Luca Badoer Finally Gets Ferrari Drive

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Instead of simply talking I suggest checking the times:
FP 1:
Raikkonen 1.43.384
Badoer 1.45.840
Big gap, +2.5

FP 2:
Raikkonen 1.40.7
Badoer 1.42.0 - +1.7 Correction: 1.42.0-1.40.7 = 1.3

FP 3
Raikkonen 1.40.2
Badoer 1.42.1 + 1.9
Qualy 1
Raikkonen 1.38.8
Badoer 1.41.4 + 2.8 - really bad

Yet today:
Raikkonen 1.39.2
Badoer 1.40.5 +1.3

The gap is becoming narrower. I am not saying that Luca is becoming worthy of the place in Ferrari, but he achieved better with each passing day, so maybe he is right in what he says and it is right to wait till Spa. However, this is if you want to be fair and if you like him (as Ferrari and I obviously do). If you are pragmatic, you will get Bourdais.

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No he isn't.
In fact he's been as close in FP2 as in the race, it's just that you didn't get the maths right.
He was 1.3 seconds/lap slower Friday after 3 hours of testing and he is exactly as bad after FP3 + Q + a full race! :\

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Originally Posted by Dzeidzei

Wont happen. As Spa is Kimis track the difference will be 2.5 secs. Put LucaDM behind the wheel, its a better pr stunt.

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:D

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Originally Posted by christophulus

In fairness, Ferrari didn't have long after Schu pulled out to find a replacement.

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10 days was more than enough and Domenicali was going to get Fisi but LdM chose Badoer, for whatever stupid reason.

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Originally Posted by ioan

No he isn't.
In fact he's been as close in FP2 as in the race, it's just that you didn't get the maths right.
He was 1.3 seconds/lap slower Friday after 3 hours of testing and he is exactly as bad after FP3 + Q + a full race! :\

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Sorry about the Math, I was never good :) However, Luca's best time was achieved in the race, no?

Badoer will be in the car at Spa and the only way to judge is to wait and see what he does there.

Valencia is history and not relevant for Spa.

Of course he will not be competitive with Kimi - if he was then THAT would be difficult to understand.

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Originally Posted by Saint Devote

Valencia is history and not relevant for Spa.

Of course he will not be competitive with Kimi - if he was then THAT would be difficult to understand.

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Valenica is certainly not relevant, given that it was a track Luca never drove before.

Indeed, he won't beat Kimi. I doubt he'll even score a point. But I'll sig bet that Luca will be less than 1.3sec off the pace.

Badoer also racing at Spa? :eek: Wow, just wow!!

Anyway, the "positive" side is that at least this Badoer stuff confirms that racing in modern hi-tech F1 is not too easy like it has been claimed throughout many years. :D And all those Grosjeans and Alguersuaris are actually quite well-prepared rookies and not some random people to jump into F1 to be at reasonable pace straightaway.

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Originally Posted by Paddy Cummins

Valenica is certainly not relevant, given that it was a track Luca never drove before.

Indeed, he won't beat Kimi. I doubt he'll even score a point. But I'll sig bet that Luca will be less than 1.3sec off the pace.

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I suspect the gap will be at least 2-3 seconds. Spa is a longer circuit than Valencia and it's also more demanding for drivers (known as "drivers circuit") with its fast corners (how much will Luca lift in Eau Rouge?).

Besides this... I'm not sure, but probably Badoer hasn't driven at Spa for 10 years any more, so I wonder, how much of a use his past experience is there.

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Originally Posted by ioan

10 days was more than enough and Domenicali was going to get Fisi but LdM chose Badoer, for whatever stupid reason.

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Because Fisi was under contract?

I don't know for sure, I'm just suggesting that a bit of stability might be welcome within the team. No point dragging Fisi away from Force India if (*IF*) Massa was going to be OK within a couple of races, which now looks very unlikely.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Sorry about the Math, I was never good :) However, Luca's best time was achieved in the race, no?

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Yes, but as you can see others also improved constantly during the week end, most probably due to the track surface rubbering in and offering better grip.