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Revolution meets evolution: Sauber take wraps off the C31 |
2012-02-06 19:15:00 |
| Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez unveiled the new Sauber in Jerez on Monday. The Ferrari-engined C31 will take to the Spanish track later in the day for some promotional filming, ahead of the start of the first multi-team test of the winter on Tuesday.
“We're aiming to start the new season as strongly as we did in 2011, but then also to maintain this level of performance throughout the year,” explained Peter Sauber
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One-off Kobayashi helmet raises money for Japan |
2012-01-04 18:35:00 |
| A joint project between Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi and Linkin Park has raised US$19,000 for the victims of last year's Japanese earthquake and tsunami, as part of the US rock group's internationally renowned charity organisation 'Music for Relief'.
The money was amassed after a special helmet, which Kobayashi sported at the 2011 season finale in Brazil, was auctioned after the race. The helmet's one-off livery had been personally designed by Joe Hahn, producer and member of group.
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February launch for 2012 Sauber |
2011-12-16 22:43:00 |
| Sauber have become the first of the 12 Formula One teams to officially confirm a launch date for their 2012 car. The wraps will come off the Ferrari-powered C31 at Jerez on February 6, the day before the start of the first pre-season test at the Spanish circuit.
The C31 will be raced next season by the Swiss squad's unchanged driver line-up of Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez, as they look to improve on their seventh-place finish in the 2011 constructors' championship
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Kobayashi sports Linkin Park helmet design |
2011-11-25 23:54:00 |
| Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi is wearing a special helmet livery in Brazil this weekend, personally designed for him by Joe Hahn, producer and member of US rock group Linkin Park. The helmet will be auctioned after Sunday's race to raise money for Japanese earthquake victims
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Kobayashi to start from seventh after grid reshuffle |
2011-10-08 19:53:00 |
| Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi will start the Japanese race from seventh after the FIA released the provisional grid for Sunday's event at Suzuka. Along with Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and Renault duo Bruno Senna and Vitaly Petrov, Kobayashi didn't set a time during Q3 and was originally classified in tenth.
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Kobayashi promoted to seventh |
2011-10-08 19:43:36 |
| Kamui Kobayashi will start from seventh on the grid at the Japanese Grand Prix after a lengthily deliberation over how positions seven to ten should line up for Sunday's race
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FIA Thursday press conference - Japan |
2011-10-06 18:55:00 |
| Drivers - Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin), Jenson Button (McLaren), Paul di Resta (Force India), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), Heikki Kovalainen (Team Lotus), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Q: Jerome, this is quite a challenging circuit but at least you have some experience of it.
Jerome d'Ambrosio: Yeah, definitely. It is a challenging circuit. For me it is probably I'd say as nice as Spa, which, being a Belgian comparing it to Spa
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Formula One Fantasy - Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi |
2011-09-30 18:15:00 |
| Since his debut for Toyota back in 2009 Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi has made a strong impression on F1 racing. A fearless overtaker, Kobayashi is a real entertainer on the track, and ahead of his home race next weekend he reminds us of how entertaining he is off it, too.
The Japanese driver explains why his Formula One Fantasies would include racing around a V20-engined Brabham around the streets of Tokyo with Ayrton Senna as a team mate
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Kobayashi apologises for crash |
2011-09-25 02:40:46 |
| Kamui Kobayashi has taken the full blame for his accident in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix and admitted he pushed too hard in the pursuit of a top ten grid slot
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Singapore GP: Free practice 3 |
2011-09-24 19:02:00 |
1-Mark Webber, 2-Jenson Button, 3-Sebastian Vettel, 4-Fernando Alonso, 5-Lewis Hamilton, 6-Nico Rosberg, 7-Michael Schumacher, 8-Felipe Massa, 9-Kamui Kobayashi, 10-Adrian Sutil.
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FIA Thursday press conference - Italy |
2011-09-09 01:09:00 |
| Drivers - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Jarno Trulli (Team Lotus) and Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing).
