| 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 | 2 (2 entries) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | TBD in2025 |
| 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 anItalian racing driver currently competing in theFormula Regional Middle East Championship withPHM Racing and is set to drive in the2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship forPrema Racing. Most recently, he competed forVan Amersfoort Racing in the2024 Formula Regional European Championship in which he finished fifth. He previously competed inItalian F4 in2022 and2023.[1]
He is the son of formerFormula One driverLuca Badoer.
In September 2022, Badoer was chosen in a scouting camp conducted by theFerrari Driver Academy.[2]
Badoer made his single-seater debut in the2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship with AKM Motorsport.[3] He failed to score any points and placed 28th in the standings.
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For his main campaign, Badoer would race in theItalian F4 Championship withVan Amersfoort Racing.[4] He had a difficult first half of the season, failing to score points but broke through with a fifth place inSpielberg, and score a few more points that season to end 16th in the standings.[5] The Italian also competed as a guest driver inADAC Formula 4 in two rounds.[6]
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Badoer raced in the2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship withPinnacleVAR during pre-season.[7] He took his maiden single-seater podium with third at theDubai 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 inItalian F4.[9] His season would be much more improved that the year before, starting out with a second place inImola.[10] He scored four more podiums throughout the season with consistent points finishes, including a pole position inMonza.[11] This placed him sixth in the championship standings.[12]
During pre-season, Badoer would compete in the2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship withPHM AIX Racing.[13] He achieved three podiums, putting him tenth in the standings.
Badoer would move up to theFormula Regional European Championship, continuing withVan Amersfoort Racing.[14] Badoer had a strong start to his campaign with fourth and fifth place in theHockenheim opener,[15] and soon took his first podium with second place inZandvoort.[16] This was a start of five consecutive second places, which included a maiden pole position inMugello.[17][18] In the remaining four rounds, Badoer collected only one more podium inAustria, 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.
In preparation for his2025 Formula 3 campaign, Badoer returned to theFormula Regional Middle East Championship withPHM Racing.[20]
In October 2024, Badoer was announced to be competing forPrema Racing in the2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship alongsideNoel León andUgo Ugochukwu.[21]
In October 2023, Badoer was made an optioned driver of theMcLaren 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]
| 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 | PinnacleVAR | 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 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 156 | 4th |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | Prema Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 27th* |
* Season still in progress.
† As Badoer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | PinnacleVAR | 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 | |||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 14 | LUS 2 13 | LUS 3 11 | 4th | 156 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
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| 2025 | Prema Racing | MEL SPR 19 | MEL FEA 26 | BHR SPR | BHR 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 | 27th* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
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