BMS Scuderia Italia SpA (sometimes referred to as simply Scuderia Italia ) is an auto racing team founded in 1983 in Brescia by Italian businessman and motorsports enthusiast Giuseppe Lucchini . Originally named Brixia Motor Sport (BMS), the team initially competed in the World Touring Car Championship . The team's name was altered to BMS Scuderia Italia upon their entrance into Formula One in 1988 . After departing Formula One in 1993 , BMS Scuderia Italia has continued to be involved in other categories such as touring car racing and sports car racing .
72-627: Luca Badoer (born 25 January 1971) is an Italian former racing driver. Badoer has raced for the Scuderia Italia , Minardi , Forti and, most recently, Ferrari teams. In addition to his racing duties, Badoer was one of the active test and reserve drivers for Ferrari from 1998 to 2010 and in 2009 stood in for Ferrari's regular race driver Felipe Massa at the European Grand Prix and the Belgian Grand Prix after
144-588: A best finish of seventh at the Portuguese Grand Prix , one position outside of the points. Returning for 1989 , BMS Scuderia Italia entered a second car for the experienced Italian Andrea de Cesaris alongside Caffi. The team's new Dallara 189s were designed by new engineer Mario Tolentino. At the third race of the year, the Monaco Grand Prix , Caffi earned the team's first points finish when he came home in fourth. Later that season, at
216-491: A best finish of sixth at Helsinki , earning them a single point to tie for ninth in the Teams Championship. BMS Scuderia Italia also entered the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time with the 911 GT1, Brazilian Antônio Hermann de Azevedo joining Martini and Pescatori. The team finished in eighth place overall and fourth in their class. In 1999 , the company returned to sports car racing, this time purchasing
288-487: A dominating display at Pergusa where he finished 21 seconds ahead of Emanuele Naspetti . While beating a field that included Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard , Badoer became one of only four drivers to win the Formula 3000 title at the first attempt (the others being Stefano Modena in 1987, Christian Fittipaldi in 1991 and Jörg Müller in 1996). winning four races en route to the title. Badoer had an offer of
360-729: A factory team. However, BMS Scuderia Italia's private efforts with Aston Martins in the FIA GT3 European Championship remain as the team has resurrected the Brixia Racing name. Drivers Marcello Zani and Matteo Malucelli founded the team to concentrate solely on not just the FIA GT3 series, but also the smaller national Italian GT Championship with the company's Aston Martin DBRS9s. In FIA GT, BMS Scuderia Italia has moved on from both Aston Martin and Porsche, as
432-689: A few years ago where they brought out tyres that worked straightaway in different conditions. I think that knocks the driver's confidence very easily – if the tyres are not working 100 percent you can't push if you don't feel you have the grip". BBC commentator and former F1 driver Martin Brundle argued in The Sunday Times that the inclusion of Badoer and Romain Grosjean in the race was dangerous, since new rules that ban further testing until 1 January 2010 mean that they have been unable to gain
504-565: A fire would break out. At Imola , Badoer had a newer car and outqualified Montermini by more than a second. He finished 10th and the last of the runners. In Monaco , Badoer remained at the back and collided with Jacques Villeneuve at Mirabeau forcing both drivers to retire. He did not qualify in Spain but started 20th in Canada . In France , Badoer started ahead of Eddie Irvine after the Ferrari
576-707: A forum for Gazzetta dello Sport , where he stated his only regret was that he "was only able to do two races [for the Scuderia]". In January 2011, Badoer drove the Ferrari F60 with a special livery on the ice of the Madonna di Campiglio for his final act with the team. Badoer is married and has two children - Rocco and Brando . In 2017 Brando debuted in the WSK karting series, and in December 2023 Brando finished 6th in
648-593: A long-term contract with Tyrrell to join the team, starting in the 1993 season . Badoer rejected this offer and signed with BMS Scuderia Italia instead. Badoer's debut in Formula One in 1993 was mired by BMS Scuderia Italia's uncompetitive Lola chassis, which, despite Ferrari engines, was the slowest car in the championship in terms of qualifying pace. In South Africa , Badoer retired after 20 laps due to gearbox failure. In Brazil , Badoer qualified 21st and finished 12th after an incident forced him to pit for
