Alain Valente is a racing driver from Switzerland who competes in GT Winter Series for Haupt Racing Team. Valente has recorded 1 win and 9 podiums from 63 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,068 ranks Valente 3271th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-02-15 | Valencia GT3 | P3 | +18 |
| 2026-02-15 | Valencia GT3 | DNF | −212 |
| 2026-02-15 | Valencia GT3 | P5 | −25 |
| 2026-01-18 | Autodromo Internacional Algarve GT3 | P5 | −15 |
| 2026-01-18 | Autodromo Internacional Algarve GT3 | P4 | +9 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +185 | Nürburgring 2023 | ADAC GT Masters | P2 |
| +155 | Hockenheim 2023 | ADAC GT Masters | P1 |
| +143 | Hockenheim 2023 | ADAC GT Masters | P2 |
| +122 | Norisring 2023 | ADAC GT Masters | P4 |
| +103 | Paul Ricard 1000Km 2022 | GT World Challenge Europe | P16 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸GT Winter Series | Haupt Racing Team | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P14 | −230 | 4,068 |
| 2025 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #503 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | −198 | 4,299 |
| 2024 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Madpanda Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | −58 | 4,497 |
| 2023 | ▸ADAC GT Masters | Haupt Racing Team | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | +839 | 4,555 |
| ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Theeba Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P39 | +101 | ||
| 2022 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Haupt Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | +103 | 3,615 |
| 2021 | ▸British GT Championship | Team Rocket RJN | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −185 | 3,512 |
| 2015 | ▸ADAC Formula 4 | Race Performance | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −109 | 3,697 |
| 2014 | ▸Italian F4 | Jenzer Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +2,347 | 3,697 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Mattia DrudiFIA Platinum | 5,127 | 33 | 6 | 27 | 18% |
| 🏳️ Lucas MauronFIA Silver | 3,537 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 62% |
| 🇮🇹 Leonardo PulciniFIA Gold | 5,303 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 40% |
| 🇨🇭 Edi Haxhiu | 3,167 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 79% |
| 🇫🇷 Brandon MaisanoFIA Silver | 4,720 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 6% |
| 🇩🇪 Jannes FittjeFIA Silver | 4,405 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
| 🇷🇺 Ivan Matveev | 3,458 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 78% |
| 🇮🇹 Andrea FontanaFIA Silver | 4,009 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 65% |
| 🇧🇷 Joao Vieira | 3,960 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 65% |
| 🏳️ Nico Rindlisbacher | 3,734 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 82% |
| 🇧🇪 Charles WeertsFIA Platinum, 4× champion | 6,430 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% |
| 🇨🇳 Zhou GuanyuHigher-rated | 6,213 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇳🇿 Matthew PayneFIA Gold | 6,136 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,261 | 🇦🇺 Garnet Patterson | European Le Mans Series | 4,070 |
| 3,262 | 🇩🇪 Hans Fertl | FIA GT Championship | 4,070 |
| 3,263 | 🇺🇸 Kevin Boehm | GT4 America | 4,070 |
| 3,264 | 🇫🇷 Marcus Amand | Formula Regional European | 4,070 |
| 3,265 | 🇫🇷 Mathieu Zangarelli | FIA GT Championship | 4,070 |
| 3,266 | 🇮🇹 Riccardo Agusta | FIA GT Championship | 4,070 |
| 3,267 | 🇪🇸 Toni Forné | 24H Series | 4,070 |
| 3,268 | 🏳️ Adam Balon | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,069 |
| 3,269 | 🇮🇹 Marzio Moretti | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 4,069 |
| 3,270 | 🇺🇸 Spike Kohlbecker | TGRNA GR Cup North America | 4,069 |
| 3,271 | 🇨🇭 Alain Valente | GT Winter Series | 4,068 |
| 3,272 | 🇺🇸 Isaac Kitzmiller | ARCA Menards Series | 4,068 |
| 3,273 | 🇨🇭 Jérôme De Sadeleer | Le Mans Cup | 4,068 |
| 3,274 | 🇺🇸 Patrick Sheltra | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,068 |
| 3,275 | 🇮🇪 Tommy Byrne | American Endurance Racing | 4,068 |
| 3,276 | 🇺🇸 Tracy Hines | NASCAR Truck | 4,068 |
| 3,277 | 🇺🇸 Jake Rosenzweig | GP2 Series | 4,067 |
| 3,278 | 🏳️ Maxim Dirickx | Prototype Cup Europe | 4,067 |
| 3,279 | 🇺🇸 Tyler Walker | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,067 |
| 3,280 | 🇱🇻 Harald Schlegelmilch | FIA Formula 3 European | 4,066 |
| 3,281 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Westphal | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,066 |
Alain Valente is a semi-professional driver rated 4,396, placing him at the professional level; a driver capable of winning in strong regional fields and beating competitors who operate at that tier consistently. His career spanned six seasons from 2014 to 2024 across single-seater and GT racing, though his progression between series and the nine-year gap between his early Formula 4 campaigns and his return to racing in 2021 suggests an unconventional path. Across 56 starts, Valente accumulated a single win and eight podium finishes, with an average classified position of 12.3; his most productive period came in ADAC GT Masters in 2023, where he scored one win and four podiums in 12 starts for Haupt Racing Team.[1]
In single-seaters, Valente competed in Italian F4 in 2014 and ADAC Formula 4 in 2015 with Jenzer Motorsport and Race Performance respectively, posting two podiums across 27 starts without victories. His move into GT and endurance racing after 2015 ended until his entry into British GT Championship in 2021, where he took two podiums in five races. His most substantial GT campaign came in ADAC GT Masters in 2023, the strongest field he competed in by results; there he beat drivers including Brandon Maisano, a 1-time champion and professional-level competitor, on 17 of 18 occasions. Against established professionals graded Platinum or Gold, Valente's record was heavily negative, particularly against Mattia Drudi and Leonardo Pulcini, whom he finished behind in 27 of 33 and 12 of 20 shared races respectively, though he did pass Lance Stroll and Charles Weerts, both elite professionals and multi-time champions, on isolated occasions.
Valente has since retired from racing. The recent headlines in the database relating to ADAC GT Masters events in mid-2025 and mid-2026 appear to reference another driver sharing that surname and racing context; the most recent confirmed activity for Alain Valente remains the 2023 ADAC GT Masters season.