Luca Badoer
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| First start: | 1993 Grand Prix of South Africa | ||||||||
| Last start: | 2009 Belgian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1993 BMS Scuderia Italia • 1995 Minardi • 1996 Forti • 1999 Minardi • 2009 Ferrari | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-23. ( 1999 ) | ||||||||
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Luca Badoer (born January 25, 1971 in Montebelluna ) is a former Italian racing driver . Between 1993 and 2009 he competed at 51 Grand Prix of the Formula 1 World Championship. Badoer did not score world championship points in any of his Formula 1 races and thus holds the record for most races without points. From 1998 to 2010 Badoer was the official test driver of the traditional Italian Ferrari team . In 2009 he replaced the injured Felipe Massa as the Scuderia Grand Prix driver for two races.
Career
Beginnings in motorsport
Badoer began his motorsport career in 1985 in kart racing , which he practiced until 1988. Among other things, he was Italian kart champion in 1987 and 1988. In 1989 he made his debut in formula racing at two races in the Italian Formula 3 championship . After the Italian had finished 10th overall with a victory in 1990, he was fourth overall in 1991 with three wins. In 1992 Badoer switched to Formula 3000 and started for the Italian racing team Crypton Engineering . He won four out of ten races and thus secured the Formula 3000 championship title.
formula 1
In 1993 Badoer made his debut in Formula 1 . Before the start of the season, some racing teams had expressed interest in signing Badoers, above all the British team Tyrrell , which offered the Italian a five-year contract. Badoer decided on the Italian racing team BMS Scuderia Italia , which was to go through a difficult year with an uncompetitive car. Badoer and his team colleague, the much more experienced Michele Alboreto , had considerable problems with the much too heavy chassis built by Lola , which was also not torsionally rigid enough . Badoer made his debut at the Grand Prix of South Africa , but could not score points there or in the following races. His best placement was a seventh place, so that he at least won the team-internal duel against Alboreto. When the BMS team closed the gates two races before the end of the season, Badoer was without a racing cockpit.
In 1994 Badoer became a test driver for the Italian racing team Minardi . After his former teammate Alboreto had ended his Formula 1 career at the end of the season, Badoer received his Minardi cockpit for the 1995 season . Although he was placed among the top ten drivers in a few races, he again failed to score points. In 1996 Badoer switched to Forti . He failed in four races due to the 107 percent rule , a new qualification mode that excluded those drivers from racing whose lap times were more than 107 percent of the fastest driver. In the races in which he was able to participate, he was again without points. Forti had to end the season prematurely due to financial problems and Badoer initially left Formula 1.
In 1997 he competed in seven races of the FIA GT Championship and was also without points here. For the 1998 season he was signed by Ferrari as a Formula 1 test driver. After he had not contested any races in 1998, he returned in 1999 - parallel to his commitment as a test driver - for Minardi as a racing driver in Formula 1. After Michael Schumacher broke his right leg during the first lap of the British Grand Prix in Silverstone , Badoer had legitimate hopes of becoming Schumacher's substitute driver. However, the Scuderia from Maranello decided against their test driver, who was usually also the substitute driver, and for the Finn Mika Salo . Jean Alesi , who was initially offered the cockpit, criticized his former team for the decision against Badoer. For a long time, at the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring , Badoer looked to be a respectable success: Up to 13 laps before the end, Badoer was in fourth place, unfamiliar for Minardi. However, there was a gearbox damage to his Minardi and he had to retire from the race. Ironically, his team-mate Marc Gené , who was initially seventh, benefited from Badoer's failure and scored the first points for Minardi of the season.
After he had not received a racing cockpit for the next season, Badoer concentrated on his position as a test substitute driver at Ferrari. During his time as a test driver, Ferrari won the constructors' world championship eight times. In addition to his assignments as a test driver, he was allowed to show some burnouts in a Formula 1 Ferrari at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 .
After the serious accident of Felipe Massa on 26 July 2009 at the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring and the cancellation of Michael Schumacher Badoer was on August 11 by Scuderia Ferrari as a replacement driver for the European Grand Prix on the Valencia Street Circuit nominated . So after almost ten years without racing, he returned to Formula 1 as an active driver. He also became the first Italian Ferrari driver in 15 years. During Friday practice, he set an unusual record when he drove four times too fast in the pit lane. During the race he was overtaken in the pit lane by Formula 1 newcomer Romain Grosjean before finishing the race penultimate. At the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps , which his team-mate Kimi Räikkönen was able to win, he finished last. The Italian had no chance at the end of the field for the entire race, but with the help of a flat front wing he set the fastest time in the first sector several times. Badoer suffered from the test regulations at the time, which forbade test driving during the season, and so he had no racing experience. Because of the disappointing performance, he was replaced after these two races by his compatriot Giancarlo Fisichella , who was, however, not more successful. After the end of the 2010 season , Badoer's time as a test driver at Ferrari ended after 13 years.
Others
Badoer holds the negative record of being the pilot with the most Grand Prix starts (51) who never scored a world championship point. It has to be mentioned, however, that he would not be able to prove this negative record if another point system had existed in the 1990s. According to the Formula 1 points system, Badoer would have scored five points from 2003 to 2009; according to the points system, which has been in use since 2010, there would be 26 counters.
statistics
Career stations
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Statistics in Formula 1
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
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| 1993 | BMS Scuderia Italia | Lola T93 / 30 | Ferrari 3.5 V12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | Minardi Scuderia Italia | Minardi M195 | Ford 3.5 V8 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | Forti Grand Prix | Forti FG01B / FG03 | Ford 3.0 V8 | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1999 | Fund metal Minardi Ford | Minardi M01 | Ford 3.0 V10 | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23. |
| 2009 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F60 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25th |
| total | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th |
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| DNF | 12 | DNQ | 7th | DNF | DNQ | 15th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 13 | 10 | 14th | ||||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ "Badoer before saying goodbye to Ferrari?" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 3, 2010)
- ↑ "Alesi: Salo Is Wrong Choice" (crash.net on July 16, 1999)
- ^ "The Olympic flame is burning in Turin" (Spiegel.de on February 10, 2006)
- ↑ "Badoer celebrates farewell to Ferrari at Bologna Motorshow" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2010)
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| SURNAME | Badoer, Luca |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montebelluna , Italy |