720-533: A new nose cone. At Donington , he fell victim to a new rule limiting qualifying to the fastest 24 cars (his time was only good enough for 26th). The round at Imola saw Badoer race as high as sixth, but finish seventh. This remained Badoer's best result in Formula One. In Spain , he was unable to finish and at Monaco, Badoer finished the last of the runners. He managed to finish 15th in Canada . At Magny-Cours , Silverstone , Hockenheim and Budapest , Badoer failed to finish, twice to suspension failure. Going into Spa,
792-559: A pair of Ferrari 333 SP sports prototype for use in the Sports Racing World Cup . Pescatori and Moncini were retained from the team's Italian Superturismo entry the previous year, while father and son, Angelo and Marco Zadra shared the second entry. Pescatori and Moncini scored a win at the Autodromo di Pergusa , eventually finishing third and fourth respectively in the drivers' championship. The team earned second in
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#1732791507958864-409: A reprimand and three separate fines totalling €5,400. Badoer explained: "I am used to a 100kph limit in testing and so when I pressed the speed limiter button at the usual point in the pitlane, it did not give the car enough time to slow to the right speed." A number of drivers defended Badoer's performance. Lewis Hamilton said: "I think he's done a good job. He's not put it in the wall. He's kept it on
936-539: A satisfactory race seat in Formula One after 1999, Badoer focused on his job as the permanent test driver for Ferrari , covering thousands of kilometres at the Mugello and Fiorano test circuits each year. He is credited with making a vital contribution to Ferrari's first Formula One Drivers' Championship win for 21 years in 2000. At the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Badoer demonstrated one of
1008-484: A spin on his last lap of the first qualifying session. At the start of the race, Badoer avoided the accidents on the first lap and finished in 14th place, last of those drivers to finish the full race distance, despite setting the fastest sector one time of the race. Badoer was replaced by Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella starting at the Italian Grand Prix , although over the five remaining races of
1080-401: A streak of consecutive victories, winning at Jarama , Anderstorp , and Oschersleben . A further fourth victory ended the year at Estoril . Even with four race victories, multiple races without points hurt the team and they were scored fourth in the Teams Championship. Piccini and Délétraz shared third in the drivers' championship. Under the guidance of new Technical Director Marco Gadola,
1152-484: The 1994 season. The merged team returned to earning points in 1994 as well as 1995 before Lucchini chose to exit the venture in order to concentrate BMS Scuderia Italia on other programs. When Lucchini's Formula One program came to an end in 1993, Nissan approached BMS Scuderia Italia to campaign the company's Primeras in the new German Super Tourenwagen Cup , which was announced for 1994 . German Michael Bartels and Italian Ivan Capelli were hired and completed
1224-569: The Canadian Grand Prix , the team scored points with both drivers, De Cesaris earning the team's first podium by finishing third and Caffi by finishing sixth. There were no more point finishes for the rest of the season, although Caffi qualified an outstanding third in the Hungarian Grand Prix and both cars qualified in the top 10 in the season-ending Australian Grand Prix . De Cesaris and Caffi were thus ranked 17th in
1296-810: The FIA GT Championship , while their Brixia Racing arm competed in the FIA GT3 European Championship and Italian GT Championship with Aston Martin DBRS9 's. Giuseppe Lucchini started his career in motoracing in the late 1970s with Osella . He later moved on to Mirabella Racing, where he oversaw the team's efforts in the Italian Group 6 Championship and the World Endurance Championship . In 1983 Lucchini decided to form his own team. Named after
1368-607: The Italian Superturismo Championship , but withdrew once more the following season. After the departure from the Super Tourenwagen Cup, Giuseppe Lucchini became one of the first customers of Porsche 's new racing car, the 911 GT1 . One of the team's former Formula One drivers, Pierluigi Martini , returned to the company and shared the new car with Christian Pescatori in the brand new FIA GT Championship for 1997 . The duo scored
1440-487: The 2010 scoring system, he would have scored 26 points over his career. He nearly achieved a points finish in the 1999 European Grand Prix when a strong drive saw him reach fourth place, but the gearbox on his Minardi failed with 13 laps remaining. Badoer was born in Montebelluna , Veneto , Italy. He raced karts in his youth starting in 1985 and scored two wins. In 1986, Badoer drove in the 100cc category to become
