Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kamui Kobayashi ya fara halartar gasar Grand Prix ta Brazil a shekarar 2009 don Toyota Racing bayan da aka samu rauni ga direba na yau da kullun Timo Glock. An riƙe shi don tseren ƙarshe na kakar a Abu Dhabi kuma ya ci maki-karshen. Wannan ya haifar da ƙungiyar Sauber ta kama shi har tsawon shekaru 3 masu zuwa, inda ya gama gamawa a cikin matsayi na maki kuma ya yi suna a matsayin dan tseren tsakiya mai tsattsauran ra'ayi. An ba shi lada saboda ƙoƙarinsa tare da podium a Gasar Grand Prix ta Japan ta 2012, tare da sauran podium 3 na abokin aikinsa Sergio Pérez. Duk da wannan, an bar shi ba tare da tuki ba don kakar 2013. A shekarar 2014 an sanya hannu a kan Caterham F1 tare da sabon shiga Marcus Ericsson - kuma babu makawa ya yi gwagwarmaya tare da ƙungiyar da ba ta da kuɗi. An maye gurbinsa da André Lotterer don taron a Belgium, kuma ya zauna a zagaye a Amurka da Brazil saboda matsalolin kuɗi na ƙungiyar. Kobayashi (da Caterham) na karshe tseren
ya ƙare a cikin ritaya.