Hi John! I hate to be pedantic but at 4:39 that's actually Heidfeld that Schumacher put in the wall. Kobayashi crashed on his own at turn 18 the lap after passing Schumacher and then got rear-ended by Bruno Senna :)

This is Kamui's masterplan to get relevant again and get hyped up to get back into F1, win the WDC and leave

Something else of note: Checo May be the tire whisperer, but he said himself that he learned his tricks from Kamui

I'd completely disagree with him having a disappointing career after f1. He has arguably been the fastest sportscar racer in the world since 2018. Lap record at lemans, 2021 lemans winner and 2 x daytona winner where he went from last to first over a stint in 2021. The guy is absolutely rapid

How is winning Le Man, holding the out right lap record at the La Sarthe and becoming a world champion and now team principle of the Toyota WEC team a disappointing career after he left F1? Sorry but he's had an absolutely outstanding career since.

He won the FIA World Endurance championship in 2020 and 2021, 2020 in the LMP1 class and 2021 in the Hypercar class.

I will always remember his goated podium in Japan 2012

I can't believe that literally everybody got those videos recommended. KZfaq just wanted Kamui to be a topic again

i think Kamui was like a *never* cooked Schumacher. came from nowhere, then immediately have shown his talent. evidently, Kamui never had a chance to step in a championship winning car, but compared to the greats when they were in a mediocre machinery, Kamui was never far off to make stand-out performances. had he been a bit lucky enough, let's say, even just to drive a Williams in 2014, i think he would've been still in F1 to this day. he was just short of some spotlight, and obviously, financial backing. Kamui will always be the best Japanese driver ever.

I loved the video but I’ll agree with several others: his career after F1 was anything but disappointing, with his performance for Gazoo being legendary. He holds the outright fastest lap at Le Mans (a record I doubt will be broken anytime soon) and has been a star in the car over and over again. Also, two Daytona wins and is generally regarded as an endurance racing legend. One of the best to ever do it, no question.

He is still busy in sports car racing. And still as fun to watch. I got to watch him win the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

Maybe not quite doing it justice for Kamui. His recent few season have been amazing for him. Winning Le Mans 24h, Daytona 24h, winning WEC, taking the team principal role in Gazoo Racing's WEC programme and in general, he is considered as one of the best endurance racing drivers, especially when it comes to prototypes, he is the driver to have.

I seen him at sliverstone in 2012. At a wet track In front of our grand stand in qually he spun about 3 to 4 times recoved and re joined the track.

Kamui’s one of the best SportsCar driver and the fastest SportsCar driver I’ve ever seen in modern times. It’s a shame that his F1 career didn’t workout well

That one Channel single handedly brought back Kamui Time

A bit of a shame his Le Mans lap record wasn't mentioned but otherwise good vid Johnny

7:35 the Caterham was actually sometimes beaten by GP2 cars in qualifying that year. For example in Spain, the GP2 pole time was a 1:29.293, whilst Ericsson and Kobayashi qualified with a 1:30.312 and a 1:30.375 respectively, 1 second off the GP2 pole, and 5.1 seconds off the F1 pole time.

Love when F1 people just casually say 'oh he just finished ___ in le mans'... finishing le mans at all is a big deal. A win is incredible and second is brilliant too.

Kamui Kobayashi is one of my favorite F1 drivers during the 2012 season. His only podium finish in Japan is something really special.

The 2010 Sauber was a beautiful car

How many fucking Kamui's video has been recommended to me

Since leaving F1 he's done really well in the World Endurance Championship and at Le Mans. In 2016 he should've won Le Mans but the car retired from the lead of the race with just 1 lap to go of the 24 hours which is the unluckiest event I've ever seen in racing tbh. In 2017 he claimed the Le Mans lap record by quite a margin and as the current Hypercar class is so much slower than the old LMP1's it's unlikely his record will be beaten for a long while if ever at all. In fact not just at Le Mans but most of Toyota's pole positions in WEC have actually been claimed by Kamui. In 2020 he finished 3rd at Le Mans despite leading a lot of the race but dropped back due to technical issues and damage, but the year did improve as he ended up winning the championship. In 2021 he also won the world championship now making him a 2 time WEC champion but also in 2021 at long last he won Le Mans which if not for technical problems he would've already won 3 times before. And obviously he still has a good shot of winning the WEC championship this year as well

I will always remember how the crowd chanted Kamui, Kamui, Kamui when he finished 3rd at Suzuka.

Loved the video, John! Great edits all around (loved the text animations- kept the vid feeling fresh throughout), and yeah, great job with the research and opinions and stuff!

