Luca Badoer has confirmed that he will continue to serve as Ferrari’s race driver until Felipe Massa returns. The 38-year-old Italian, whose last Formula 1 race was in 1999 (Japanese Grand Prix), is making his Grand Prix comeback this weekend in Valencia. This information was also confirmed by a spokesperson for Scuderia.<\/p>\n
Badoer stated in the traditional Thursday press conference before the weekend that knowing his new position for several races puts less pressure on him for this weekend’s Grand Prix: \u00ab If I only had Valencia, meaning only one chance, I would be very worried, and I would try to do everything, maybe with a lot of pressure and maybe with a lot of mistakes, but that’s not the case, because I have the place until Felipe returns. So I have some time to improve. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Badoer, who was called to replace Michael Schumacher since the seven-time world champion was forced to cancel his comeback due to a neck injury, added that he felt calm on the verge of this true return to F1: \u00ab My last race was about 10 years ago, but over the past ten years, I have done nearly 150,000 kms in the sport. \u00bb<\/p>\n
\u00ab I’m even used to doing the equivalent of two races in a day of testing, so I’m not really worried about this aspect. I’m used to racing because I have several under my belt. Someone who has never raced would probably have a problem, but I know that I have experience, so I have an idea of what to expect. I’m in a better position than someone who hasn’t done a race, so at the moment I’m very calm. \u00bb<\/p>\n
\u00ab Yes, I am very excited because it’s my dream. Driving a Ferrari in F1 was simply a dream. I am going to do it and I am the happiest driver in the world, \u00bb he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Luca Badoer has confirmed that he will continue to serve as Ferrari’s race driver until Felipe Massa returns. The 38-year-old Italian, whose last Formula 1 race was in 1999 (Japanese Grand Prix), is making his Grand Prix comeback this weekend in Valencia. This information was also confirmed by a spokesperson for Scuderia. Badoer stated in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":43091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[364,1235],"class_list":["post-23809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-ferrari","tag-pilotes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n