Q: Jarno, good person to start with because you've said your home race doesn't mean that much to youÂ…
Jarno Trulli: Yeah, it's true. It's always been like that. It's nice to be in Italy but I actually don't
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Exclusive Q&A with Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi |
2011-09-09 00:23:00 |
| At the moment the closest constructors' battle is between Sauber and Force India. Sauber may currently hold sixth in the standings, but Force India are just three points adrift. With Sauber seemingly stuck in a midseason slump, driver Kamui Kobayashi could be forgiven for feeling uneasy. Kobayashi, however, is confident the team will be back on form soonÂ…
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Hamilton accepts blame for crash |
2011-08-29 02:37:49 |
| Lewis Hamilton said he was unsure why Kamui Kobayashi hit him after a collision between the two drivers ended his race and almost certainly his slim title ambitions
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Kobayashi and Perez to stay at Sauber in 2012 |
2011-07-28 18:24:00 |
| Sauber announced on Thursday that drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez will continue to race for the team in 2012. Test and reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez will also stay on board at the Swiss team next season.
“We are very pleased with our drivers,” said team principal Peter Sauber. “Kamui has grown into his role extremely well this year. Though it is only his second full Formula One season, he is already taking on the responsibilities that naturally fall to the more experienced driver in the team. We are delighted with him at both a sporting and a personal level. We had an option of working with him in 2012 and there was never any doubt that we would take it.”
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Schumacher caught out by DRS |
2011-07-11 01:16:17 |
| Michael Schumacher said his collision with Kamui Kobayashi was down to him outbraking himself having used the DRS for the first time during the British Grand Prix.
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McLaren, Sauber fined for pit incidents |
2011-07-11 00:31:00 |
The McLaren and Sauber teams have been fined for the unsafe releases of Jenson Button and Kamui Kobayashi during pitstops in the British Grand Prix. Button's team was given a €5,000 fine, while Sauber will have to pay €20,000 added to Kobayashi receiving a drive-through penalty.
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Sergio Perez Q&A: Sauber well set for Sunday's race |
2011-07-10 04:28:00 |
| Having missed two Grands Prix following his huge Monaco crash, Sauber's Sergio Perez made a relatively low-key return at the last round in Valencia. At Silverstone he says he is 'really back', and plans to resume the promising debut season he was enjoying prior to Monte Carlo. He may have only qualified 12th on Saturday - four places down on team mate Kamui Kobayashi - but Perez is confident of greater things in Sunday's raceÂ…
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FIA Thursday press conference - Europe |
2011-06-24 02:22:00 |
| Drivers - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT), Mark Webber (Red Bull).
Q: Jaime, pit lane to eighth place in Canada. You must have been pretty pleased with that?
Jaime Alguersuari: Yeah it was a good race. We did a good job by changing the set-up for the race on Sunday
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Kobayashi bemoans dry pace |
2011-06-13 16:15:29 |
| Kamui Kobayashi said he was disappointed not to be competitive enough in the dry after he slipped to seventh place in the Canadian Grand Prix.
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Kamui Kobayashi Q&A: Sauber extracting the maximum |
2011-06-10 06:55:00 |
| P10 in the drivers' championship might not look much at first glance, but when you consider Felipe Massa is just five points ahead and Michael Schumacher is five behind, then no wonder Kamui Kobayashi is satisfied with his 2011 season to date with the supposedly midfield Sauber squad. The Swiss team have learnt their lessons from a poor 2010 campaign and are now regular Q3 and points contenders. Kobayashi just hopes they can maintain their momentumÂ…
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Kobayashi homeless in Europe |
2011-05-30 18:27:19 |
| Life isn't always glamorous for Formula One drivers, as Kamui Kobayashi has said that he no longer has a home in Europe after moving out of his Parisian flat.
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Kobayashi creates charity app for quake-hit Japan |
2011-05-12 18:41:00 |
| Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi has devised a charity phone application to raise funds for Japan following March's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Kobayashi's 'You are Connected' app features contributions from every driver and team principal.
