Super GT Formula E GP2 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia FR2000 Germany Asian Formula Renault FR2000 Netherlands
Championship titles
2021
2019–20
2008–09 2005 2005
FIA World Endurance Championship FIA World Endurance Championship GP2 Asia Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia
Kamui Kobayashi (小林可夢偉, Kobayashi Kamui, born 13 September 1986) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing, Super Formula for Kids com Team KCMG, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 50 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing. He also serves as team principal for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe for their FIA World Endurance Championship team. Kobayashi previously competed in Formula One, Formula E, the GP2 Series, and the GP2 Asia Series. He became champion of the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside co-drivers Mike Conway and José María López in the 2019–20 season and in 2021, where he also won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Kobayashi is the third FIA world champion from Japan after Toshi Arai and Kazuki Nakajima, and became the third Asian-born driver after countrymen Aguri Suzuki and Takuma Satō to score a Formula One podium finish at the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.
KamuiKobayashi (小林可夢偉, KobayashiKamui, born 13 September 1986) is a Japanese racing driver who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship...
Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen beating the Toyota GR010 Hybrid of KamuiKobayashi, José María López and Nyck de Vries by 14 seconds. Third place was...
2024). "KamuiKobayashi Returning to 23XI Racing for Cup Series Race at COTA". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024. "KamuiKobayashi to make second...
unchanged from the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, with KamuiKobayashi, Mike Conway and José María López in car #7 and Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki...
qualifying meaning he was out of action before the end of the season. KamuiKobayashi spent the majority of 2009 in the GP2 Series and being Toyota test...
for the season as BMW Sauber F1 Team despite zero BMW components. KamuiKobayashi was announced as their first signed driver for the 2010 season on 17...
third qualifying session. It and the sister Toyota of Mike Conway, KamuiKobayashi and José María López exchanged the lead for most of the first half...
replace Yuji Kunimoto in the renumbered No. 8 entry, alongside team-mate KamuiKobayashi. TGM Grand Prix signed Juju Noda to drive its No. 53 car, replacing...
drivers Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, and three other drivers, including KamuiKobayashi and Corey Heim. They currently have a technical alliance with JGR....
from the Toyota squad in 2014). On 15 June 2017, a TS050 driven by KamuiKobayashi set a lap time record of 3:14.791 during a qualifying session for the...
Japanese racewalker KamuiKobayashi (小林 可夢偉, born 1986), racing driver Kazuo Kobayashi (小林 一男, 1908–?), Japanese diver Kenya Kobayashi (小林 研也, born 1983)...
midway through practice. The session was disrupted by incidents as KamuiKobayashi and Jérôme d'Ambrosio struck the barriers – both accidents requiring...
TS050 Hybrid shared by Mike Conway, KamuiKobayashi and José María López started from pole position after Kobayashi set the overall fastest lap time in...
Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid Toyota 3.5 L Turbo V6 Hybrid M 7 KamuiKobayashi 1–4 Nyck de Vries 1–4 Mike Conway 1–3 José María López 4 8 Sébastien...
the 2015 season. The car was driven by debutant Marcus Ericsson and KamuiKobayashi who returned to Formula One after a season driving in the FIA World...
officially joined Virgin Racing, after leaving the Toyota Racing team. KamuiKobayashi, who made his debut for the now-defunct Toyota team at the end of 2009...
through traffic, narrowly avoiding early contact between Bruno Senna and KamuiKobayashi as Sebastian Vettel broke free of the field to establish a twenty-second...
GR010 Hybrid shared by Mike Conway, KamuiKobayashi and José María López began from pole position after Kobayashi set the overall fastest lap time in...
Championship with 71 points, five ahead of their teammates Mike Conway, KamuiKobayashi and José María López. Ferrari AF Corse's Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina...
2005 Italian Formula Renault 2000 Championship with future F1 star KamuiKobayashi. In 2003, the team entered the Formula 3 Euro Series and won the inaugural...
The #7 Toyota, driven by KamuiKobayashi, took the lead at the 4 hour mark and was never headed. The #7 Toyota of Kobayashi, Mike Conway and José María...
his first podium since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix – in second place. KamuiKobayashi achieved his first and only Formula One podium, the first for a Japanese...
Dumas' second. The sister Toyota of Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and KamuiKobayashi finished three laps behind in second, while the No. 8 Audi of Loïc...
Pirelli. This was the final season for Max Chilton, Jean-Éric Vergne, KamuiKobayashi, Adrian Sutil, and Jules Bianchi, the latter of whom had a contract...
topped the timesheets ahead of Alonso and Vettel. Bruno Senna and KamuiKobayashi both spun during the session, but both drivers rejoined. Rubens Barrichello...
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