1512-477: The Brazilian was injured during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix and his original replacement, Michael Schumacher , pulled out due to injury. As of May 2023, Badoer holds the record for the most Grand Prix starts (50) and the most race laps completed (2364) without scoring a point, although all of his races before his 2009 comeback came during a period when only the top six finishers scored points. Under
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#17327915079581584-540: The Constructors' Championship standing. In 1992 Lucchini was able to negotiate the use of year-old Ferrari V12 engines for the 1992 season and hired Pierluigi Martini as a replacement for Pirro who had been released by the team. Martini scored the team's only points of the year with two consecutive sixth-place finishes at the Spanish Grand Prix and San Marino Grand Prix , earning him sixteenth in
1656-557: The Drivers' Championship and Dallara tenth in the Constructors' Championship. At the end of 1992, Lucchini announced that the cars for the 1993 season would be built by Lola Cars in Britain , with Ferrari remaining as the engine supplier. The team secured a sponsorship deal with Chesterfield cigarettes , and Lucchini signed Michele Alboreto and rookie Luca Badoer as drivers. The team's switch to Lola, however, did not improve
1728-411: The Drivers' Championship, while the combined total of eight points earned Dallara eighth in the Constructors' Championship. In 1990 , team manager Patrizio Cantù departed the team and was replaced by former Ferrari engineer Pierpaolo Gardella. Alex Caffi also left the team, moving to Arrows . Emanuele Pirro was signed as his replacement, although Gianni Morbidelli raced for the first two races of
1800-540: The Drivers' Championship. With the 333 SP outdated, BMS Scuderia Italia returned to the FIA GT Championship, continuing to campaign for Ferrari by racing two Prodrive -built Ferrari 550 Maranellos in the series. Andrea Piccini and Jean-Denis Délétraz shared the team's primary car, while the other car featured Lilian Bryner, Enzo Calderari, and Frédéric Dor, who was eventually replaced by Jean-Marc Gounon. After only three races, Piccini and Délétraz began
1872-421: The Ferrari 550. The two 550s were also entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second time in the team's history. Both however failed to finish the race, retiring early. After the team's success with Prodrive's customer version of the Ferrari 550, BMS Scuderia Italia was one of two teams selected by Prodrive to become a factory-backed entry for Aston Martin and their new DBR9 race car. Prodrive's own team
1944-658: The Italian F4 Championship driving for Van Amersfoort Racing . 18 year old Brando has become a member of the McLaren Driver Development Programme . ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) ( key ) BMS Scuderia Italia Scuderia Italia has been associated with many automobile manufacturers, including Alfa Romeo , Lancia , Ferrari , Nissan , Porsche , and Aston Martin . The team raced Ferrari F430s in
2016-829: The Lola team was gaining reliability and Badoer finished 13th. At his home race at Monza he was ahead of Christian Fittipaldi and battled for several laps before the Brazilian hit Badoer's car and eventually finished 10th. At Estoril , Badoer finished 14th after starting last. After the race, Lola did not travel to the races in Japan and Australia after the team announced they were to merge with Minardi in 1994. Benetton offered both Alboreto and Badoer tests in their cars to see who would partner Michael Schumacher for 1994 but eventually chose JJ Lehto and Alboreto went to Minardi to line up alongside Pierluigi Martini while Badoer became Minardi's test driver. Badoer took over Alboreto's seat after
2088-582: The Teams Championship, fourteen points shy of JB Racing . For the 2000 season , Austrian Philipp Peter and Swiss Lilian Bryner and Enzo Calderari joined the two Zadras in the Ferraris. A class win was earned by Bryner, Calderari, and Angelo Zadra at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , although they did not win the race overall. The team finished the season second in the Teams Championship once again, while Marco Zadra and Philipp Peter tied for third in
2160-780: The World Touring Car Championship in 1987, Lucchini set his sights on entering the Formula One World Championship in the coming year. Brixia brokered a deal with Dallara owner Giampaolo Dallara to build a new chassis based on their experience as a Formula 3000 entry. Lucchini renamed his team BMS Scuderia Italia (with Dallara being the listed constructor for the purposes of the World Constructors' Championship standings) and hired former Scuderia Mirabella owner Vittorio Palazzani as sporting director. Sergio Rinland designed
