 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 ruchiri kukonzera zvinetso asi akakwanisa kupedza 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 aive azviramba pachinzvimbo. Mukana wake wakanakisisa wokuwana mapoinzi wakauya pa1999 European Grand Prix yakanga isina kugadzikana, chete nokuti gearbox kukundikana kuti amubvise 13 maoko kubva kumagumo paakanga achimhanya pachinzvimbo chechina; teammate Marc Gené akasimudzirwa kune wechitanhatu somugumisiro aizopedzisa ikoko kuti awane pfungwa inofungidzirwa kuti ndiyo inokosha inokosha mu1999 Drivers Championship, ichidzivirira Eddie Irvine weFerrari mushure mekunge Mika Häkkinen weMcLaren amupfuura mushure mekunge motokari yakanganisa iyo yakatora Jacques Villeneuve kubva pachinzvimbo chechishanu. Badoer akanga akasuruvara kwazvo zvokuti akasvimha misodzi pashure pokubva mumotokari. 