Marcus Ericsson

Swedish · 2014–2018
VS

Kamui Kobayashi

Japanese · 2009–2014
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
6
9
Qualifyingahead
5
10
Marcus Ericsson · Kamui Kobayashi
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
6 9
15 shared
Qualifying H2H
5 10
15 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
0
0
Top-3 finishes
0
P17
Best championship
P12
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 0
2014 P19
Teammate battle by season
6
9
2014
Career totals
Marcus Ericsson Kamui Kobayashi
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
1
Fastest laps
0
1
Career points
18
125
Starts
97
76
Rate-adjusted · per start
Marcus Ericsson Kamui Kobayashi
Win rate
0%
0%
Podium rate
0%
1.3%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.2
1.6
Avg grid
P16.9
P14.3
Avg finish
P15.0
P14.0
Finish rate
76.3%
72.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Marcus Ericsson Kamui Kobayashi
Overtakes
823
781
Overtakes / race
8.6
11.2
Places lost
686
658
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
Marcus Ericsson Kamui Kobayashi
Mechanical retirements
11
9
Crash retirements
10
9
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: 2 · 3
Milestones & racecraft
2014
Debut season
2009
First win
First pole
First title
P8
Best finish
P3
+1.9
Avg places gained
+0.3
Season points trajectory
2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Marcus Ericsson Kamui Kobayashi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Marcus Ericsson Kamui Kobayashi
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Suzuka Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3
ERI 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 1 · P3 KOB
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P6
ERI 0 · 0 · P8 0 · 0 · P6 KOB
Shanghai International Circuit 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P10
ERI 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P10 KOB
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P7
ERI 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P7 KOB
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
ERI 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5 KOB
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5
ERI 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P5 KOB
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6
ERI 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P6 KOB
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9
ERI 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P9 KOB
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P9
ERI 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P9 KOB
Marina Bay Street Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P13
ERI 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 0 · P13 KOB
Yas Marina Circuit 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P6
ERI 0 · 0 · P14 0 · 0 · P6 KOB
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P8
ERI 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P8 KOB
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P9
ERI 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P9 KOB
Bahrain International Circuit 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P13
ERI 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P13 KOB
Sepang International Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P7
ERI 0 · 0 · P12 0 · 0 · P7 KOB
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P16
ERI 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P16 KOB
Hockenheimring 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4
ERI 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P4 KOB
Sochi Autodrom 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · —
ERI 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · — KOB
Circuit of the Americas 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P14
ERI 0 · 0 · P10 0 · 0 · P14 KOB
Team history
Marcus Ericsson
SAU
Caterham 2014Sauber 2015–2018
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
Toyota 2009Sauber 2010–2012Caterham 2014
20092018
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).