2232-502: The drivers' championship that year. Although BMS Scuderia Italia was the defending two-time FIA GT Champion, Giuseppe Lucchini decided to switch series in order to concentrate on endurance racing . Two of the team's Ferraris were entered in the new Le Mans Endurance Series as well as the national Italian GT Championship . Christian Pescatori returned to the team, joined by newcomers Michele Bartyan, Toni Seiler, Matteo Cressoni, and Miguel Ramos. The Gollin, Cressoni, and Ramos trio won
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2304-472: The drivers' championship, Gollin and Cappellari second in the championship, and Bryner and Calderari third. The three Ferraris returned to defend their Championships in 2004 , retaining much of their driver lineup. Gabriele Gardel was the only replacement, taking over from Thomas Biagi as Bobbi's co-driver. The year started well for BMS Scuderia Italia once more as Gollin and Cappellari earned two consecutive victories, while Gardel and Bobbi earned their first at
2376-521: The drivers' championship. Christian Pescatori briefly returned to the squad at the start of the 2001 season of what was now known as the FIA Sportscar Championship, winning alongside Marco Zadra in the first race of the year. Pescatori was eventually replaced by Jean-Marc Gounon , who also earned a victory for the team. BMS Scuderia Italia was able to secure the Teams Championship by a margin of 22 points, while Marco Zadra also won
2448-406: The end of the season the team was financially strained and chose to withdraw from the last two events in Japan and Australia. The team did however attend the 1993 Formula One Indoor Trophy , but were eliminated in the semi-finals. At the end of the 1993 season Minardi was also struggling for money, and Giancarlo Minardi and Giuseppe Lucchini decided to merge their teams in order to continue into
2520-653: The experience necessary to race. Badoer had never driven the Ferrari F60 before, having last tested the Ferrari F2008 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão , Portugal in December 2008. Elsewhere, Brundle stated: "It is surprising to some that Ferrari has not elected to use fellow tester Marc Gené who once stood in pretty successfully at Williams. The problem is that, with
2592-532: The field by winning the next four races in a row, followed by a class win and second overall at the Spa 24 Hours for Gollin, Cappellari, Bryner, and Calderari. Two more wins were earned in the remaining events of the season, giving the team a total of eight victories in ten races, not only earning the Teams Championship for BMS Scuderia Italia, but also third for the Care Racing banner as well. Bobbi and Biagi shared
2664-570: The final race of the 1990 season and finished 10th in the championship. In 1991 he moved to the Supercars team driving a Dallara 391 Alfa Romeo to win four races in succession, but was disqualified after a technicality concerning his tyres. Badoer finished 4th overall in the championship taking 33 points. In 1992 Badoer graduated to the Formula 3000 Championship , where he was selected to drive for Crypton Engineering. Badoer won four races, including
2736-418: The fourth round of the season. The team also improved on their previous result at the Spa 24 Hours , winning the race overall with Gollin and Cappellari sharing with Bryner and Calderari. Lilian Bryner was therefore the first female driver ever to win an international 24 hours event. The team finished the season with five total victories, winning their second Teams Championship, while Gollin and Cappellari earned
2808-693: The karting champion of Venice and became national champion the following year. He won the Italian championship in the 100cc international class in 1988. In 1989, Badoer moved to single-seater racing, joining the Trivellato team in the Italian Formula Three Championship driving a Dallara / Alfa Romeo . In 1990 he moved to the MRD Team. Driving a Ralt RT33 Alfa Romeo, he defeated Alex Zanardi and Roberto Colciago to win
2880-816: The latter retired. In the underfunded team using a Ford V8 after a deal with Mugen-Honda fell through, he started with a gearbox failure in Brazil with a good qualifying in Argentina. During the race, Badoer collided with the back of Mika Salo 's Tyrrell and hit Rubens Barichello 's Jordan later on bringing out the red flag. Badoer did not make the restart, having no spare chassis. His best results were eighth places in Canada and Hungary and ninth in Japan . In 1996 he switched to Forti Corse to be teammates with Andrea Montermini after Pedro Diniz left to join Ligier . During
