Kamui Kobayashi

Kamui Kobayashi (born 13 September 1986 in Amagasaki, Hyogo Japan) is a Japanese racing driver. He has competed in the GP2 Series, won the GP2 Asia Series, and drove in the FIA Formula One World Championship with the Toyota Formula One team in 2009. He is currently driving for Sauber.

Kamui Kobayashi(小林 可夢偉)

Kobayashi at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
Born	(1986-09-13) 13 September 1986
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Japanese
Entries	32
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	62
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2009 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry	2024 São Paulo Grand Prix
2010 position	12th (32 points)

In this Japanese name, the family name is Kobayashi.

Kobayashi was born in Amagasaki, near Kobe.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Formula Toyota	N/A	10	2	4	?	?	120	2nd
2004	Formula Renault 2000 Italy	Prema Powerteam	17	2	3	1	3	134	7th
	Formula Renault 2000 Germany		2	0	0	0	0	16	31st
	Formula Renault 2000 Netherlands		?	?	?	?	?	32	15th
	Asian Formula Renault Challenge	Asia Racing Team	1	0	0	?	0	16	31st
2005	Formula Renault Eurocup	Prema Powerteam	16	6	4	4	8	157	1st
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italy		15	6	9	8	11	312	1st
2006	Formula Three Euroseries	ASM Formule 3	19	0	0	1	3	34	8th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	19th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2007	Formula Three Euroseries	ASM Formule 3	20	1	1	0	7	59	4th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2008	GP2 Asia Series	DAMS	10	2	0	0	3	22	6th
	GP2 Series		20	1	0	2	1	10	16th
2008–09	GP2 Asia Series	DAMS	11	2	2	3	4	56	1st
2009	GP2 Series	DAMS	20	0	0	0	1	13	16th
	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	2	0	0	0	0	3	18th
2010	Formula One	BMW Sauber	19	0	0	0	0	32	12th
2011	Formula One	Sauber F1 Team	11	0	0	0	0	27	11th
2012	Formula One	Sauber F1 Team	20	0	0	0	1	60	12th

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2008	DAMS	ESP FEA 8	ESP SPR 1	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR 9	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 18	FRA FEA Ret	FRA SPR 9	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 7	GER FEA Ret	GER SPR 18	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 8	EUR FEA Ret	EUR SPR 6	BEL FEA 9	BEL SPR 14	ITA FEA Ret	ITA SPR 13	16th	10
2009	DAMS	ESP FEA 8	ESP SPR 5	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 12	TUR FEA Ret	TUR SPR NC	GBR FEA Ret	GBR SPR 17	GER FEA 9	GER SPR 3	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR 8	VAL FEA 8	VAL SPR 11	BEL FEA 7	BEL SPR 11	ITA FEA 17	ITA SPR 17	POR FEA 6	POR SPR 19	16th	13

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2008	DAMS	DUB1 FEA 13	DUB1 SPR Ret	IDN FEA Ret	IDN SPR 15	MYS FEA 5	MYS SPR 1	BHR FEA 3	BHR SPR 1	DUB2 FEA 20	DUB2 SPR 14			6th	22
2008–09	DAMS	CHN FEA 2	CHN SPR Ret	DUB FEA 1	DUB SPR C	BHR1 FEA 1	BHR1 SPR 6	QAT FEA 4	QAT SPR 18	MYS FEA 2	MYS SPR 7	BHR2 FEA 4	BHR2 SPR 5	1st	56

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
2009	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF109	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 L V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN PO	BRA 9	ABU 6				18th	3
2010	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C29	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8	BHR Ret	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	CHN Ret	ESP 12	MON Ret	TUR 10	CAN Ret	EUR 7	GBR 6	GER 11	HUN 9	BEL 8	ITA Ret	SIN Ret	JPN 7	KOR 8	BRA 10	ABU 14		12th	32
2011	BMW Sauber F1 Team	Sauber C30	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8	AUS DSQ	MAL 7	CHN 10	TUR 10	ESP 10	MON 5	CAN 7	EUR 16	GBR Ret	GER 9	HUN 11	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA		11th*	27*

^* Season in progress.