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Kamui Kobayashi
Sign in to saveracing driver in Formula 1 and the World Endurance Championship
OverviewAI-generated
Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese male racing automobile driver born on September 13, 1986, in Amagasaki. He stands 170 cm tall and speaks Japanese. His career in auto racing includes participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In his racing statistics, Kobayashi has completed 77 starts, accumulating 125 points. His record includes one podium finish, with no wins or pole positions. He maintains an official website and has 199,523 social media followers.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Germany
Discography
- Kobayashi2001
- Disko2002
- Split "Genova 2001"2002
- Split 7"2004
- Neuanstrich2006
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30
- Total plays
- 52
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kamui+Kobayashi">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system
· 2011 · cited 20,712x
- A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells
· 1988 · cited 8,487x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,796x
- <i>C</i><i>P</i>-Violation in the Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction
· 1973 · cited 5,624x
- Gefitinib or Chemotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer with Mutated EGFR
· 2010 · cited 4,571x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1986-09-13 ) 13 September 1986 (age 39) , Amagasaki , Hyōgo , Japan
- Employers
- FIA WEC Toyota ( 2022 –present)
- Title
- Team Principal
- Current team
- Toyota
- Categorisation
- FIA Platinum
- Former teams
- AF Corse
- Championships
- 2 ( 2019–20 , 2021 )
- Best season finish in the championship s
- 1st in 2019–20 ( LMP1 ) , 2021 ( LMH )
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Active years
- 2009 – 2012 , 2014
- Teams
- Toyota , BMW Sauber , Sauber , Caterham
- Entries
- 76 (75 starts)
- First entry
- 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 2013 , 2016 – 2024
- Best finish
- 1st ( 2021 )
- Class wins
- 1 ( 2021 )
- 2019 2022 2017 2018 2017 2008 2009 2008
- IMSA SportsCar Super GT Formula E GP2 Series GP2 Asia Series F3 Euro Series Formula Renault Eurocup Italian Formula Renault Asian Formula Renault Formula Toyota
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kobayashi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Amagasaki
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Official website
- www.kamui-kobayashi.com
- Image
- Kamui Kobayashi 2024 WEC Fuji 1.jpg
- Height
- 170
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- Commons category
- Kamui Kobayashi
- date of birth
- 1986-09-13
- Commons gallery
- Kamui Kobayashi
- name in native language
- 小林可夢偉
- social media followers
- 199523
- points for
- 125
- number of wins
- 0
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 1
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 77
- name in kana
- こばやし かむい
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Encyclopedic overview
Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林 可夢偉, Hepburn: Kobayashi Kamui; born 13 September 1986) is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Super Formula for KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2014. In endurance racing, Kobayashi has won two FIA World Endurance Championship titles, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021, all with Toyota; he is also a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 and 2020 with WTR. Since 2022, Kobayashi has served as team principal of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 to 2024.
Kobayashi 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kamui Kobayashi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.