Kamui Kobayashi
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| Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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| Start number : | 10 | ||||||||
| First start: | 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2014 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 2009 Toyota • 2010–2012 Sauber • 2014 Caterham | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | World Cup twelfth ( 2010 , 2011 , 2012 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 125 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Kamui Kobayashi ( Japanese 小林 可 夢 偉 Kobayashi Kamui ; born September 13, 1986 in Amagasaki ) is a Japanese automobile racing driver .
He became champion of the GP2 Asia series in 2009 and made his Formula 1 debut in the same year . From 2010 to 2012 Kobayashi competed for the Swiss racing team Sauber . After a season in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) 2013, Kobayashi returned to Caterham in Formula 1 in 2014. In 2015 he drove in the Super Formula and in 2017 with a Monaco racing license in the FIA Formula E Championship .
Career
Beginnings in motorsport (1996-2007)
In 1996, at the age of nine, Kobayashi began karting . Until 2001 he gained experience in various Japanese kart racing series. In 2001 he switched to the Esso Formula Toyota Racing School . In 2002 he started in the European kart series of the Toyota School. 2003 Kobayashi joined the Formula racing and finished in the Japanese Formula Toyota in second place in the overall standings.
Kobayashi joined Toyota's support program in 2004, moved to Paris and spent two years in Formula Renault championships. In 2004 his main focus was on the Italian Formula Renault, in which he reached seventh place overall for the Prema Powerteam . In addition, he took part in individual races of the Asian, German and Dutch Formula Renault. In 2005 Kobayashi stayed with the Prema Powerteam and competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and in the Italian Formula Renault. He won both titles. Only one other driver had done this before. With six wins each, he prevailed against Michael Ammermüller in both series .
He then switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series at ASM Formule 3 . In 2006 , he finished eighth and was named the best newcomer. Internally, he lost to his three teammates Giedo van der Garde , Paul di Resta and Sebastian Vettel , of whom di Resta won the championship title and Vettel was runner-up. As a reward for his results in the Formula 3 Euro Series, he completed three days of Formula 1 test drives for Toyota Racing . In 2007 he continued to improve and won his first race in Magny-Cours . At the end of the season, he finished fourth with this victory. While he left Tom Dillmann behind within the team , he had to admit defeat to his two other team-mates Romain Grosjean and Nico Hülkenberg , who finished first and third.
GP2 series (2008-2009)
In 2008 , Kobayashi was the third driver for the Toyota Formula 1 team. In addition to his test driver job, he started for the DAMS team in the GP2 series . But first he started in the first season of the GP2 Asia series for DAMS. He won two races: the sprint races in Sepang and Sakhir . Both races, like the race in which he took his first Formula 3 victory in 2007, were held as part of Formula 1. Besides his former teammate Grosjean, Kobayashi was the only driver who won more than one race in the GP2 Asia series. Nevertheless, he finished sixth in the overall standings.
Also in the 2008 GP2 Series season was Jérôme D'Ambrosio his teammate at DAMS. The season got off to a promising start. After he finished eighth in the main race in Istanbul , the sprint race was even more successful: he started from pole position and was soon overtaken by Grosjean. After a safety car phase, Kobayashi accelerated better at the restart and fought for first place with Grosjean. Since Grosjean defended himself with unfair means in a duel with Kobayashi, he was penalized and thus Kobayashi won in the second GP2 race for the first time. The other races were less successful for Kobayashi and he only got an additional point twice. With ten points, Kobayashi reached 16th place overall.
In the GP2 Asia Series season 2008/2009 Kobayashi competed for DAMS again. With one victory each in Dubai and Sachir , Kobayashi lived up to his role as a favorite and secured the lead in the overall standings early on. On the next race weekends, Kobayashi defended his lead and won the championship title of the GP2 Asia series with a 20 point lead over his teammate D'Ambrosio. After Kobayashi started the season of the GP2 series with high expectations after winning the title , he did not manage to build on the good performances from the Asia series. Third at the Nürburgring , he achieved his best result of the season. Kobayashi, who was also overshadowed by his team-mate, finished 16th overall at the end of the season, while D'Ambrosio finished ninth.
