| Luca Badoer | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | |
| Car # | — |
| Current team | Ferrari |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Races | 56 (48 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1993 South African Grand Prix |
| Latest race | 1999 Japanese Grand Prix |
| 2007 position | — |
Luca Badoer (born January 25, 1971) is an Italian Formula One driver who has raced for the Scuderia Italia, Minardi and Forti Corse teams, and is presently a test driver for the Ferrari F1 team. The FIA Super Licence is a qualification allowing the Licence holder to take part in Formula One Grands Prix as a driver Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race The 1993 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on March 14, 1993. The 1999 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 31, 1999 at the Suzuka International Racing Course in Suzuka, Pre-season testing Pre-season testing began in November 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya, with ten of the eleven teams participating in the test sessions Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Minardi was an Automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. Forti Corse, commonly known as Forti, was an Italian motor racing team chiefly known for its brief and unsuccessful involvement in Formula One In Motor sports it is common to have one or more test drivers that work with the Mechanics to help develop the vehicle by testing new systems on the track Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing
Badoer was born in Montebelluna, Veneto. Montebelluna is a town in Veneto, Italy, approximately 67 kilometers northwest of Venice. Veneto or Venetia ( Vèneto) is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Prior to reaching Formula One, he graduated through the time-honoured route of karting, in which he was Italian champion. For other meanings see Kart (disambiguation Kart racing or karting is a variant of Open-wheel Motor sport with He beat Alex Zanardi in the final round of the 1990 Italian Formula 3 Championship. Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (born October 23, 1966 in Bologna Italy) is an Italian racing driver Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open-wheel formula racing. In 1991 he won four races in a row, but was disqualified after a technicality concerning his tyres. For 1992 he was offered a ride in Team Crypton for the F3000 Championship, in which he emerged as champion.
His début Formula One season in 1993 was mired by Scuderia Italia's uncompetitive Lola chassis, which, despite Ferrari engines, was the slowest car in the championship in terms of qualifying pace. The 1993 Formula One season was the 44th FIA Formula One World Championship season Lola Racing Cars (also Lola Cars International) is a Racing car Engineering company founded in 1961 by Eric Broadley and based in Huntingdon He regularly beat his experienced team-mate Michele Alboreto, but lost out to him for the second drive when Scuderia Italia merged with Minardi for the 1994 season. Career 1976-1981 Junior Formulae Michele Alboreto started his career in 1976 racing in Formula Monza with a car he and his friends built known as the "CMR" Minardi was an Automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. The 1994 Formula One season was the 45th FIA Formula One World Championship season He was retained as test driver however, and took over the drive in 1995 when Alboreto retired. "F1 1995" redirects here For the video games based on the 1995 Formula One season see F1 95. In the underfunded team his best results were eighth places in Canada and Hungary and ninth in Japan. The 1995 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on June 11 1995 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal. The 1995 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on August 13 1995 at the Hungaroring, Budapest. The 1995 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXI Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 29 1995 at the Suzuka Circuit In 1996 he switched to Forti Corse, where he was only able to qualify for six of the ten races the team entered, which folded after that year's British Grand Prix. The 1996 Formula One season was the 47th FIA Formula One World Championship season Forti Corse, commonly known as Forti, was an Italian motor racing team chiefly known for its brief and unsuccessful involvement in Formula One The 1996 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 14, 1996 at Silverstone.
In 1997 Badoer began his long spell as Ferrari's test driver, a role he continues to perform. He returned to racing for one season in 1999, with the Minardi team. The 1999 Formula One season was the 50th FIA Formula One World Championship season In the July of that season, Ferrari's number one driver Michael Schumacher broke his leg in an accident at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation;) (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany) is a former Formula The 1999 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on July 11, 1999 at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England Silverstone Circuit is a Motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, named after the village in the former England As Ferrari's test driver, Badoer expected to be promoted to the race seat in Schumacher's absence, but the team opted for Mika Salo instead, prompting criticism from former Ferrari driver Jean Alesi. Mika Juhani Salo (born November 30, 1966 in Helsinki) is a Finnish Racing driver. Jean Alesi (born Giovanni Alesi June 11, 1964) is a French racing driver of Italian origins
Badoer holds the dubious distinction of being the driver who has competed in the most Grands Prix (48) without scoring a single point. He nearly achieved his first points finish in the 1999 European Grand Prix when a strong drive saw Badoer lying in 4th place with only 13 laps remaining. The 1999 European Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 26, 1999 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany Unfortunately the gearbox on his Minardi subsequently failed and television cameras showed Badoer weeping by his stricken car. Minardi was an Automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi.
Badoer was unable to find a satisfactory race seat in Formula One after 1999, and he became a permanent test driver for Ferrari. Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing He covers thousands of kilometres at the Mugello and Fiorano test circuits each year and it is likely that Badoer has driven more kilometres in a Ferrari F1 car than any other Italian in history. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand Mugello Circuit ( Autodromo Internazionale di Mugello) is a race track located in the Mugello region of Italy near Florence. Fiorano Circuit is the private track owned by Ferrari for development and testing purposes
At the opening ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Badoer demonstrated one of the team's 2005 cars in the centre of the stadium, revving the engine, and performing several doughnuts, creating a large cloud of tyre smoke, and leaving circular black marks on the white platform. The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in A doughnut or donut is a maneuver performed while driving a vehicle The event was witnessed by millions of television viewers worldwide.
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | WDC | Points |
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| 1993 | Lola BMS Scuderia Italia | Lola T93/30 | Ferrari V12 | RSA Ret | BRA 12 | EUR DNQ | SMR 7 | ESP Ret | MON DNQ | CAN 15 | FRA Ret | GBR Ret | GER Ret | HUN Ret | BEL 13 | ITA 10 | POR 14 | JPN | AUS | - | 0 | |
| 1995 | Minardi Scuderia Italia | Minardi M195 | Ford V8 | BRA Ret | ARG DNS | SMR 14 | ESP Ret | MON Ret | CAN 8 | FRA 13 | GBR 10 | GER Ret | HUN 8 | BEL Ret | ITA Ret | POR 14 | EUR 11 | PAC 15 | JPN 9 | AUS DNS | - | 0 |
| 1996 | Forti Grand Prix | Forti FG01B | Ford V8 | AUS DNQ | BRA 11 | ARG Ret | EUR DNQ | - | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Forti FG03 | SMR 10 | MON Ret | ESP DNQ | CAN Ret | FRA Ret | GBR DNQ | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | JPN | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Fondmetal Minardi Ford | Minardi M01 | Ford V10 | AUS Ret | BRA Inj | SMR 8 | MON Ret | ESP Ret | CAN 10 | FRA 10 | GBR Ret | AUT 13 | GER 10 | HUN 14 | BEL Ret | ITA Ret | EUR Ret | MAL Ret | JPN Ret | - | 0 |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Christian Fittipaldi | International Formula 3000 Champion 1992 | Succeeded by Olivier Panis |
| Preceded by Rubens Barrichello | Formula One Indoor Trophy winner 1995 | Succeeded by Giancarlo Fisichella |