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2012 / DRIVER DOSSIER / Japanese

KamuiKobayashi

Sauber · No. 10

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CHAMPIONSHIPP12
POINTS60
RACE WINS0
PODIUMS1

The season in numbers.

20 STARTS
BEST FINISHP3
AVERAGE GRID11.6
AVERAGE FINISH12.3
POSITIONS GAINED/LOST

Net positions gained or lost across completed races. DNFs, DNS and DSQs are excluded to avoid distorting the statistic.

Pit-lane or unknown grids and invalid finishing positions are also excluded. Lapped finishes count as completed races.

Net Positions incl. DNFs: -13

+2716 completed races with valid positions
DID NOT FINISH4
FINISH RATE80%
PODIUM RATE5%
RACE POINTS / START3Grand Prix points only

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Driver season race results
Round / Grand PrixDateGridFinishChangePointsStatus
ROUND 1Australian18 Mar136+78Finished
ROUND 2Malaysian25 Mar17R-60Retired
ROUND 3Chinese15 Apr310-71Finished
ROUND 4Bahrain22 Apr1213-10Finished
ROUND 5Spanish13 May95+410Finished
ROUND 6Monaco27 May11R-100Accident
ROUND 7Canadian10 Jun119+22Finished
ROUND 8European24 Jun7R-150Collision
ROUND 9British8 Jul1711+60Finished
ROUND 10German22 Jul124+812Finished
ROUND 11Hungarian29 Jul1518-30+2 Laps
ROUND 12Belgian2 Sept213-110Finished
ROUND 13Italian9 Sept89-12Finished
ROUND 14Singapore23 Sept1713+40Finished
ROUND 15Japanese7 Oct33015Finished
ROUND 16Korean14 Oct13R-90Collision damage
ROUND 17Indian28 Oct1714+30Finished
ROUND 18Abu Dhabi4 Nov156+98Finished
ROUND 19United States18 Nov1614+20+1 Lap
ROUND 20Brazilian25 Nov149+52Finished
How these statistics are calculated

A finish means “Finished” or a lapped finish. DNFs count starters who did not finish; DNS, DNQ, withdrawals, disqualifications and “Not classified” are excluded from DNF counts. Average finish uses classified positions of starters, including retirements but excluding disqualifications. Average grid excludes zero / unknown grids. Positions Gained/Lost sums grid minus finish only for completed races with valid positive grid and finishing positions. Retirements, non-starters, disqualifications, unclassified results and unknown/pit-lane grids are excluded. A dash means no eligible results; zero means eligible results have no net change. The tooltip’s Net Positions incl. DNFs retains the previous grid-minus-classified-position calculation, including retirements. These figures are not an overtake count. Rates use race starts as denominator. Grand Prix points per start exclude sprints; championship points come from official standings. Historical shared drives can produce multiple entries.

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