As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Kamui Kobayashi · Sergio Pérez
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Qualifying gap in the same car
+0.133s
Sergio Pérez faster by the median gap over 36 sessions
2011
+0.183s
17
2012
+0.124s
19
last segment both reached, median gap — same constructor only
Race H2H
24
—
30
54 shared
Qualifying H2H
18
—
35
53 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
2
P12
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 2
2011
P12
2012
P10
2014
P10
Teammate battle by season
11
7
2011
10
10
2012
Career totals
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Pérez
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
6
Poles
0
3
Podiums
1
39
Fastest laps
1
12
Career points
125
1,585
Starts
76
300
Rate-adjusted · per start
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Pérez
Win rate
0%
2%
Podium rate
1.3%
13%
Pole rate
0%
1%
Points / start
1.6
5.3
Avg grid
P14.3
P10.4
Avg finish
P14.0
P9.8
Finish rate
72.4%
88.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Pérez
Overtakes
781
2,899
Overtakes / race
11.2
9.9
Places lost
658
2,144
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
Sergio Pérez
Mechanical retirements
9
10
Crash retirements
9
14
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 · 10
Milestones & racecraft
2009
Debut season
2011
—
First win
2020 · aged 30
—
First pole
2022
—
First title
—
P3
Best finish
P1
+0.3
Avg places gained
+0.7
Season points trajectory
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Pérez
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Kamui Kobayashi | Sergio Pérez |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Bahrain International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 1 · 4 · P1 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 4 · P1 PER | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P5 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1 PER | ||
| Marina Bay Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P13 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P13 1 · 1 · P1 PER | ||
| Suzuka Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P2 PER | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P2 PER | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 2 · P2 PER | ||
| Istanbul Park | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 2 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 2 · P2 PER | ||
| Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2 PER | ||
| Hungaroring | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 1 · P3 PER | ||
| Yas Marina Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3 PER | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2 PER | ||
| Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P2 PER | ||
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P3 PER | ||
| Shanghai International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P10 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 1 · P3 PER | ||
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · P16 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P16 0 · 1 · P3 PER | ||
| Circuit of the Americas | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 1 · P3 PER | ||
| Sepang International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 1 · P2 PER | ||
| Sochi Autodrom | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 PER | ||
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4 PER | ||
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P6 PER | ||
| Korean International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P8 | 0 · 0 · P10 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P10 PER | ||
| Valencia Street Circuit | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P9 PER | ||
| Buddh International Circuit | 0 · 0 · P14 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P5 PER | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| KOB 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4 PER | ||
Team history
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Pérez
Sauber 2011–2012McLaren 2013Force India 2014–2018Racing Point 2019–2020Red Bull 2021–2024Cadillac F1 Team 2026
20092026
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).