“Although the disaster attracted huge international attention in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, other news has dominated the headlines since then,” he explained
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Peter Sauber Q&A: We've reached our first target… |
2011-04-21 21:53:00 |
| Â…now we have to keep on improving. That is the message from the Sauber team principal after three turbulent races in Australia and Asia that have seen disqualifications and driver penalties, but also points and some highly impressive driving.
The C30 has pace and reliability, Kamui Kobayashi is proving an able team leader and rookie Sergio Perez has already exceeded expectations. No wonder Sauber is feeling upbeat
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Sergio Perez Q&A: Sauber could be even stronger in Malaysia |
2011-04-07 22:08:00 |
| When he joined Sauber over the winter, Telmex-backed Sergio Perez was labelled by some as a pay driver. But Perez's debut performance at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix showed he was anything but. Expert tyre control and some plucky passing manoeuvres saw him finish strongly in seventh. And while a technical infringement on his C30 eventually saw the Mexican (and team mate Kamui Kobayashi) disqualified from the points, Perez's ambitions haven't been dimmed and he's hoping to make an even bigger splash in Sepang this weekend, as he explained exclusively to Formula1.comÂ…
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Video - Formula One racing pays tribute to Japan |
2011-04-05 18:36:00 |
| Amidst all the excitement of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Formula One racing didn't forget those affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Taking a break from the on-track action, a host of Formula One stars paid tribute to the Asian country in a specially-recorded video message.
Amongst the famous faces featured are Red Bull team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Williams' Rubens Barrichello and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi. Martin Whitmarsh, Christian Horner and Stefano Domenicali, team principals of McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari respectively, also sent their best wishes.
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Sauber aiming to bounce back |
2011-04-01 19:00:40 |
| Sauber drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez are both aiming to make up for the disappointment of being disqualified in Australia by scoring points in Malaysia
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Sauber will not appeal Melbourne disqualification |
2011-03-30 00:14:00 |
| Sauber have decided they will not appeal their disqualification from Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. Drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi lost their seventh and eighth-place finishes after post-race checks by the Melbourne race stewards revealed that a radius on the upper rear wing element of both Sauber C30s contravened the FIA's technical regulations by a few millimetres.
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Saubers disqualified over technical infringement - updated |
2011-03-27 20:19:00 |
| Sauber's Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi have lost their seventh and eighth places in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix after both were disqualified for technical infringements on their cars.
Following post-race checks, the Melbourne stewards decided that both Sauber C30s were in breach of technical regulations 3.10.1* and 3.10.2**, in relation to their uppermost rear wing elements.
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Perez thrilled with flying start to Formula One career |
2011-03-27 19:20:00 |
| As the highest-finishing Formula One debutant of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, Sauber's Sergio Perez is leaving Melbourne with a big smile on his face. Perez wowed in the quick-looking C30, converting his 13th on the grid into seventh place in the race to take six world championship points and to finish just ahead of his more-experienced team mate Kamui Kobayashi.
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Sauber drivers excluded from GP |
2011-03-27 19:16:00 |
Sauber drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi have been excluded from the Australian Grand Prix results for technical infringements. The team will appeal.
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Sauber to show support for Japan at Australian race |
2011-03-17 20:38:00 |
| The Sauber team will run a special message on the livery of their cars at next weekend's Australian Grand Prix in support of the Japanese people, following last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Sauber driver, Kamui Kobayashi, was born in Japan's Hyogo prefecture and is currently the East Asian country's only Formula One driver.
“It is difficult to find the right words to express our emotions and feelings, but silence means we can't even begin imagine how to try,” explained team principal Peter Sauber. “We can hardly believe what we are seeing. Our thoughts are with the people in Japan. We hope they will have the necessary strength to overcome these circumstances of extreme adversity.”
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James Key Q&A: Sauber encouraged by progress |
2011-03-15 20:01:00 |
| Over 15 days of pre-season testing, Sauber drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez racked up an impressive total of 5,841 kilometres. And with the C30 showing some encouraging pace, the team have already been tipped by many as ones to watch in 2011.