Thanks for making a video about this dude, he was a bad ass F1 driver and I think he also does stand up comedy in Japan

Nice! You’re back!

Just played F1 2011, and Kobayashi qualified on pole in Monza!!!!

This is so weird. I always wondered why I was getting Kamui Kobayashi videos. I never realized how good he was. Broadcasting never showed him.

He had pretty good post F1 career. Ironically him and another ex Japanese f1 driver have had decent success outside F1 both winning the biggest races of their series. If you are interested in a sequel I'd be interested in your thoughts on takuma sato

I was waiting for this episode ever since my feed blew up with kamui overtake vids.

2019 and 2020 24 Hrs of Daytona winner. 2nd place by 3.5 secs in 2021. His overtakes were amazing in the 2020 win. I am sorry this F1 only, view of the racing world is just plain odd. 3rd place (on track) at the 12 Hours of Sebring. Fangio, Moss, Hawthorn, Gurney, Andretti, Ickx, Rodriguez, Ickx, Phil Hill, Brundle, Redman, Rahal, Scott Dixon etc. won these races. And with the ultra reliability and BOP of modern endurance cars more top 5 overtakes in these IMSA DPI races that Kobayashi competed in, than a whole F1 season, so no quippy replies please. I saw his drive at the 2017 WEC COTA, even though he finished 4th (a safety car and points concerns stunted #7's effort) in LMP1 it was one of the best drives I have ever seen in person. The 2016 WEC Fuji win was a classic drive. I think there are 5 pinnacles in motor sports IMSA/WEC, WRC, F1, Indycar, and even NASCAR. I have seen in person 14 F1 World Champions and numerous F1 race winners, drive in Can Am, Indy, F1, IMSA and WEC. They often did not dominate and often were beaten. I am not sure about your knowledge of motor racing.

I wish you mentioned his peak... Winning WEC championship 2020 LMP1 and 2021 season in hypercar class.

Kamui is the cult hero F1 needed

This ben guy is goated

I have always said Kamui was a great driver and I was called an idiot because "He never won a race" and not all great drivers need to win a race to be great.

Kamui was class but some time drivers don't get the chance with a good team, It's a shame but what can you do

This is such a high quality video, how does it only have 50k views

I didn't expect to see my hometown Wroclaw in this video :O

we did miss you, josh :)

Also Checo has said he learned his tire whispering skills from Kamui.

Idk who or how,but ive been getting the same videos recommended from Kobayashi,my whole recommend page is with him

Great video John, but I like the old text format better than the new if that's alright 🤙

FINALLY A VID ON KOBAYASHI

And in this video we'll cover these competitive formats

He WAS NOT signed for two races. He said himself Brazil was a one off and the last round call up was late notice.

Great video, i seem to remember Kamui being half decent in F1 ( overtaking at the hairpin at Suzuka sticks in my mind)... These stats say otherwise. Is Sato the best Japanese driver to compete in F1 so far stat wise?

The King is Back 👑

He was a solid driver imo. I'm not sure if he had WDC potential, but his daring and no-consequences-tunnel-vision style of driving would have made him a very interesting and fun character to watch

Yeah the algorithm really pushed that guy who was sharing a hundred Kamui Kobayashi clips a day. I seen the same.

I can't believe I wasn't the only one constantly getting recommended clips of Kamui and, quite frankly, I'm not complaining

In the WEC he was quite successfull especially in recent years and not just as one of several drivers but a very important part of Toyota's team there so i wouldn't call it disappointing.

Totally missed out on his two Daytona 24h wins…

He has now been racing in NASCAR, good for him!

He qualified P2 in Spa in 2012. And I would have backed him for a podium had Grosjean not had a crash at the first corner wiping out a bunch of drivers including Kobayashi. 😞

Let's not forget Valencia 2010. He was out on the same compound tyres for 53/57 laps and held back 2009 F1 World Champion Jenson Button in a much faster McLaren.

F1 is the not the only motorsport series out there, he won freaking Le Mans and has the lap record around there, thats no mean feat

Kamui is probably one of the biggest ‘what if’ story in F1, a guy who on merit performed very good against his teammates, overtakes like a boss, I mean this guy would’ve achieve so many things if a top team had signed him but even if you want to say that his F1 career was a flop, he is doing amazing in WEC, he is team principal of Toyota team, driver, won Le Mans in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 is saying something.

I think kobi does historic car races now, he’s very nice :)

Still saying that ditching Kobayashi for Gutierrez was one of the stupidest driver transfers to date, worse than Heidfeld-Senna in 2011

i guess K Ben24 manage to notice a lot of people about kamui kobayashi

Hey John, Can you do a video on Juan Manuel Correa and his comeback?

