton 11. Grégoire Demoustier 25. Mehdi Bennani 27. John Filippi 15. James Thompson 77. René Münnich 89. John Bryant-Meisner 9. Tom Coronel 55. Ferenc Ficza 99. 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