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KAMUI
KOBAYASHI
Japanese racing driver (born 1986)
Career Note
Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Super Formula for KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2014. In endurance racing, Kobayashi has won two FIA World Endurance Championship titles, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021, all with Toyota; he is also a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 and 2020 with WTR. Since 2022, Kobayashi has served as team principal of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 to 2024.
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Career Constellation
Each season is a star: sized by overall wins, positioned by championship rank, coloured by primary class. Gold ring marks championship-winning campaigns; silver ring marks top-three finishes.
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FIA driver categorisation per event: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Member. Sourced from Al Kamel entry-list PDFs.
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Questions about this driver
Drivers · 5 min read
Who is Kamui Kobayashi?
[Kamui Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) is a Japanese racing driver who has raced for Toyota in the WEC since 2016 and has also been the team principal of its WEC team since 2022. He has 19 overall WEC wins, 18 poles and 2 24 Hours of Le Mans wins, the first in 2021. In 2017 he set a 3:14.791 in Le Mans qualifying, the fastest qualifying lap in the race's history. In 2026 he still drives the No. 7 Toyota, the car he has raced since 2017.
Events · 5 min read
Who has won WEC races in 2026?
Through the 2026 Barcelona round, 3 manufacturers have won the 7 WEC races of 2026 in WEC Engine's archive. Toyota has 4 wins, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans, BMW 2 and Ferrari 1. The calendar's last two rounds are six-hour races at Barcelona on 18 October and Monza on 8 November.
Events · 4 min read
Who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the WEC era?
Since the FIA WEC began in 2012, only four manufacturers have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright: Audi (2012 to 2014), Porsche (2015 to 2017), Toyota (2018 to 2022, plus 2026) and Ferrari (2023 to 2025). Fifteen editions from 2012 to 2026, four badges, and three distinct dynasties broken only by the swing years between eras. The full year-by-year list, with crews and race distance, is below.
Drivers · 3 min read
Who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Hypercar era?
Two manufacturers have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans since the Hypercar class arrived in 2021. Toyota won in 2021, 2022 and 2026, and Ferrari won three in a row from 2023 to 2025 with the 499P. Through the 2026 race, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi are the only drivers to have won it twice in the Hypercar era.
Drivers · 4 min read
Who has the most WEC race fastest laps?
Kamui Kobayashi has the most WEC race fastest laps, with 25. That count credits each race fastest lap to every driver who drove the car that set it, the rule used on WEC Engine's driver pages. Counting only the laps a driver set personally, the leader is Sébastien Buemi with 12.
Drivers · 4 min read
Which driver has the most WEC overall race wins?
Sébastien Buemi has the most overall WEC race wins, with 29 victories. [Buemi](/drivers/sebastien-buemi) has 29, his long-time Toyota team-mate [Brendon Hartley](/drivers/brendon-hartley) 26, [Mike Conway](/drivers/mike-conway) 20 and [Kamui Kobayashi](/drivers/kamui-kobayashi) 19. Buemi, Hartley, Conway, Kobayashi and the retired [Kazuki Nakajima](/drivers/kazuki-nakajima), who has 17, all drove for Toyota in the LMP1-Hybrid era.