Kamui Kobayashi

Kamui Kobayashi
小林可夢偉
Kobayashi at the 2024 6 Hours of Fuji
Born (1986-09-13) 13 September 1986 (age 38)
Super Formula career
Debut season2011
Current teamKCMG
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number7
Former teamsLe Mans
Starts68
Wins0
Podiums7
Poles0
Fastest laps5
Best finish6th in 2015, 2019
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityJapan Japanese
Active years20092012, 2014
TeamsToyota, BMW Sauber, Sauber, Caterham
Car number10
Entries76 (75 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points125
Pole positions0
Fastest laps1
First entry2009 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Years active2013, 20162024
TeamsAF Corse, Toyota
Starts68
Championships2 (2019–20, 2021)
Wins17
Podiums46
Poles20
Fastest laps14
Best finish1st in 2019–20 (LMP1),
2021 (LMH)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2013, 20162024
TeamsAF Corse, Toyota
Best finish1st (2021)
Class wins1 (2021)
Previous series
201718
2017
200809
200607
2005
2004–05
2004
2004
2004
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 (Japanese: 小林可夢偉, Hepburn: Kobayashi Kamui, born 13 September 1986) is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, currently competing 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 Wayne Taylor 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.