Catching Up With F1 Cult Hero Kamui Kobayashi! | Beyond The Grid | Official F1 Podcast
As we herald in a new era of racing with the addition of AlphaTauri's young gun Yuki Tsunoda, hear from one of Japan's biggest cult heroes in the F1 and wider racing world, Kamui Kobayashi, as he joins Tom Clarkson this week on Beyond The Grid.
Topics in this episode:
0:00 - Welcome to Beyond The Grid with Kamui Kobayashi
4:34 - Kamui’s memories of his Suzuka podium
9:33 - Gifts from Japan’s passionate F1 fans
12:50 - What Kamui taught Sauber teammate Sergio Perez
17:22 - Kamui's tyre-whispering secrets
18:42 - Why Kamui’s former teammate Perez will have a tough job at Red Bull
20:18 - A bittersweet moment on the Suzuka podium
22:39 - Kamui’s rise from go-karts in Japan to Formula 1 around the world
24:54 - Kamui’s big break: joining Toyota
27:19 - Racing Vettel, Hulkenberg and Grosjean in junior categories
28:59 - Fighting championship-chasers on his F1 debut
31:13 - ‘Wow! This is quite easy!’
32:09 - Kamui on Toyota’s exit
38:25 - Kamui’s lessons for 2021 rookie Yuki Tsunoda
41:22 - Why Kamui chose Caterham over Ferrari
43:50 - Chasing victory at Le Mans: ‘We just need luck!’
48:53 - Overtaking Alonso and upsetting Ferrari
51:55 - Your questions and stories from last week, answered!
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If you’ve ever met Kamui we’d love to hear from you. Maybe he signed an autograph for you at Suzuka? Let us know in the comments below or on Twitter using @TomClarksonF1 and #F1BeyondTheGrid - we might read your story out on our next episode.
F1 should kept Kamui a little bit longer because he was really a great new driver. He got the potential to win.
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@greatkali just asked dude. No need to throw a fit
@A-W-E KKK man.. try out google first, before you ask silly questions
I met Kamui in the paddock of the Daytona 24 this year. I was lucky to be one of the few that got a VIP pass to the live pits during the race, and I got to meet him as soon as he got out of the car at the end of the race. It was an amazing experience.
I feel bad for Lawrence overshadowed by this guy, he was better with Will
Next podcast: Yuyi ide
I Want To See Kamui Back To F1 Especially On The Podium. Because When He Take Podium, F1 Not Broadcasting On Indonesia
Kamui is one of my all time favorite drivers. Truly excited to see him in Beyond the Grid. Now, let's take a listen. :)
One of my favourite midfield drivers! 👌🏾
Seriously, I have been watching F1 for almost 40 years and I feel that this guy is easily on the Top-10 ever of racing and fighting mentality. Sadly, criminally underrated.
Kamui one of the best drivers in the last 10 years! I miss him so much in F1 :(
TAKI INOUE next!!!!!
I feel nothing is so happy that Japanese get noticed in F1🤩🇯🇵
Greatest Japanese driver, though #2 Sato has most interesting story with his David vs. Goliath Bicycle race wins in High School.
If he was in top teams he would get race sometime... Unfortunately he was lost by pay driver...
0:42 unexpected but ok
Great épisode, thank you !! I'm a Toyota guy Can you make pascal vasselon comme toi the show?! Have a great day 😀
One of my favourite F1 drivers. Always exciting to watch.
Alternative History, Kamui went with Honda racing school instead
Kamui deserved at the very lest an F1 win to me
Kamui did it to Button in Brawn F1 in his maiden race too.
It's a shame that Kamui couldn't continue in F1. The costs in motorsports and seemingly everything have gotten out of control. We're at a point where there aren't enough seats for true talent and we have to justify the seats of many pay drivers in F1 and down the ladder...
Loved watching Kamui
I know Red Bull can easily demote or drop their drivers, but they are financially stable and never pick their drivers based on their sponsors. It's very important for Yuki not to lose his seat. He can just stay focused on his performance to be a better driver.
Perez has a 50/50 chance to be dropped after this year though.
One of a few drivers I’d openly say was underrated. Never given long enough to prove himself in the right car
One of my favourite drivers, he was great at Sauber.
Kamui Kobayashi, Takuma Sato and now, we have Yuki Tsunoda.
Stellar interview.
loved kobayashi when he was on the grid, the man always felt like a real racer
I like to watch F1, having a beer too😁🍺. Great Guy! Still have a long career ahead!
Kamui and Wehrlein both deserved so much more seasons in F1. A shame the budget cap took so long to materialize.
This guy is no longer in the F1 because he didn't have money from sponsors to buy his seat.... Modern F1 - where money counts more than skills.
What he said about the car suiting Max is so true.
Does he still have the Le Mans record?
Ahh.. So Kamui did teach Tsunoda for a bit, interesting.
Better then most drivers on the grid today
Mazepin, Schumacher, Tsunoda, Giovinazzi, Stroll, maybe even Vettel I'd say and Gasly
Japanese drivers need to calm down. They are way too aggressive.
Yes I have seen that..
Imagine what Kobayashi could do for a team like Alfa Romeo or Williams... Give this man a seat!! He deserves another chance, and he always delivers the goods!!
映像ないんだが、日本だから？
Hoping Kamui brings his wonderful Karma and sense of humour to the F1 races in support of Tsunoda. The kid is really fast but could use a Gerhard Berger/AlainProst/NikiLauda sort of calming Guidance in Japanese, by a guy who has been there and done that. HONDA? Hire Kamui.
Exciting driver, but not consistent enough, unfortunately.
