Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Badoer akadzokera kumakwikwi eFormula One muna, zvakare nechikwata cheMinardi. MuMelbourne, Badoer akamhanyira kumusoro sechishanu pane imwe nguva kusvikira zvinetso zvegearbox zvakamumanikidza kurega ne 15 laps kuti apedze. Asati aenda kuBrazil, akatambura tsaona yokuedza iyo yakamusiya ane ruoko rwakaputsika. Stéphane Sarrazin akatora chigaro chake nokuda kwomujaho wacho. Akadzokera kuImola
ruoko rwake rwakanga ruchiri kukonzera zvinetso asi akakwanisa kupedza ari wechisere. Akatambura nezvinetso zvegiyabhokisi uye kutenderera muMonaco neSpain. Muna July, mutyairi wenhamba imwe weFerrari Michael Schumacher akatyora gumbo rake mutsaona paBritish Grand Prix paSilverstone. Semutyairi wekuedza weFerrari, Badoer aitarisira kukwidziridzwa pachigaro chemakwikwi mukushayikwa kwaSchumacher, asi timu yakasarudza Mika Salo pachinzvimbo, zvichikonzera kushoropodzwa kubva kune aimbova mutyairi weFerrari Jean Alesi, uyo iye pachake akaramba chinzvimbo. Mukana wake wakanakisisa wekuwana mapoinzi wakauya pa1999 European Grand Prix, chete nekuda kwekutadza kwegearbox kuti amubvise kunze kwemavhiri gumi nematatu kubva kumagumo paakanga achimhanya ari pachinzvimbo chechina; mumwe wake Marc Gené akasimudzirwa pachinhanho chechitanhatu semhedzisiro (aizopedzisa ipapo kuti awane poindi inofungidzirwa zvakanyanya kuti ndiyo inosarudza mu1999 Drivers 'Championship, ichidzivirira Eddie Irvine weFerrari mushure mekunge Mika Häkkinen weMcLaren amupfuura zvichitevera kukanganisa kwemotokari kwakasiya Jacques Villeneuve kubva pachinzvimbo chechishanu). Badoer akanga akasuruvara kwazvo zvokuti akasvimha misodzi pashure pokubva mumotokari.