Formula 1 (2009-2012)
Toyota (2009)
In his role as reserve driver for the Toyota team, he took part in the Friday training sessions for the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix . He represented Timo Glock , who was unable to drive for health reasons. At the Brazilian Grand Prix he played his first Formula 1 race as a replacement for the still injured Glock. Kobayashi made a good debut and kept the eventual world champion Jenson Button a few laps behind. In the end, he finished ninth. Kobayashi also competed for the injured Glock in Abu Dhabi and scored points in Formula 1 for the first time with a sixth place.
Clean (2010-2012)
After Toyota withdrew from Formula 1, Peter Sauber signed him on December 17, 2009 as the first driver of the Sauber team for the 2010 season . Kobayashi did not finish in the first four races. While technical problems were responsible for the first and third retirements, he retired after collisions in the second and fourth races. At the fifth race in Spain he qualified among the top ten drivers for the first time of the season and also crossed the finish line for the first time. At the Turkish Grand Prix he picked up his first point for Sauber in tenth place. In the further course of the season Kobayashi was able to gradually improve and regularly score points. At the European Grand Prix , he took third place for a long time with a different strategy and finished seventh after a late pit stop and two overtaking maneuvers in the final laps. At the Grand Prix of Great Britain he achieved his best placement of the season in sixth place. He made more headlines at his home race in Suzuka . He overtook various drivers on the hairpin curve and finished the race in seventh place. Kobayashi clearly prevailed against Pedro de la Rosa , who was initially his team-mate, and was ultimately responsible for the fact that Sauber swapped de la Rosa for Nick Heidfeld in the second half of the season . Heidfeld also failed to score more points than Kobayashi. At the end of the season Kobayashi was twelfth overall.
In 2011 , Kobayashi stayed with Sauber. His new teammate was Sergio Pérez . At the season opener in Australia , Kobayashi crossed the finish line in eighth place. After the race, both Sauber pilots were disqualified because their rear wings were illegal. At the second race in Malaysia , he finished seventh and scored the first points. In each of the following three races he finished tenth. With a fifth place in Monaco , he achieved his best Formula 1 position to date. A race later in Canada , Kobayashi was in second place for a few laps and ended up in seventh place. While Kobayashi finished in the points seven times in the first ten races, he only managed to do so twice in the last nine races. In the world championship, he again finished twelfth. With 30 to 14 points he prevailed internally against Pérez.
Kobayashi completed his third season for Sauber in 2012 . In the first race, the Australian Grand Prix , he crossed the finish line in sixth place. At the Chinese Grand Prix , Kobayashi had his best starting position to date with third place. In the race, however, he fell behind at the start and finished in tenth place. He achieved the fastest race lap in the race for the first time. At the European opener in Spain he repeated his best result in Formula 1 with a fifth place. Five races later in Germany he managed to beat this result with a fourth place. At his home race, the Japanese Grand Prix , Kobayashi achieved his first podium in Formula 1 with a third place. He finished the season in twelfth place and was defeated internally by Pérez with 60 to 66 points. At the end of the season, Kobayashi's involvement with Sauber ended.
WEC (2013)
After Kobayashi had not received a Formula 1 contract for the 2013 season, he switched to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). There he received a cockpit in the GTE-Pro class with the Ferrari factory team AF Corse in 2013 . Kobayashi finished the season with a second place in the GT class as the best result in seventh place overall in the GT Drivers' World Cup. As part of the WEC, Kobayashi also made his debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2013 .
Formula 1: Caterham (2014)
In 2014 Kobayashi returned to Formula 1 and was given a cockpit at Caterham. Kobayashi waived a salary at Caterham. Kobayashi also collected donations before the season to finance his cockpit. This campaign raised around one million euros. When the permanent Formula 1 start numbers were introduced, Kobayashi chose # 10. With this number he made his debut in Formula 1 in 2009. At the Belgian Grand Prix he was represented once by André Lotterer . Before the US Grand Prix , Caterham stopped racing for two races due to financial problems. At the end of the season in Abu Dhabi , Kobayashi and Caterham returned to Formula 1. Two 13th places were Kobayashi's best results. At the end of the season he finished 22nd overall.
Super Formula (2015)
In 2015 Kobayashi returned to Japan and received a cockpit in the Super Formula with the Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans . With a second place as the best result, he was sixth in the drivers' championship. He was also active for the Toyota team as a test and reserve driver for the FIA World Endurance Championship.
