Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 11 ga Agusta 2009 an tabbatar da cewa Badoer zai dawo gasar Formula One bayan kusan shekaru 10, don maye gurbin Felipe Massa da ya ji rauni a gasar Grand Prix ta Turai a Valencia a shekarar 2009. Massa ya ji rauni ne a lokacin da ake neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya.
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix lokacin da wani yanki na dakatarwa ya fadi daga baya na motar Rubens Barrichello ta Brawn GP kuma ya buga kwalkwali na Massa, ya karya kwanyar sa, ya buge shi ba tare da saninsa ba kuma ya sa ya yi karo da bangon taya. Michael Schumacher an saita shi don maye gurbin Massa, amma raunin wuya Schumacher ya ci gaba a cikin gwajin babur na Jamus a farkon shekarar ya tilasta shi ya janye. BBC ta ruwaito cewa an ba Badoer aikin a matsayin "godiya ga sadaukar da kai ga kungiyar". Shekaru goma da Badoer ya jira ya ɗan fi ƙasa da shekaru goma da watanni uku tsakanin bayyanar Jan Lammers a gasar Dutch Grand Prix ta 1982 da kuma gasar Grand Prix ta Japan ta 1992.