Kamui Kobayashi
Japanese · 2009–2014
VS

Marcus Ericsson
Swedish · 2014–2018
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
9
6
Qualifyingahead
10
5
Kamui Kobayashi · Marcus Ericsson
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.848s
Kamui Kobayashi faster by the median gap over 14 sessions
2014 −0.848s 14
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
9 — 6
15 shared
Qualifying H2H
10 — 5
15 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P12
Best championship
P17
Finished ahead in the standings: 0 · 1
2014 P19
Teammate battle by season
9
6
2014
Career totals
Kamui Kobayashi Marcus Ericsson
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
0
Fastest laps
1
0
Career points
125
18
Starts
76
97
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kamui Kobayashi Marcus Ericsson
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
1.3%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.2
Avg grid
P14.3
P16.9
Avg finish
P14.0
P15.0
Finish rate
72.4%
76.3%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kamui Kobayashi Marcus Ericsson
Overtakes
781
823
Overtakes / race
11.2
8.6
Places lost
658
686
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Kamui Kobayashi Marcus Ericsson
Mechanical retirements
9
11
Crash retirements
9
10
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 3 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
2009
Debut season
2014
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P8
+0.3
Avg places gained
+1.9
Season points trajectory
2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Kamui Kobayashi Marcus Ericsson
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Kamui Kobayashi Marcus Ericsson
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P12
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P8
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P11
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P10
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P9
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P11
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P14
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P10
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P13
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P9
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · P10
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P9
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P13
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P10
Team history
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
Toyota 2009Sauber 2010–2012Caterham 2014
Marcus Ericsson
SAU
Caterham 2014Sauber 2015–2018
20092018
Kamui Kobayashi → Marcus Ericsson → Compare others
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).