Formula 1 has been around since the 1950s and if there is one team that has been associated with the sport from the beginning, it is the Maranello-based Ferrari outfit. The Italian team has a rich history that is filled with several accolades.
While the team has produced several top-class drivers, there is one unlucky driver, who is seen as the worst in Ferrari’s F1 history. It is none other than the former 50 Grand Prix starter (58 entries), Luca Badoer . His career in the sport began in 1993 and he drove for Ferrari in two races during the 2009 campaign.
Luca Badoer holds the unfortunate record of most grand prix started (50) without scoring a single point. However, all his misfortunes during his racing career were not all down to him. He was a victim of circumstances who could never catch a break after a strong junior career.
From 1993-1997, he never had strong machinery underneath him and despite dragging his various cars into the top 10’s several times, he was not able to open his scoring account in F1. During his racing days, points were not allotted throughout the top 10 finishers.
Had it been the case back then, he would have ended his career with a decent haul of 26 points. His best F1 finish was seventh in the Lola at the 1993 San Marino Grand Prix. It was his fourth race in wet/dry conditions that had just nine finishers.
The best driver in Ferrari’s F1 history
While we have looked at the worst driver in Ferrari’s long history, it is time to switch attention and look at the best driver that the team has produced. It is the former seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher.
The German driver had amassed two world titles before joining Ferrari in 2000, but from that point on, he went on a winning spree in the sport, that lasted until the end of the 2005 season. During this time, Schumacher amassed five world championships consecutively with the team.
He is no longer racing in the sport for medical reasons (a horrific skiing accident forced doctors to put him in a medically induced coma), but to date, he is seen as one of the best drivers that ever stepped foot into F1. Moreover, despite hanging up his boots at the end of 2012, his record of seven world championships is still intact alongside Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton. He has in his career amassed 91 pole positions and a mammoth 1566 career points.
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