Brando Badoer

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Brando Badoer
FREC 2024 Mogyorod Nr. 15 Badoer.jpg
Badoer in 2024
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg 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 number3
Starts0 (0 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD 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 who 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]

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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. F4 Italy 2022 Nr. 33 (1).jpg
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. F4 Italy 2023 Mugello Nr. 15 Badoer (1).jpg
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 FREC 2024 Mogyorod Nr. 15 Badoer.jpg
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

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship AKM Motorsport160000028th
Italian F4 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 2000001416th
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 600000NC†
2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship Pinnacle VAR 90011696th
Italian F4 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 2101351656th
Euro 4 Championship 8000388.56th
2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship PHM AIX Racing 1500037610th
Formula Regional European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 2001271745th
2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship PHM Racing 000000TBD
FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 000000TBD

* 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)

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
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 		28th0
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		6th69

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
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)

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
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		16th14
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		6th165

Complete Euro 4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789DCPoints
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		6th88.5

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112131415DCPoints
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		10th76
2025 PHM Racing YMC1
1 		YMC1
2 		YMC1
3 		YMC2
1 		YMC2
2 		YMC2
3 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		DUB
3 		YMC3
1 		YMC3
2 		YMC3
3 		LSL
1 		LSL
2 		LSL
3 		TBDTBD

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
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		5th174

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
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
TBDTBD

* Season still in progress.

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