Brando Badoer

Brando Badoer
Badoer in 2024
NationalityItaly Italian
Born (2006-09-15) 15 September 2006 (age 18)
Montebelluna, Italy
Related toLuca Badoer (father)
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2025
Current teamPrema Racing
Car number1
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]

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 		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 		TBD TBD

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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