Pedro de la Rosa
Spanish · 1999–2012
VS

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