2952-413: The new Dallara 188 and also served as the team's chief engineer. Cosworth provided their Ford DFZ V8 and Italian Alex Caffi was signed to drive the team's sole entry. The car was late being completed, forcing the team to bring a Dallara Formula 3000 car to the first meeting in Brazil. The team was unable to score any points, but qualified for fourteen of sixteen races during the year. Caffi earned
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3024-488: The opening Le Mans race of the year while Pescatori, Bartyan, and Seiler won two of the remaining four events. In Italian GT, the team won five of the seven races over the year, as well as two races in the GT2 class with a Ferrari 360 Modena GTC run in partnership with Racing Team Edil Cris. Teams Championships were secured in both Le Mans and Italian GT's GT1 classes, earning the squad their third consecutive victorious year with
3096-569: The original Latin name for the team's base of Brescia , Brixia Motor Sport campaigned an Alfa Romeo GTV6 in the Italian Rally Championship before replacing it with a Lancia 037 in 1985. Brixia returned to Alfa Romeo in 1987 as the team expanded to enter the new Alfa Romeo 75 in both the World Touring Car Championship and the Italian Rally Championship. When Alfa Romeo chose to withdraw from
3168-454: The point widely believed to be the deciding factor in the 1999 Drivers' Championship, holding off Ferrari's Eddie Irvine after McLaren's Mika Häkkinen had passed him following a car failure that took Jacques Villeneuve out from fifth position). Badoer was so upset he broke down in tears after climbing out of the car. Badoer overall started 48 races for backmarkers Scuderia Italia, Minardi and Forti Corse between 1993 and 1999. Unable to find
3240-582: The race. He returned for Imola with his hand still causing problems but managed to finish eighth. He suffered from gearbox problems and a spin in Monaco and Spain. In July, Ferrari's number one driver Michael Schumacher broke his leg in an accident at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone . As Ferrari's test driver, Badoer expected to be promoted to the race seat in Schumacher's absence, but
3312-512: The season he also failed to score any points. Badoer blamed the negative media coverage of his driving for Ferrari's decision to replace him. At the end of 2010, Badoer retired from Ferrari as test driver and was replaced by Jules Bianchi . He ended his 12-year role at Ferrari with a demonstration of the Ferrari F60, the car Badoer raced in 2009 on a Ferrari-themed day at the Bologna Motor Show on 8 December 2010. He also took part in
3384-408: The season sixth and eleventh in the drivers' championship. The team expanded to three cars in 1995 , with Capelli joined by Sascha Maassen and Kieth O'Dor . O'Dor won the team's only race of the season at AVUS and finished tenth in the drivers' championship; however, he was killed in a collision during the second race at AVUS that weekend. Anthony Reid replaced O'Dor on the squad in 1996 , but
3456-457: The season when Pirro was unwell. The team struggled throughout the year, unable to earn points in any races (although de Cesaris started 3rd in the season-opening United States Grand Prix ) and was only able to complete seven of the sixteen Grands Prix on the calendar. Disappointed with the Dallara 190, Lucchini replaced Tolentino with Nigel Cowperthwaite in 1991 for the design of the 191, and
3528-400: The season, he was only able to qualify for six of the ten races the team entered. In the 1996 Argentine Grand Prix Badoer was involved in a heavy collision with Diniz, whose Ligier struck him from behind and flipped his Forti upside down. He emerged from the collision unhurt but Argentine safety marshals were heavily criticised for failing to assist Badoer in a timely manner because they feared
3600-415: The second Aston Martin. A trio of new Aston Martin DBRS9s were also entered by the team in the new FIA GT3 European Championship for amateur drivers. The squad however did not return to the FIA GT Championship in the same fashion in which they had left it in 2004. The team was unable to score any victories, and in fact was unable to finish any better than third on multiple occasions. However, even though
3672-488: The start of the race and ran 14th on the first lap before he was hit from behind by Grosjean and spun. He eventually finished in 17th place out of 18 finishers, posting a fastest lap which was faster than both Toro Rossos . Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali indicated after the race that Badoer would keep the seat for the Belgian Grand Prix . At the Belgian Grand Prix, Badoer again qualified last after
