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Luca Badoer (born January 25, 1971) is an Italian Formula One driver who has raced for the Scuderia Italia, Minardi and Forti Corse teams, and is presently a test driver for the Ferrari F1 team. Of the drivers currently active in F1 in 2007, only Badoer and Honda driver Rubens Barrichello have competed against Ayrton Senna.
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Luca Badoer (Montebelluna, Italië, 25 januari 1971) is een Italiaans Formule 1-coureur, tegenwoordig actief in de Formule 1 als testrijder voor Scuderia Ferrari. Voordat hij bij Ferrari in dienst trad, heeft hij Formule 1 gereden bij o.a. Minardi en Forti.
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Statistically, Italian driver Luca Badoer, born in Montebelluna, the son of wealthy parents, ranks as the driver with the most number of F1 races under his belt without scoring a single point. Result-wise, his resume does look rather sad. But you don't walk off with the F3000 title at your first attempt, and secure the most prestigious tester's role in F1 with Ferrari, without having quite a bit of talent. If you thought Johnny Herbert had all the bad luck, spare a thought for Luca Badoer.
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The first test-driver of the Italian motor-racing team, Luca Badoer, has marked the best time of the third and last day of the preseason trainings of F-1 with 1:16.317. Second was the official driver of Renault, the Finn Heikki Kovalainen, and third, the champion of GP2, Lewis Hamilton, who registered a time of 1:17.077.
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Luca was born in Montebelluna, Italy on January 25, 1971. His motor racing debut was at 14 years old when he won two races and came third in the Italian Cadet Karting Championship. After five victorious seasons in karting, he went on to Formula 3 in the Italian Championship in 1990.
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For his debut in South Africa, Badoer found the going very tough. The Lolas filled the back row, with Alboreto some 6.2s off Alain Prost on pole, and Badoer some 9s off the Frenchman. Gearbox problems forced Badoer out after 20 laps. Then in Brazil, a new rule was introduced whereby the 26th fastest in qualifying would not make the grid. Badoer got in comfortably in 21st, ahead of both Tyrrells and Fabrizio Barbazza's Minardi, while Alboreto just beat Ivan Capelli's Jordan for the last grid spot.
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