Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Badoer ya koma Formula One tseren a, sake tare da Minardi tawagar. A Melbourne, Badoer ya yi tsere har zuwa na biyar a wani lokaci har sai matsalolin gearbox ya tilasta shi ya yi ritaya tare da 15 laps zuwa karshen. Kafin zuwa Brazil, ya sha wahala a cikin hadarin gwaji wanda ya bar shi da karyewar hannu. Stéphane Sarrazin ya dauki wurin zama don tseren. Ya koma Imola
tare da hannunsa har yanzu yana haifar da matsaloli amma ya yi nasarar gama na takwas. Ya sha wahala daga matsalolin gearbox da kuma juyawa a Monaco da Spain. A watan Yuli, direban Ferrari mai lamba daya Michael Schumacher ya karya kafa a wani hatsari a gasar Grand Prix ta Burtaniya a Silverstone. A matsayin direban gwajin Ferrari, Badoer ya yi tsammanin za a inganta shi zuwa kujerar tsere a cikin rashi na Schumacher, amma ƙungiyar ta zaɓi Mika Salo a maimakon haka, wanda ya haifar da suka daga tsohon direban Ferrari Jean Alesi, wanda shi kansa ya ƙi matsayin. Mafi kyawun damar da ya samu na samun maki ya zo ne a gasar cin kofin Turai ta 1999, kawai don gazawar gearbox don fitar da shi daga zagaye 13 daga ƙarshe lokacin da yake gudu a matsayi na huɗu; abokin aikinsa Marc Gené ya sami ci gaba zuwa na shida sakamakon haka (zai gama a can don cin kwallaye da aka yi imanin cewa shine babban mahimmin abu a cikin gasar zakarun na 1999, yana riƙe da Eddie Irvine na Ferrari bayan Mika Häkkinen na McLaren ya wuce shi bayan gazawar mota wanda ya fitar da Jacques Villeneuve daga matsayi na biyar). Badoer ya damu sosai har ya fashe da kuka bayan ya fita daga motar.