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#17327915079583744-422: The team chose not to run the full season with all cars. Maassen led the team in the drivers' championship by finishing sixteenth, but by then Giuseppe Lucchini had decided to move out of the Super Tourenwagen Cup, leaving Nissan to move to Team Rosberg . BMS Scuderia Italia made a brief return to touring car racing in 1998 when they entered a pair of Alfa Romeo 155s for Christian Pescatori and Emanuele Moncini in
3816-464: The team expanded greatly in 2003 as a third car was added to their effort, running under the Care Racing banner. The team's driver pairings included Matteo Bobbi and Thomas Biagi , Fabrizio Gollin and Luca Cappellari, and Bryner and Calderari sharing the Care entry with Stefano Livio. The team opened the year on top by finishing first, second, and third at their first race. Bobbi and Biagi dominated
3888-424: The team lacked victories, they were able to consistently score points, enough to finish second in the teams' championship. Fabio Babini was the team's highest scoring driving, earning ninth in the drivers' championship. The team's 24 Hours of Le Mans entry was also short-lived as their lone Aston Martin crashed heavily after only three laps. BMS Scuderia Italia's FIA GT3 effort earned a single win for fourth place in
3960-409: The team opted for Mika Salo instead, prompting criticism from former Ferrari driver Jean Alesi , who had himself turned the position down. His best chance to score points came at the chaotic 1999 European Grand Prix , only for gearbox failure to take him out 13 laps from the end when he was running in fourth position; teammate Marc Gené was promoted to sixth as a result (he would finish there to score
4032-575: The team purchased two Ferrari F430s for the GT2 Championship. Paolo Ruberti and Matteo Malucelli share the team's #77 entry, while Davide Rigon is partnered with Joël Camathias in the #78. The team also entered one of their Ferraris in the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans races finishing second in the GT2 class in both those years' races, aided by the return of Fabio Babini . ( key ) (results in bold indicate pole position) 1993 Canadian Grand Prix The 1993 Canadian Grand Prix
4104-497: The team's 2005 cars in the centre of the stadium. After the pit crew assembled the car, Badoer revved the engine, and performed several doughnuts , creating a large cloud of tyre smoke and leaving circular black marks on the white platform. On 11 August 2009, it was confirmed that Badoer would return to Formula One racing after almost 10 years, to replace the injured Felipe Massa at the 2009 European Grand Prix in Valencia. Massa
4176-478: The team's Ford Cosworth engines were replaced by new Judd V10s. Jyrki Järvilehto, otherwise known as JJ Lehto , was signed to replace De Cesaris, who had moved to Jordan , and gained BMS Scuderia Italia their first points of the season by finishing third at the San Marino Grand Prix . Pirro scored his first points by finishing sixth at the Monaco Grand Prix . Dallara once again finished eighth in
4248-399: The team's results. The chassis was not competitive, and despite good engine power, Alboreto and Badoer struggled to qualify for several races. Badoer had the team's best finish of the year at the San Marino Grand Prix with a seventh place, ensuring the team finished ahead of Tyrrell Racing , whose best finish was Ukyo Katayama 's tenth place at Hungaroring, in the Constructors' standings. By
4320-528: The teams' championship. For the 2007 season , BMS Scuderia Italia remained Aston Martin's primary team in the FIA GT Championship, but the team also purchased a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR for the series' lower GT2 class. Porsche factory driver Emmanuel Collard drove alongside Matteo Malucelli, earning a class win at the Spa 24 Hours and finishing the season second in the GT2 Teams Championship. The primary GT1 team however struggled throughout
4392-420: The testing ban for 2009, none of the test drivers are really up to speed. I personally would have tried a sharp and fit up-and-coming star of which there are many around". During his race commentary, Brundle suggested that Ferrari should use Massa's absence to give a potential future star a drive. In racing at Valencia, Badoer became the first Italian to drive for Ferrari in 15 years. Badoer made up six places at
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#17327915079584464-485: The track. It's an incredibly tall order to jump into the footsteps of Felipe Massa. He hasn't even raced for ten years, so I think anyone who has taken that long out of the car is going to struggle, but instead I think he has done a good job just to keep it on the track and bit-by-bit he will catch up". Heikki Kovalainen stated, "I don't know what else you could have expected. Sometimes the tyres warm up, or they overheat or they don't warm up, and it's much more complicated than