As per his instagram, Kamui’s father recently passed away. Condolences to him 🙏🏼
My favourite mid field driver form the 2010’s really wanted him to stay at n the sport longer I have a soft sport for him
Super star
Kamui es un cohete, merecía estar muchas más temporadas en f1, obtuvo un podio con un Sauber 🔥🔥
Why does everyone keep mentioning how tall he is? WHO CARES?!
I miss Kamui, he was the driver I followed the most when he broke through in 2009. He would have done a great job had Toyota stayed in F1. I followed him into WEC and he did pretty well there, but I wish he had stayed in F1. He holds the track record at Le Mans by over 2 seconds. The shock on other teams/drivers face that day was quite funny :).
IMO Kamui was criminally underrated
He was a better driver than Inoue haha 😂 in the 1990s
Kobuyashi may not have a long F1 career as he should’ve, his gentle tire technique is passed down by Perez, making him one of the best driver in F1
カムイさん無茶苦茶英語上手いやん！
Yuki: hippity Hoppity I'm your Property Oh hold on
4:40 what about putting video images intead of just sound?
1000th like
Keep in mind this guy got let go for Gutierrez....
cult hero? try harder
Bro when kamui was racing when tsunoda was 11
日本人ドライバーを取り上げてくれるのすごく嬉しいんだけど、なんだか不思議な気分になるんだよな。 日本のF1ファンとドライバーって世界でも何か特別に大切に扱ってもらってる気がするんだよね。
Time travel as well is he. Was he not in the star trek film when Kirk hacked his space ship.
This guy is still one of the best drivers in the world. I heard that he may have a seat lined up in Indycar, I really hope to see it happen
Gosh i miss this guy!
Such a humble man. I want Kobayashi-sensei to come back. I want him to race alongside Yuki Tsunoda
Sauber in F1 2012 season was fantastic. He is get the podium at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Come back F1 Kamui🙏
KAMUI ARE YOU OK?
Sim Dane 👌😂
Kamui deserved a competitive car, he had the championship potential.
He doesn't even get competitive car in LMP Toyota. He's on the B team, but Kamui took Le Man lap record. Toyota doesn't like it that he qualifies ahead of A team.
One of the best, if not THE BEST Endurance racer of this decade
I miss Kamui so much
@35:16 Kamui just killed everyone's hopes and dreams like that, "100% no, cause im a toyota driver"
True, Toyota has been pretty busy with Endurance & Rallying. Those two motorsports are more closely related to Toyota after all compared to F1.
Hopefully tsunoda has more successful career, More podiums and more pts.
So it took Tsunoda to drive masterfully to remind you to do a podcast with Kobayashi?
This was recorded before that.
My absolute hero when I started watching F1
Toyota wasted entire character of Kamui, where at last he showed real pace of toyota car at he end of the season. Poor fate!
Kamui Kobayashi is definitely underrated driver, but We knew how he fast and amazing.
Kobayashi is racing at IMSA right?
WEC, he drives for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing in the #7 GR 010
WEC
可夢偉 角田はワシが育てた(教えた)
2012 p3 Suzuka was one of my happiest times to watch him
Great driver without a great Formula 1 car
Kamui stands in a line with names like Frentzen, Alesi and Kubica as absolutely amazing drivers who sadly never achieved the maximum of what they could have achieved in F1 because of truck loads of misfortune, bad choices, etc...
No. Frentzen fought for a title in 1999.
He became my favorite driver when I started watching 10 years ago. Him and Perez in the Sauber always got the most out of the car. Kobayashi with loads of overtakes and Perez making his tyres last forever thus always saving a pitstop - they were so easy to root for.
Yeah, it's crazy to think of that sauber vs this one. The 2012 season was just great for us Sauber fans.
Like Alpha Tauri this year, easy to root for them!
Kobayashi is a LEGEND!! One of the purest talents in racing history.
Yuki: hold my 2000s gang
I swear kamui might have got a ferrari seat at some point
Criminally underrated driver
小林可夢偉にはもっと値するです
The better Nation Podcast.
I miss Kamui in F1 - was always rooting for him to get a podium in the Sauber and was so happy when he got P3 in Japan!
Kamui man if you read this we love you, we have loved all the racing you have done and off course that podium in Suzuka is one of the most memorable moments in F1
Kobayashi had confidence in his hard braking, as Tsunoda has to be.
31:13 ここすき
1つ要望ですけど、シーズンに行われるダイジェスト映像も含めまして、日本のF1ファンのためにも日本語字幕を用意してくれないでしょうか? One request, would you please prepare Japanese subtitles for Japanese F1 fans, including the digest video that will be held during the season?
I'm still a Sergio Perez-fan because of the Sauber team in 2012. Loved Kamui and Perez in that season and every season since. I'll never forget that podium Kamui got in Suzuka and the crowd chanted his name! Thankfully, Perez is still racing in F1!
KA MU I
To the Japanese, Kobayashi is the pride of Japan. Of course, Tsunoda too.
KOBOOBOOOO!!!!!!!
Instead of Kamui we got the egghead
That's FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPION Kamui Kobayashi. Put some respect on the name.
Kamui is definitely in the top 5 for drivers that have been badly wasted..
Kamui's hair-pin overtakes at Suzuka in 2012 were great to watch.
@pine2pine3 Ok, I stand corrected.
It was 2010 man
He is still 34 he can come back
Yes like Damon hill started F1, at 33 and became a champion as well for this I admire him.
Tsunoda is coming
I hope there will be a podcast with Rio Haryanto, i want to see how's he going rn after being the first and the last Indonesian Formula 1 driver
That moment when you remember Kamui That moment when you realise he was a young boy in 2012 That moment when you realise his podium was in 2012 That moment when you realise his last drive was in 2014 with Caterham *That moment when you realise his podium happened almost 10 years ago*
Are you okay Sauber?