Kamui Kobayashi

Kamui Kobayashi - 11th in Formula One World Championship - 50 points

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Last race		Place	Points	Time


Oct 7	Japanese Grand Prix	3	15	01:29:20

Kobayashi said Thursday he fears he may not have a seat in Formula One next season, just days after he stormed to a podium place at Japanese Grand Prix.

“I want to be in Formula One, this is my dream since I was young. Getting a sponsor is very important for the future”. He said.

Kamui Kobayashi 4 place in German Grand Prix 2012

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“I am very happy for the team that we have managed to get a good result again. We have been unlucky in the two most recent races, and also had a bad qualifying yesterday. The performance of our car, especially in the dry, is really strong. If we only had qualified better we could have achieved even more today. At the beginning of the race it was a bit difficult on the medium tyres, but our strategy was good. Considering where we came from, 18 points is an excellent result.”, said Kobayahi.

Kamui Kobayashi equalled his best ever result in Formula One, finishing fourth after Sebastian Vettel’s penalty.

Sauber C31 photos

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:33:15 +0000

Some photos about Sauber C31

Kamui Kobayashi believes that the new Sauber C31 has already proved itself to be faster than last year’s machine

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23:34 +0000

Kobayashi: C31 faster than predecessor

Kamui Kobayashi has said that glitches with the latest edition of the Sauber car are not a big deal.

“Performance-wise, this year is much quicker,” said Kobayashi. Also “I looked at last year’s test times and it was off, but the track here is still dirty and my car is still not set up. It is pretty similar to last year and the laptime is a lot better.”

Kobayashi completed more than 100 laps on the opening day of testing, more than any other driver, with the only stoppage caused by the team completing an out-of-fuel test run.

“In my first season in 2010, we hardly had any problems in the winter, but once we started the races we had big problems. Compared to that, I think we are in good shape. We just had a couple of troubles and we just have to understand that,” he added.

Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi ended the F1 2011 season on a positive note with ninth place in Brazil

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“It was important for us to finish ahead of Toro Rosso and I’m glad we managed to do that, but we want to become stronger”, said Kobayashi.

“The team did a very good job to recover from a really bad qualifying,” he noted, “I had a good start and also a good race pace. It was important for us to finish ahead of Toro Rosso and I’m glad we managed to do that. The strategy was good and the car was as well - many thanks to the guys.”

Kobayashi: blame the touch whith Hamilton was not mine

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:36:38 +0000

Kamui Kobayashi insists he did not close in on Lewis Hamilton causing their accident at Spa.

Lewis Hamilton himself agrees with the statements of Kobayashi. “After seeing the replay, I see that now the guilt has been one hundred percent mine. I did not leave enough space for Kobayashi, I thought it had happened.”

Kamui Kobayashi 16th in European GP, Valencia

admin — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:04:51 +0000

Peter Sauber, Team Principal said: “Up to this race we were able to manage tyres better in the race than others, however, today, this wasn’t the case. During the whole weekend we were not strong enough as a team, but we know we can do better.”

Kamui Kobayashi had started 14th on the softer tyres, stopped twice and finished 16th. Overall the Sauber C30-Ferrari was not quick enough on the Valencia street circuit to allow the drivers to attack.

Kamui Kobayashi’s fifth-place (Monaco 2011) result likely provided a needed boost for the Sauber squad after Perez’s accident

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Kobayashi did an excellent job managing his tires, and therefore pitted just once. It was his best career finish, and the fifth straight race in which he earned points.

Monaco certainly continued the thrills experienced so far in the 2011 Formula One season. From red-flag restarts to strategy changing on the fly, the smallest track on the schedule delivered in a big way.

Kamui Kobayashi plays a leading role in Sauber

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:47:13 +0000

Peter Sauber says Kamui Kobayashi plays a leading role in team – Formula 1

Sauber team have been regarded as an upper ranked team because their C31 is faster than the Toro Rosso cars and the Force India cars. Both Kamui and Sergio have showed good speed in the opening three races of the season and are placed 11th and 20th respectively.

Sauber team boss, Peter Sauber, has said that both team drivers, Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi, are the same in the team but the leading driver role is being played by the Japanese driver. Sauber added that the 2011 Formula 1 aim has been achieved and seven points are good in the constructor’s championship table.

Kobayashi manages to score a point at Interlagos

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:57:34 +0000

“My result is not very good, but maybe a point is good today,” he said shortly after the race. “For me, the start was good, but at the beginning of my long stint on the harder (medium compound Bridgestone), I suffered from lack of grip and I lost positions.

“When the drives were being spent, I had a lot of understeer. Instead when I rode with new tires I was able to overcome the two Toro Rosso, but it was not easy to overtake on this occasion, we needed a good straight line speed to advance into the first corner and I really did not have much speed. ”