Luca Badoer

"In agreement with Stefano Domenicali, we have therefore decided to give Luca Badoer the chance to race for the Scuderia after he has put in so many years of hard work as a test driver."

The 38-year-old Italian has been a Ferrari test driver since 1998 and last raced in 1999, for Minardi.

He deserves to race after all his effort after so many years, it is a shame Schumacher cannot race, but Luca will have many well wishes

This isn't a thread to attack him, this is a thread to support him.

Have a bit of class potmotr.

ferrari didnt let italians drive for along long time, who was the last one, i remmber he had a title shot and was a nice guy, the insane pressure got to him..

Edited by Victor_RO, 11 August 2009 - 08:52.

Yes it's strange considering Gene has recent racing experience with Le Mans. Perhaps they'll give him Valencia and then evaluate.

Alboreto in '85.


Anyway, good luck to Luca, he will need a lot of it.

Ivan capelli raced in 93...

There must have been a very good reason why Ferari didn't put him in at Ferrari in 1999 to replace Schumacher.

Whatever dude.

Why should we automatically support what, in my opinion, is a pretty bad decision.

Is this not a thread for debate?

Wasn't he busy racing for Minardi at the time?

Luca might get to score his first F1 point

Start a thread telling the world how shithouse the decision is then.

I really would not be surprised if Ferrari do in fact put him on a one stopper.... it's a slow circuit, hard to overtake.... perfect for a one stop! My bet is top 8 for Luca!!!!

Is there some record involved? Longest time between two races?

sorry, but i just can't see Ferrari pulling an Enrique Benoldi under any circimstances

I really would not be surprised if Ferrari do in fact put him on a one stopper.... it's a slow circuit, hard to overtake.... perfect for a one stop! My bet is top 8 for Luca!!!!

I just wanted to start a thread wishing Luca all the luck in the world in Valencia.

He's been a tireless worker for the Scuderia and fully deserves his chance to have a few moments in the spotlight regardless of the circumstance.

Do Ferrari fans proud Luca, you should have got a shot at it 10 years ago.

Pretty clear why the thread was started. I've seen other threads supporting a driver not turning to **** - the one after Webber's win was pretty unanimous.

alas, some of you who've become a bit jaded and lost your manners from too long on a forum can't help yourselves.

Edited by potmotr, 11 August 2009 - 09:13.

I think Badoer will embarass himself.

He's 38, hasn't raced in any series for a decade.

There must have been a very good reason why Ferari didn't put him in at Ferrari in 1999 to replace Schumacher.

What's changed in ten years? He certainly won't have become quicker.

Badoer has the chance to get rid of an unwanted record - most Grands Prix without scoring a point.

He will easily beat the record of longest wait for the first point if he does score, which I think currently stands at 8 years (Peter Revson, from Monaco 1964 to South Africa 1972). Pretty sure Larini has the record for most races before scoring a point, with 45 (plus another 25 DNQs). Valencia will be Badoer's 49th start...

No it isn't. It's a fast circuit. The corners might be slow but it has the third-highest full-throttle percentage of any circuit on the calendar. A one-stopper is near-suicidal insofar as a points finish at Valencia goes - but I think it's the only way to guarantee that Badoer at least finishes the race. On a light load he'll be eaten alive by a field that knows he hasn't raced in years and will be unlikely to be able to effectively resist being overtaken.

Edited by FlatOverCrest, 11 August 2009 - 09:18.

Alex Wurz had raced once in 7 years before getting his Williams seat in 2007, and he certainly didn't embarass himself.

Same for De la Rosa when he's gotten a chance for McLaren.

Edited by potmotr, 11 August 2009 - 09:20.

Whatever dude.

Why should we automatically support what, in my opinion, is a pretty bad decision.

Is this not a thread for debate?

Umm you missed his point, go and start another thread if you wanna get all negative.

I'm not bashing Badoer, I'm wanting to debate about whether he will do a good job.
In my opinon he won't.
Why is that bashing all of a sudden?

Edited by FlatOverCrest, 11 August 2009 - 09:25.

I was going to say something, but I don't know if it will be taken negatively, and I don't want to start a new thread......

So where do you think he is going to finish Pot?

- it isn't like they're plucking him out of retirement and sticking him in the car.

Yawn. You're boring.

Starting a thread doesn't give you the right to dictate its contents.

How can you be positive over Badoer replacing an injured Massa and an injured Schumacher.
Are you also positive about funerals too?

Also, he will be very close to Jan Lammers' record of "longest break between two consecutive GP starts".