Kamui Kobayashi
Japanese · 2009–2014
VS

Pedro de la Rosa
Spanish · 1999–2012
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
9
6
Qualifyingahead
8
7
Kamui Kobayashi · Pedro de la Rosa
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
−0.301s
Kamui Kobayashi faster by the median gap over 15 sessions
2010 −0.136s 14
2011 −0.302s 1
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
25 — 9
34 shared
Qualifying H2H
27 — 7
34 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P12
Best championship
P11
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 0
2010 P12 2011 P12 2012 P12
Teammate battle by season
8
6
2010
1
0
2011
Career totals
Kamui Kobayashi Pedro de la Rosa
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
1
1
Fastest laps
1
1
Career points
125
35
Starts
76
106
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kamui Kobayashi Pedro de la Rosa
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
1.3%
0.9%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.6
0.3
Avg grid
P14.3
P16.3
Avg finish
P14.0
P15.3
Finish rate
72.4%
55.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kamui Kobayashi Pedro de la Rosa
Overtakes
781
739
Overtakes / race
11.2
7.6
Places lost
658
485
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 Pedro de la Rosa
Mechanical retirements
9
30
Crash retirements
9
17
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 · 0
Milestones & racecraft
2009
Debut season
1999
—
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P2
+0.3
Avg places gained
+1.0
Season points trajectory
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
Kamui Kobayashi Pedro de la Rosa
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Kamui Kobayashi Pedro de la Rosa
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P2
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P11
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P10
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P11
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P11
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P11
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P8
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P10
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P6
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P5
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P17
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P5
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 0 · —
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P17
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P6
Valencia Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P12
Istanbul Park 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P5
Korean International Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · —
Buddh International Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · —
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P21
Team history
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
Toyota 2009Sauber 2010–2012Caterham 2014
Pedro de la Rosa
ARR
JAG
MCL
SAU
Arrows 1999–2000Jaguar 2001–2002McLaren 2005–2006Sauber 2010–2011HRT 2012
19992014
Kamui Kobayashi → Pedro de la Rosa → 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).