Brando Badoer

Brando Badoer
Badoer in 2024
Nationality	Italian
Born	(2006-09-15) 15 September 2006 (age 18) Montebelluna, Italy
Related to	Luca Badoer (father)
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2025
Current team	Prema Racing
Car number	1
Starts	0 (0 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	TBD in 2025
Previous series
2024 2024 2023 2022–2023 2022 2022	FR European Championship FR Middle East Championship Euro 4 Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE

Brando Badoer (born 15 September 2006) is an Italian racing driver currently competing in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with PHM Racing and is set to drive in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Prema Racing. Most recently, he competed for Van Amersfoort Racing in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship in which he finished fifth. He previously competed in Italian F4 in 2022 and 2023. ^[1]

He is the son of former Formula One driver Luca Badoer.

Career

Karting

In September 2022, Badoer was chosen in a scouting camp conducted by the Ferrari Driver Academy. ^[2]

Formula 4

2022

Badoer made his single-seater debut in the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship with AKM Motorsport. ^[3] He failed to score any points and placed 28th in the standings.

Badoer racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 Italian F4 Championship.

For his main campaign, Badoer would race in the Italian F4 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. ^[4] He had a difficult first half of the season, failing to score points but broke through with a fifth place in Spielberg, and score a few more points that season to end 16th in the standings. ^[5] The Italian also competed as a guest driver in ADAC Formula 4 in two rounds. ^[6]

2023

Badoer racing in the 2023 Italian F4 Championship at the Mugello Circuit.

Badoer raced in the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Pinnacle VAR during pre-season. ^[7] He took his maiden single-seater podium with third at the Dubai Autodrome. ^[8] Despite not being present in two of five rounds of the championship, Badoer was sixth in the overall standings.

Badoer remained with Van Amersfoort Racing in Italian F4. ^[9] His season would be much more improved that the year before, starting out with a second place in Imola. ^[10] He scored four more podiums throughout the season with consistent points finishes, including a pole position in Monza. ^[11] This placed him sixth in the championship standings. ^[12]

Formula Regional

2024

During pre-season, Badoer would compete in the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with PHM AIX Racing. ^[13] He achieved three podiums, putting him tenth in the standings.

Badoer racing at the Hungaroring during the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship

Badoer would move up to the Formula Regional European Championship, continuing with Van Amersfoort Racing. ^[14] Badoer had a strong start to his campaign with fourth and fifth place in the Hockenheim opener, ^[15] and soon took his first podium with second place in Zandvoort. ^[16] This was a start of five consecutive second places, which included a maiden pole position in Mugello. ^{[17] [18]} In the remaining four rounds, Badoer collected only one more podium in Austria, and failed to score in the last three races. ^[19] Despite placing as the highest winless driver in the standings, Badoer managed to finish fifth in the championship with six podiums and 174 points.

2025

In preparation for his 2025 Formula 3 campaign, Badoer returned to the Formula Regional Middle East Championship with PHM Racing. ^[20]

FIA Formula 3

In October 2024, Badoer was announced to be competing for Prema Racing in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship alongside Noel León and Ugo Ugochukwu. ^[21]

Formula One

In October 2023, Badoer was made an optioned driver of the McLaren Driver Development Programme for the duration of one year. ^{[22] [23] [24]} This option was later exercised in October 2024 seeing him join the McLaren Driver Development Programme. ^[25]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2022	Formula 4 UAE Championship	AKM Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	0	28th
	Italian F4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	0	0	0	0	14	16th
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship		6	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2023	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Pinnacle VAR	9	0	0	1	1	69	6th
	Italian F4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	0	1	3	5	165	6th
	Euro 4 Championship		8	0	0	0	3	88.5	6th
2024	Formula Regional Middle East Championship	PHM AIX Racing	15	0	0	0	3	76	10th
	Formula Regional European Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	0	1	2	7	174	5th
2025	Formula Regional Middle East Championship	PHM Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Prema Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD

^* Season still in progress.

^† As Badoer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2022	AKM Motorsport	YMC1 1 Ret	YMC1 2 23†	YMC1 3 17	YMC1 4 23	DUB1 1 20	DUB1 2 Ret	DUB1 3 25	DUB1 4 12	DUB2 1 25	DUB2 2 14	DUB2 3 15	DUB2 4 25	DUB3 1 13	DUB3 2 14	DUB3 3 14	DUB3 4 16	YMC2 1	YMC2 2	YMC2 3	YMC2 4	28th	0
2023	Pinnacle VAR	DUB1 1 5	DUB1 2 5	DUB1 3 6	KMT1 1	KMT1 2	KMT1 3	KMT2 1	KMT2 2	KMT2 3	DUB2 1 3	DUB2 2 13	DUB2 3 8	YMC 1 4	YMC 2 Ret	YMC 3 5						6th	69

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2022	Van Amersfoort Racing	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 7	HOC 3 10	ZAN 1 18	ZAN 2 16	ZAN 3 11	NÜR1 1	NÜR1 2	NÜR1 3	LAU 1	LAU 2	LAU 3	NÜR2 1	NÜR2 2	NÜR2 3	NC†	0

^† As Badoer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2022	Van Amersfoort Racing	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 32†	IMO 3 20	MIS 1 13	MIS 2 13	MIS 3 14	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 20	SPA 3 11	VLL 1 21	VLL 2 Ret	VLL 3 13	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 10	RBR 3	RBR 4 21	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 13	MNZ 3 C	MUG 1 10	MUG 2 13	MUG 3 9	16th	14
2023	Van Amersfoort Racing	IMO 1 2	IMO 2	IMO 3 4	IMO 4 27†	MIS 1 5	MIS 2 8	MIS 3 Ret	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 4	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 3	MNZ 3 Ret	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 Ret	LEC 3 4	MUG 1 7	MUG 2 32†	MUG 3 6	VLL 1 8	VLL 2 3	VLL 3 5	6th	165

Complete Euro 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2023	Van Amersfoort Racing	MUG 1 9	MUG 2 DNS	MUG 3 10	MNZ 1 13	MNZ 2 3	MNZ 3 2	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 8	CAT 3 2	6th	88.5

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2024	PHM AIX Racing	YMC1 1 Ret	YMC1 2 21	YMC1 3 11	YMC2 1 11	YMC2 2 8	YMC2 3 9	DUB1 1 7	DUB1 2 3	DUB1 3 3	YMC3 1 Ret	YMC3 2 15	YMC3 3 7	DUB2 1 5	DUB2 2 25	DUB2 3 2	10th	76
2025	PHM Racing	YMC1 1 4	YMC1 2 5	YMC1 3 6	YMC2 1 10	YMC2 2 1	YMC2 3 2	DUB 1 2	DUB 2 9	DUB 3 7	YMC3 1 6	YMC3 2 3	YMC3 3 14	LUS 1	LUS 2	LUS 3	3rd*	154*

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2024	Van Amersfoort Racing	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 5	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 10	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 2	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 2	MUG 1 2	MUG 2 2	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 Ret	IMO 1 6	IMO 2 11	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 3	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 17	MNZ 1 11	MNZ 2 Ret	5th	174

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2025	Prema Racing	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	MEL SPR	MEL FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	MON SPR	MON FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	TBD	TBD

* Season still in progress.

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External links

• Official website
• Brando Badoer career summary at DriverDB.com