Luca Badoer
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- DOB : 25 January 1971
- Nationality : Italian
- Active years : 1993, 1995,1996, 1999, 2009
- Teams : Scuderia Italia, Minardi, Forti, Ferrari
- Races : 58 (50 starts)
- Championships : 0
- Wins : 0
- Podiums : 0
- Career points : 0
- Pole positions : 0
- Fastest laps : 0
- First race : 1993 South African GP
- Last race : 2009 Belgian GP
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 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, 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 the year forced him to pull out.Ferrari confirmed that Badoer (Ferrari's longest-serving test driver) would replace the injured Massa instead.The BBC reported that Badoer was given the job "as a thank you for his commitment to the team".His previous Formula One appearance was in the 1999 Japanese Grand Prix, where he qualified last and retired late in the race.[14] While Badoer had waited almost 10 years since his last drive, this gap is shorter than the 10 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 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 slowest than Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari, who was 19th.
