For the curious and nostalgic, I must confirm that yes, Brando is Luca Badoer's son, former F1 driver with Minardi and Ferrari test driver in the Schumacher era, but to tell us who Brando Badoer is we have to leave his father "in the pits".
Will we see him in F1?
Badoer B. currently enjoys the connection with the Mclaren team who announced a few days ago that he had it inserted in his pilot development program. The contract between the two has actually been active since 2023, the year in which Brando becomes an affiliate driver of the Woking team, which grants him a 12-month “trial” period that ended this October. At the same time, another important announcement for the career of the 2006 Italian comes, will be a Prema driver for the 2025 F3 season. Alongside him will be Ugo Uguchukwu, another driver from the McLaren academy.
Another Badoer in F1? It would be premature to talk about it now., given the situation of the driver market in recent years, which has only been unblocked a few months ago by welcoming Colapinto, Bearman, Antonelli e Doohan (the last three announced for the 2025 season). As always, the track will have the final say, but we can hear what it has to say so far. Brando Badoer.
Who is Brando Badoer?
Born in Montebelluna, in September 2006 he has already shown that he has a quick foot despite being only switched to single-seaters in 2022 with the Van Amensfoort team. For two consecutive years he took part in the UAE F4 and Italian F4 championships, in 2023 he will take home seven podiums throughout the season, making himself noticed by McLaren's youth program.
In 2024 he changed environment and always with the Van Amensfoort team he took part in the Alpine European Regional Championship, known as FRECA. Here too Brando was going strong, eight podiums achieved during the season, five consecutive second places and 174 total points. He is currently fifth in the general standings, the last weekend will be held in Monza at the end of October and could allow him to get a few things off his chest before making the leap to F3.
This is who Brando Badoer is now, who knows what the future will tell us about him.
