Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Badoer laghachiri na Formula One na-agba ọsọ na, ọzọ na ndị otu Minardi. Na Melbourne, Badoer gbara ọsọ dị ka nke ise n'oge ụfọdụ ruo mgbe nsogbu gearbox manyere ya ịla ezumike nká na 15 laps iji kwụsị. Tupu ọ gawa Brazil, o nwere ihe mberede n'oge ule nke mere ka aka ya gbajie. Stéphane Sarrazin weere oche ya n'ọsọ ahụ. Ọ lọtara maka
Imola na aka ya ka na-akpata nsogbu mana o jisiri ike mechaa nke asatọ. Ọ tara ahụhụ site na nsogbu gearbox na ntụgharị na Monaco na Spain. N'ọnwa Julaị, ọkwọ ụgbọala Ferrari bụ Michael Schumacher gbajiri ụkwụ ya n'ihe mberede mere na British Grand Prix na Silverstone. Dị ka onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala Ferrari, Badoer tụrụ anya na a ga-akwalite ya n'oche asọmpi na Schumacher anọghị, mana ndị otu ahụ họọrọ Mika Salo kama, na-akpali nkatọ site n'aka onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala Ferrari mbụ Jean Alesi, onye tụgharịrị onwe ya. Ohere kachasị mma ya iji nweta isi ihe bịara na ọgba aghara 1999 European Grand Prix, naanị maka ọdịda gearbox iji wepụ ya na ntụgharị 13 site na njedebe mgbe ọ na-agba ọsọ na ọnọdụ nke anọ; onye otu ya Marc Gené kwalitere na nke isii n'ihi ya (ọ ga-akwụsị ebe ahụ iji nweta isi ihe a kwenyere na ọ bụ ihe na-ekpebi ihe na 1999 Drivers 'Championship, na-egbochi Eddie Irvine nke Ferrari mgbe Mika Häkkinen nke McLaren gafere ya mgbe nsogbu ụgbọ ala nke wepụrụ Jacques Villeneuve site na nke ise). Obi adịghị Badoer mma nke ukwuu nke na o bere ákwá mgbe o si n'ụgbọala ahụ pụta.