FIA Formula E Championship (2017)
Kobayashi made his debut for Andretti Autosport in the FIA Formula E Championship at the 2017 Hong Kong E-Prix . After the race he was replaced by Tom Blomqvist . At the end of the season he finished 24th in the drivers' championship.
Others
Kobayashi is a fan of Linkin Park . Band member Joe Hahn designed Kobayashi's helmet for the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix . The helmet was auctioned for $ 19,000 for charity after the race.
statistics
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Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
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| 2009 | Panasonic Toyota Racing | Toyota TF109 | Toyota 2.4 V8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 18th |
| 2010 | BMW Sauber F1 Team | Clean C29 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 12. |
| 2011 | Sauber F1 Team | Clean C30 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 19th | - | - | - | - | - | 30th | 12. |
| 2012 | Sauber F1 Team | Clean C31 | Ferrari 2.4 V8 | 20th | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 60 | 12. |
| 2014 | Caterham F1 team | Caterham CT05 | Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd |
| total | 75 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 125 | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Individual results in the Super Formula
| year | team | engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | Points | rank |
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| 2015 | Kygnus Sunoco Team LeMans | Toyota |
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Individual results in the FIA Formula E Championship
| year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | rank |
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| 2017/18 | MS&AD Andretti |
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Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 |
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| 2016 |
Toyota Racing
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Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
Stéphane Sarrazin
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Rank 2 | |
| 2017 |
Toyota Gazoo Racing
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Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
Stéphane Sarrazin
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Mike Conway
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failure | Clutch damage |
| 2018 |
Toyota Gazoo Racing
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Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
 José María López
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Mike Conway
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| 2019 |
Toyota Gazoo Racing
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Toyota TS050 Hybrid |
José María López
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Mike Conway
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Rank 2 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Glock without luck: No start in Interlagos!" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 11, 2009)
- ↑ "Glock will be replaced by Kobayashi in Abu Dhabi" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 27, 2009)
- ↑ "Sauber confirms Kobayashi for 2010" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on December 17, 2009)
- ↑ "Clean with the best result: Praise for the drivers" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 10, 2010)
- ↑ "Rear wing illegal: cleanly disqualified!" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 27, 2011)
- ^ "Formula 1 - Sauber keeps its drivers for 2012" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on July 28, 2011)
- ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: "Kobayashi drives WEC for Ferrari". Motorsport-Total.com, March 11, 2013, accessed March 11, 2013 .
- ↑ Norman Fischer: "Officially: Caterham 2014 with Kobayashi and Ericsson!" Motorsport-Total.com, January 21, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Caterham: Kobayashi drives 'for free' and is happy about it". Motorsport-Total.com, January 21, 2014, accessed January 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Kerstin Hasenbichler: "Formula 1 - Starting Number 10 for Kobayashi". Ericsson votes no.9. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 21, 2014, accessed January 21, 2014 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Official: Le Mans winner Lotterer drives for Caterham in Spa". Motorsport-Total.com, August 20, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014 .
- ^ WEC: Kobayashi named Toyota test and reserve driver. crash.net, March 26, 2015, accessed July 30, 2015 .
- ↑ "Kobayashi with helmet design by Linkin Park" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 24, 2011)
- ^ "Formula 1 - Kobayashi helmet auctioned for $ 19,000" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on January 2, 2012)
GP2 series : 2005 : Nico Rosberg | 2006 : Lewis Hamilton | 2007 : Timo Glock | 2008 : Giorgio Pantano | 2009 : Nico Hülkenberg | 2010 : Pastor Maldonado | 2011 : Romain Grosjean | 2012 : Davide Valsecchi | 2013 : Fabio Leimer | 2014 : Jolyon Palmer | 2015 : Stoffel Vandoorne | 2016 : Pierre Gasly
FIA Formula 2 Championship : 2017 : Charles Leclerc | 2018 : George Russell | 2019 : Nyck de Vries
GP2 Asia Series : 2008 : Romain Grosjean | 2008/2009 : Kamui Kobayashi | 2009/2010 : Davide Valsecchi | 2011 : Romain Grosjean
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| SURNAME | Kobayashi, Kamui |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese automobile racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amagasaki , Japan |