Barcelona 2014: The weekend where the fastest F2 car would’ve qualified 17th out of the 22 F1 cars

All those Kamui Kobayashi compilation videos led me here

My guy you need to show some respect to sports car racing and WEC.Le Mans is not just a race, it's the greatest race of all time.Winning it puts you in the company of all time great drivers.

Nice vid bro

Idk why KZfaq keeps suggesting kobayashi videos but I'm not complaining

I'm seeing this video 5 months later randomly. Seems like your algorithm bet didn't really work out 😅

1:25 I just find it funny that while listening about Italian formula I see time lapse made im Wrocław

I missed you

Were you driving at a BUKC race or club100?

finally someone talking about the CRAZY youtube algorythim dropping Kobayashi recomendation to everybody that sees motorsports on youtube. its like NON STOP.

Yes, Kamui was SERIOUSLY underrated. I wouldn't go as far as to put him in the GOAT conversation, but to me he's just outside that conversation.

Just give him good car with the good team, and let's see how he will easily destroy other driver. I bet he will, why? Because I believe in him, he is a good driver and very good characteristics. Fun fact,! He's became the fastest man ever drive in De La Sarthe Le Mans during Le Mans qualify in 2017. He beat the record Porsche made in 2014. And now, he's became 2 times wec champion and winning 1 Le Mans. 👏

I watched his gp2 series and f1 career, even becoming 16th, he had mad moves on track when the dams had his day, the difference between all the other low ending drivers was enormous, even tho results where the same. Outdriving trulli 2 times was very impressive, it truly was not trulli's best year, but he was a good driver. In soccer players from bad teams get to the top aswell, racing can be the same. It's the only ''pay'' driver i'm still kinda sour about, with his 8 million, it was about 30% of what a couple other drivers where paying, with the oil sponsor money going crazy those years. Micheal schumacher paid 6 million well over a decade before that, so its not that much for a talented driver to pay to show he earns a spot with the best, kamui deserved that too, but sadly ericsson came. Today you will never get these talented pay drivers anymore, because besides oil money you have daddy money aswell.

Mad hops on that car in Monaco

I said before but I'll say it again. If Toyota had given F1 just one more year, with Kobayashi, he would've gotten the recognition he truly deserved.

I love kobayashi... He was relentless. He's very successful in wec series now

so now we know after who Yuki get this aggressive style

Wait, winning Le Mans and the overall WEC championship AND being promoted to Toyota team principal while being active driver is having "disappointing post-F1 career"?

same i also get so many kobyashi overtakes

This guy was actually legit in f1. Maybe he’s the best japanese driver to ever compete in f1 and wec. I remember him in his beautiful sauber car. He was pretty decent!

my fave F1 Driver ever❤

What about his WEC career ????

The only thing i would add to this video is Kamui's Lap Reccord at Le Mans.

Just going to ignore that he won 2 Rolex 24s

I have to disagree by you saying his career is a disappointment after F1. F1 is not the center of everything. Honestly I'd argue his career right now is far better than F1 after he redirects his focus for Endurance/Sportscar racing. Kamui has always been one of the fastest sportscar drivers around and practically a legend in the sport now. He's a 1x Le Mans 24H winner, a WEC World Champion, 2x Daytona 24H winner, holds the record for the fastest lap in Le Mans and now also has double duty as a Driver/Team Principal for Toyota Gazoo Racing in WEC. His career arguably has far more significance in the general motorsport world compared to most F1 drivers.

POV Kamui Kobayashi returns to F1, finally with a half-decent team and ready to kick ass

Great video yes, but can we put some respect on Le Mans? They are literally doing a seasons worth of F1 in a 3-day period.

Kamui oh kamui

Can we please do the OG Japanese driver and do Sato

Disappointing career? Found the Netflix fan.

Certified Leeroy Jenkins overtake moment

If toyota didn't pull out they would have sign him, there was a scene when toyota pulled out, one executive is crying when aske what will happen to kobayashi on his future...

Kobas love tap is legendary

I can't believe such a talented driver could only be in F1 for 4 years.

Maybe I’m a bit late to the party, but I am officially a kobayashi fan

2 time WEC champion, 1 Le Mans win, 46 starts, 16 pole positions, 11 wins.

I know EXACTLY what channel made you do this video :D

Another great video would be how good was Nick Heidfeld

I actually forgot that chelsea used to sponsor an f1 team, wonder hw much did it cost, and does that mean f1 was more popular than pl