Technical director James Key reflects on the highs and lows of the tests, contemplates the challenges ahead and discusses his expectations for the seasonÂ…
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Barcelona day four - Schumacher on top for Mercedes GP |
2011-03-12 01:37:00 |
| Mercedes GP's Michael Schumacher ended Friday on top of the timesheets as this week's final pre-season test continued at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. Schumacher's best at the Spanish circuit, a 1m 21.249s, was over three tenths of a second quicker than second-placed Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari.
With Schumacher's team mate Nico Rosberg in third, it was a good day all round for Mercedes GP. Renault's Nick Heidfeld was fourth, ahead of Williams' Rubens Barrichello and Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi. Kobayashi carried out a qualifying simulation in the morning followed by a race simulation after lunch. He covered 98 laps, but his day was cut short by a drive shaft issue.
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Barcelona day two - Red Bull reign again as Vettel takes top slot |
2011-03-10 01:16:00 |
| Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel matched his team mate Mark Webber's Tuesday success by setting Wednesday's fastest time as this week's final pre-season test at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya continued. Vettel posted a best of 1m 21.865s to beat the second-placed Toro Rosso of Sebastien Buemi by half a second and Webber's Tuesday time by almost seven-tenths.
Renault's Vitaly Petrov finished in third, ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Force India took the sixth slot with Paul di Resta continuing his strong form in the VJM04. Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi was seventh ahead of Mercedes GP's Nico Rosberg and Lotus's Jarno Trulli.
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Q&A with Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi |
2011-03-01 17:50:00 |
| If the timesheets from the first three tests are anything to go by, then Sauber are looking pretty strong ahead of the 2011 season. Driver Kamui Kobayashi is certainly upbeat as he discusses tyres, KERS, moveable rear wings and his new team mate Sergio PerezÂ…
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Barcelona day one - Vettel steals Alonso's thunder |
2011-02-19 01:16:00 |
| A late run from reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel was enough to prevent local hero Fernando Alonso topping the times in Friday's opening day of testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya. Vettel lapped his Red Bull just under a second quicker than Alonso's Ferrari.
With the day starting on a damp track and drying by mid morning, there was a wide spread of times amongst the 13 drivers present. Third fastest was Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari, who edged out Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi by less than a hundredth of a second
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Spanish GP qualifying results |
2010-05-08 20:25:00 |
1. Mark Webber 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Lewis Hamilton 4. Fernando Alonso 5. Jenson Button 6. Michael Schumacher 7. Robert Kubica 8. Nico Rosberg 9. Felipe Massa 10. Kamui Kobayashi
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Race - Button and McLaren spring Shanghai surprise |
2010-04-18 18:51:00 |
| Jenson Button won a nail-biting Chinese Grand Prix for McLaren on Sunday afternoon, with team mate Lewis Hamilton chasing him home second after a race of many parts.
It began with light rain, a jump start by Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and an incident in the first corner when Vitantonio Liuzzi spun his Force India into Kamui Kobayashi's BMW Sauber and Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso, bringing out the safety car...
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FIA Thursday press conference - Malaysia |
2010-04-01 18:57:00 |
| Drivers: Rubens Barrichello (Williams), Karun Chandhok (HRT), Kamui Kobayashi (BMW Sauber) and Nico Rosberg (Mercedes).
Q: Karun, obviously a very steep learning curve for you this year. Tell us about it.
Karun Chandhok: It is not ideal. I don't think anyone in F1 has gone straight into qualifying without testing or a single lap of free practice. Bahrain was far from ideal. It is going to be very tough. With the car we didn't do any winter testing. We are two months behind the programme, but we will keep chipping away and see where we end up. Melbourne was a step forward. We got one
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Australian Grand Prix - selected driver quotes |
2010-03-28 17:32:00 |
| BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg on their first-lap clash; Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso on their late-race tyre troubles; and reigning world champion Jenson Button on his first win for McLaren. All 24 drivers and their teams review Sunday's actionÂ…
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Australian Grand Prix - selected team & driver quotes |
2010-03-28 17:32:00 |
| BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg on their first-lap clash; Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso on their late-race tyre troubles; and reigning world champion Jenson Button on his first win for McLaren. All 24 drivers and their teams review Sunday's actionÂ…
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