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Valerio to race for Coloni

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20/01/2010

Alberto Valerio will race with Scuderia Coloni in the GP2 Series this season, the 24-year-old having this week signed a deal with the Italian outfit.

According to the team it's a first rate decision because Paolo Coloni's expert eyes noticed Valerio's growth during the 2009 championship: not only was the Brazilian driver consistent he also clinched his first GP2 victory (Silverstone race 1) with a dominating performance in which he managed to overtake Romain Grosjean.

Consequently, Scuderia Coloni decided to offer him a day of testing at the end of the season in Jerez where Valerio showed his talent posting the second fastest time of the whole three days.

This came as no surprise to many as a winning attitude was part of Alberto's DNA right from the start of his career, having won the South American F3 championship in 2005, and then being among top racers in the 2007 British F3 Championship.

In order to get acquainted with the team, Valerio will compete with Scuderia Coloni in the GP2 Asia Series at Abu Dhabi on February 5-6; while his first main series duty will be the official testing session at Le Castellet from March 23 to 25 followed by the first racing weekend will be on May 8-9 in Barcelona.

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