I te 11 o Akuhata 2009 i whakapumautia ka hoki mai a Badoer ki te whakataetae Formula One i muri tata ki te 10 tau, hei whakakapi i a Felipe Massa i whara i te 2009 European Grand Prix i Valencia. I whara a Massa i te waa tohu mo te 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
i te hinganga mai o tētahi wāhanga o te whakatārewatanga mai i muri o te motokā Brawn GP a Rubens Barrichello, ā, ka pā ki te potae o Massa, ka whati i tōna matenga, ka hinga i a ia, ā, ka hinga ki te pakitara o tētahi taiaho. I whakaritea a Michael Schumacher ki te whakakapi i a Massa, engari na te wharanga o te kaki i whara a Schumacher i te whakamatautau superbike Tiamana i te timatanga o te tau i peia ai ia kia mutu. I kii te BBC i whakawhiwhia a Badoer ki te mahi hei "whakawhetai ki a ia mo tana pono ki te roopu". Ko te tekau tau o Badoer e tatari ana he iti ake i nga tau tekau me nga marama e toru i waenga i nga whakaaturanga a Jan Lammers i te 1982 Dutch Grand Prix me te 1992 Japanese Grand Prix.