4536-540: The year forced him to pull out. The BBC reported that Badoer was given the job as a "thank you for his commitment to the team". Badoer's ten years-wait is a little shorter than the ten years and three months between Jan Lammers 's appearances at the 1982 Dutch Grand Prix and the 1992 Japanese Grand Prix . In the first practice session for the 2009 European Grand Prix at the Valencia Street Circuit , where he had never driven before, Badoer came last and
4608-511: The year, earning no victories and earning sixth in the Teams Championship. The team's DBR9 however was able to have a strong performance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans by finishing eleventh overall and sixth in GT1. In FIA GT3, the DBRS9 won the final event of the year and the team secured third place in the Teams Championship. Following the 2007 season, Aston Martin and Prodrive's changing efforts in GT1 led BMS Scuderia Italia to end their partnership as
4680-674: Was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal , Quebec , Canada on 13 June 1993. It was the seventh race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship . The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Alain Prost , driving a Williams - Renault , with Michael Schumacher second in a Benetton - Ford and Prost's teammate Damon Hill third. This was the last Formula One race to feature BBC commentary from James Hunt before his death aged 45. He
4752-559: Was concentrating on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, while Larbre Compétition was tasked with competing in the Le Mans Series. This left BMS Scuderia Italia, now running under the Aston Martin Racing BMS banner, to return to the FIA GT Championship as Aston Martin's representative. Former FIA GT champion Fabrizio Gollin was partnered with Fabio Babini , while former Le Mans Series champions Pescatori and Ramos shared
4824-457: Was hired as Scuderia Ferrari 's test driver, a role he maintained until 2010. Badoer returned to Formula One racing in 1999 , again with the Minardi team. At Melbourne, Badoer raced as high as fifth at some point until gearbox problems forced him to retire with 15 laps to go. Prior to Brazil, he suffered a testing accident which left him with a broken hand. Stéphane Sarrazin took his seat for
4896-405: Was injured during the qualifying session for the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix when a piece of suspension fell from the rear of Rubens Barrichello 's Brawn GP car and struck Massa's helmet, fracturing his skull, knocking him unconscious and causing him to crash into a tyre wall. Michael Schumacher was set to replace Massa, but a neck injury Schumacher sustained in a German superbike test earlier in
4968-497: Was leading Prost, Berger, Senna, Schumacher and Patrese. Senna passed Berger for third on lap 2. On lap 6, Prost took the lead from Hill. Soon afterwards, Schumacher passed Berger with Patrese following him through five laps later. The order stabilised at: Prost, Hill, Senna, Schumacher, Patrese and Berger. During the mid-race stops, Hill had a problem and dropped behind Senna and Schumacher. Schumacher now set off after Senna. Senna's alternator eventually gave out and he retired from
5040-647: Was relegated to the back. Forti Corse folded after that year's British Grand Prix . In 1997 Badoer moved to the new FIA GT Championship , driving a Lotus Elise GT1 for GBF Engineering with co-driver Mimmo Schiattarella . Following retirements at Hockenheim and Silverstone , Badoer and Schiattarella finished 20th in Helsinki . The pair retired again at the Nurburgring and Zeltweg and finished 12th at Donington completing 151 laps. A race at Mugello saw Badoer retire with loose bodywork. While driving for GBF, Badoer
5112-623: Was replaced by Jonathan Palmer partnering Murray Walker. There was a two by two formation in qualifying in Canada as the Williams were ahead of the Benettons and the Ferraris. Prost took pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Patrese, Berger and Alesi. Uncharacteristically, Senna was down in 8th. At the start, Hill beat Prost away, while the Benettons were slow and were passed by Berger and Senna (who had already got ahead of Brundle and then Alesi). Hill
5184-467: Was three seconds off the pace of fastest man Rubens Barrichello and 2.5 seconds down on team mate Kimi Räikkönen . He was 1.3 seconds down on Räikkönen in second practice, and 1.9 seconds off in final practice. He qualified 20th and last for the race, with a time almost 1.5 seconds slower than Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari , who was 19th. He was also caught speeding in the pit-lane four times during Friday practice. These offences earned him
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