Formula One News » Kobayashi secures seat for 2011 Posted on 07/09/2010
Kamui Kobayashi will again line up for Peter Sauber’s team in the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2011, it has been announced.
The Japanese driver, who will celebrate his 24th birthday next Monday, has collected 21 World Championship points so far this season and recorded a best race result of sixth at Silverstone.
“We had a very difficult start to the season, but we’ve worked together to pull ourselves out of that situation. I feel very much at home in Peter Sauber’s team and am very pleased we’ll be working together again in 2011,” said Kobayashi.
“However, for now I’m focusing one-hundred per cent on this year. There are still six grand prix weekends to go in 2010, and we’ll be hoping to make up more ground.”
“We enjoy having our rookie as part of the team – both as a driver and a person,” added team principal Peter Sauber. “We never had any doubts about working with him again in 2011.
“Kamui has definitely fulfilled our expectations in terms of his speed and fighting spirit. Plus, his work with the engineers and his technical understanding has also developed very well.
“The experience he has built up over his first full season in Formula One will certainly stand him in good stead for 2011. And our aim is to give him a fast and reliable car from the outset next season.”
Meanwhile the team added that it will announce its second driver for 2011 at a ‘later date’, currently a number of names have been linked to Pedro de la Rosa’s seat, including former Sauber man and now Pirelli tester, Nick Heidfeld, as well as GP3 Series frontrunner Esteban Gutierrez.
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