So, Luca Badoer was worse than anyone could have possibly imagined. Hilarity ensued on Friday when he repeatedly broke the pit lane speed limit. It became less funny over the weekend, as he qualified last, and was the last classified finisher in the race. But it became funny again when he crashed into Adrian Sutil’s Force India in parc ferme.

It’s might stimulate something of an about turn in Ferrari. Earlier in the month, Luca di Montezemolo was less than positive about the relative merits of youth:

“I prefer the champion, even if matured, to the mediocre driver, even if he’s young.”

Badoer is in the car again for Spa this weekend, but after that it’s less certain. Stefano Domenicali is evidently keener on a younger option:

“You have to consider that if you put a young driver in, it is for the future. We are thinking for sure to see if we can work on a young driver programme for the future.”

But it’s not as if Ferrari don’t run young drivers at all. I’ve written about Mirko Bortolotti quite a lot, and he’s the man I’d like to see take Badoer’s place. He’s tested for the team, won the Italian Formula 3 championship, and is doing pretty well in Formula Two.

I think we can be certain that Bortolotti would be more interesting than Badoer. Though he might not crash into another car in parc ferme. Swings and roundabouts, I suppose.