By finishing sixth in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Kamui Kobayashi scored eight championship points – the best result for Sauber so far this season. His team mate, Pedro de la Rosa, had to give up at half distance because of damage to the rear of the car caused by an accident with Adrian [...]

Kamui Kobayashi (15th, 14th) “After we lost some track time we tried to catch up with the programme, and I think we managed that quite well, especially with the short runs. We obviously have to improve our pace everywhere, but I found the balance of the car not too bad. I had only a little [...]

Sauber were thrilled with Kamui Kobayashi‘s drive at Valencia on which he overtook Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi on the last lap of the race, and if their driver Pedro de la Rosa is to be believed, they are set to do even better next weekend at Silverstone. The Spaniard said: “We are all going [...]

The first of their many mid-season updates looked promising for Sauber, as for the first time this season they were seriously competing for championship points. Kamui Kobayashi showed us the reason we all fell in love with him in the final races of 2009, passing Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi on the final lap with [...]

Sauber have today launched thir 2010 challenger – the C29 at the Ricardo Tormo race track in Valencia. “The last few months have been very intense for us,” says team boss and owner Peter Sauber. “First we had to battle to secure the survival of the team and then we focused on putting a strong [...]

The 38-year-old Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa has been confirmed as driving for the BMW Sauber team in 2010, alongside rookie teammate Kamui Kobayashi. de la Rosa said: “I always firmly believed I would be given another chance as a team driver. Since the number of test drives were radically reduced, this was what I was working [...]

Sauber have today confirmed their first driver for 2010 – Japanese former Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi. Kobayashi stood in for an injured Timo Glock at Toyota in the last 2 races of last season to make his F1 debut. He finished 9th and 6th but won himself an instant fanbase due to his aggressive style. [...]

It has been reported that Kamui Kobayashi will drive for Sauber in 2010 after an impressive showing at the the end of the season. Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat alleges that a deal has been made but  that no confirmation will be made until both race seats have been filled. Kobayashi had hoped for a race [...]

This post is a place where we can put all our favourite moments of the 2009 season. I have set the ball rolling with a few of my faves below. Leave a comment on the bottom of this page to give your suggestions and they will be added to this post. My favourite moments Jenson [...]

It was rumoured for a couple of days but today Toyota announced their shock withdrawal from Formula 1. It seems that F1 is a luxury Toyota can no longer afford in the global financial situation. The Toyota boss Akio Toyoda told a press conference in Tokyo: “This was a difficult but ultimately unavoidable decision. Since [...]