Kobayashi Ready to Ride

Sometimes in life you only get so many choices and if you don’t take advantage of the opportunity before you to achieve your dream the bubble bursts before your eyes and you never get another chance to fulfill your dreams. Taking advantage of the opportunities that come your way can be of the utmost importance to fulfilling a destiny and sometimes that opportunity becomes available due to an unfortunate situation.

Kamui looks a little sleepy here

Kamui Kobayashi’s opportunity to achieve his dream of Formula One glory appeared on the horizon of his life in 2009, after an unfortunate accident to Timo Glock. Kobayashi would go on to race two Formula One races for Toyota in 2009, the last two races as it happens and he showed in these two races that he’s more than capable of competing with the big boys on the track and didn’t look out of place at all when next to the likes of Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button. In his first race in Brazil, Kamui looked confident and competent in his debut race, but finished at the back of the pack, which isn’t a surprize. In his second race in Abu Dhabi, Kobayashi did even better by grabbing three points for the team. This finish in the last race of the season is probably the reason he almost had a fulltime ride with Toyota for the 2010 season. Unfortunately, Toyota would make a sudden disappearance from Formula One and his fulltime ride with Toyota would dissipate into air, but hopes would reappear in the form of a deal with BMW Sauber.

Kobayashi was very professional in his debut appearances and according to sources shows sign of being an outstanding professional driver. He obviously has a lot to learn, but he has a good teacher and team mate in Pedro de la Rossa and they should be able to learn from each other as they go forward. These two gentlemen and the rest of the team need to be tight and on the same wavelength during the season, if they want to do well. It will be a difficult year, no matter how it turns out and the work ahead of them is going to be monumental.

The car and team as kind of in chaos at the moment, but then all of the teams are kind of in a flux and things aren’t quite as chaotic as they look and feel when your down in the garage. At the moment, the car is in development and will be for quite awhile, but hopefully they can get the car running fast and quick.
Japan still has millions of Formula One fans, despite the plans for Honda, Toyota and Bridgestone to leave Formula One completely. Hopefully, Kobayashi is able to revive the energy for Formula One and these three Japanese companies are back in Formula One, sometime in the future. Kamui has talent and drive and these are two of the ingredients of a champion and Japan could use a hero at this time in its history.

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