# Brando Badoer

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.
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.

### Formula 4
#### 2022

Badoer made his single-seater debut in the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship with AKM Motorsport. He failed to score any points and placed 28th in the standings.
For his main campaign, Badoer would race in the Italian F4 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. 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. The Italian also competed as a guest driver in ADAC Formula 4 in two rounds.

#### 2023

Badoer raced in the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Pinnacle VAR during pre-season. He took his maiden single-seater podium with third at the Dubai Autodrome. 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. His season would be much more improved that the year before, starting out with a second place in Imola. He scored four more podiums throughout the season with consistent points finishes, including a pole position in Monza. This placed him sixth in the championship standings.

### Formula Regional
#### 2024

During pre-season, Badoer would compete in the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with PHM AIX Racing. He achieved three podiums, putting him tenth in the standings.
Badoer would move up to the Formula Regional European Championship, continuing with Van Amersfoort Racing. Badoer had a strong start to his campaign with fourth and fifth place in the Hockenheim opener, and soon took his first podium with second place in Zandvoort. This was a start of five consecutive second places, which included a maiden pole position in Mugello. In the remaining four rounds, Badoer collected only one more podium in Austria, and failed to score in the last three races. 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.

### 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.

### Formula One

In October 2023, Badoer was made an optioned driver of the McLaren Driver Development Programme for the duration of one year. This option was later exercised in October 2024 seeing him join the McLaren Driver Development Programme.

## 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 |
| 2022 | Italian F4 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 16th |
| 2022 | ADAC Formula 4 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2023 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Pinnacle VAR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 6th |
| 2023 | Italian F4 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 165 | 6th |
| 2023 | Euro 4 Championship | Van Amersfoort Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88.5 | 6th |
| 2024 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | PHM AIX Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 10th |
| 2024 | 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 |
| 2025 | 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.

### 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 14 | LUS 2 13 | LUS 3 11 | 4th | 156 |

### 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 | 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.