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Which has been your best moment in your motorsport career so far?
 
Michael Bilyy:
– 2nd place in FWT 2010 Ocala
 
Ezra Idafar:
– 1st win after my worst moment in my career so far
 
Brendon Cook:
– Winning first race. Karts in 1987.
 
James Peace:
– Winning 2010 Super1 Karting Championship
 
Myles Collins:
– Winning the 2010 Saxmax Rookie Title
 
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Most buzz

1.Carlos Sainz Jr.
2.Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
3.Oscar Wilkens
4.Richie Stanaway
5.Joe Ghanem
6.Joel Miller
7.Andre Heimgartner
8.Kevin Korjus
9.James Peace
10.Nick Percat
11.Roberto Merhi
12.Stefan Rzadzinski
13.Nicolaj Møller Madsen
14.Lewis Hamilton
15.Sami Luka
16.Rio Haryanto
17.Jody Fannin
18.James Thorp
19.Jenson Button
20.Shahaan Engineer
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Kamui Kobayashi

Date of birth:September 13, 1986 (25 y/o)
Place of birth:Hyogo
Races entered:193
Wins:20
Podiums:41
Pole positions:20
Fastest laps:20
Race win percentage:10.36%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

The racing career of Kamui Kobayashi — in detail

2012
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: no position
0 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Sauber F1 Team
   
2011
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 12 (30 points)
19 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Sauber F1 Team
Car: Sauber C30 (Ferrari)
Race photo
   
2010
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 12 (32 points)
19 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: BMW Sauber F1 Team
Car: BMW Sauber C29 (Ferrari)
Race photo
   
2009
GP2 Series
Position: 16 (13 points)
19 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps.
Team: DAMS
Car: Dallara GP2-08 (Renault)
2008-09
GP2 Asia Series
Position: 1 (56 points)
11 races. 2 wins. 2 pole positions. 4 podiums. 3 fastest laps.
Team: DAMS
Car: Dallara GP2/05 (Renault)
   
2009
FIA Formula 1 World Championship
Position: 18 (3 points)
2 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Panasonic Toyota Racing
Car: Toyota TF109
 
Formula 1 - Test driver
Team: Panasonic Toyota Racing
   
2008
GP2 Series
Position: 16 (10 points)
20 races. 1 win. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 2 fastest laps.
Team: DAMS
Car: Dallara GP2-08 (Renault)
 
GP2 Asia Series
Position: 6 (22 points)
9 races. 2 wins. 0 pole positions. 3 podiums. 1 fastest lap.
Team: DAMS
Car: Dallara GP2/05 (Renault)
 
Formula 1 - Test driver
Team: Panasonic Toyota Racing
   
2007
Formula 3 Euro Series
Position: 4 (59 points)
20 races. 1 win. 1 pole position. 7 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: ASM Formule 3
Car: Dallara F305 (Mercedes)
 
Polytec Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix
Race position: 13.
Team: ASM Formule 3
Car: Dallara F306 (Mercedes)
 
Zandvoort Masters of F3 @ Zolder
Race position: no position.
Team: ASM Formule 3
Car: Dallara F305 (Mercedes)
 
Formula 1 - Test driver
Team: Panasonic Toyota Racing
   
2006
Formula 3 Euro Series
Position: 8 (34 points)
19 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 3 podiums. 1 fastest lap.
Team: ASM
Car: Dallara F305 (Mercedes)
 
53rd Polytec Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix
Race position: 19. Started from pole position.
Team: ASM
Car: Dallara (Mercedes)
 
Masters of Formula 3
Race position: 11.
Team: ASM
Car: Dallara F305 (Mercedes)
 
Formula 1 - Test driver
Team: Panasonic Toyota Racing
   
2005
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
Position: 1 (157 points)
16 races. 6 wins. 4 pole positions. 8 podiums. 4 fastest laps.
Team: Prema Powerteam
Car: Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)
 
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy
Position: 1 (312 points)
15 races. 6 wins. 9 pole positions. 11 podiums. 8 fastest laps.
Team: Prema Powerteam
Car: Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)
   
2004
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy
Position: 7 (134 points)
17 races. 2 wins. 3 pole positions. 3 podiums. 1 fastest lap.
Team: Prema Powerteam
 
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany
Position: 31 (16 points)
2 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Prema Powerteam
 
Asian Formula Renault Challenge
Position: no position
1 race. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. ? fastest laps.
Team: Asia Racing Team
Car: Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)
Complete results needed.
 
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands
Position: 15 (32 points)
? races. ? wins. ? pole positions. ? podiums. ? fastest laps.
Complete results needed.

The karting career of Kamui Kobayashi — in detail

2002
European Championship Formula A
Position: 14 (19 points)
Team/entry: Maranello Kart
Kart: Maranello (Maxter)




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Modification: Formula 1 2012

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Top 2012 race winners

1.Andre Heimgartner10
2.Joe Ghanem9
3.Matthew Higham8
Warwick Mortimer8
Michael Lyons8
6.James McFadden7
7.Angus Fogg6
Matthew Griffin6
9.AJ Lauder5
10.Zac Kennedy4
Nick Cassidy4
Talal Al Ghaith4
Ryan Hellier4
Rowan Shepherd4
Lucas Foresti4
Andrew Higgins4
Jonathan Allard4
Andrew Waite4
Andre Cowan4
Chris Hanley4
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Small but important fix to the biographies
Written by Andreas, Friday, December 2 2011
As some of you have noticed there were parts of the site that startedbehaving a bit strange when we moved to the new server. I’ve hunted down and fixed a lot of issues as I’ve come across them and I have now fixed an issue with the Premier Profiles where some entries sent into the Biography section

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