Kobayashi will race in the WEC with Toyota

Loved by four-wheel fans for his fighting character Kamui Kobayashi he will finally be able to return to performing in a top team after the brutal dismissals in F1 in 2012 when he was racing at Sauber, almost immediately after the podium won in Japan, and in 2014 at Caterham following the bankruptcy of the team with immediate emergency intervention of the suitcased Stevens for the last grand prix in Abu Dhabi.

Already active in the WEC in 2013 with the Ferrari AF Corse GT category and last year as a tester and reserve Toyota the Japanese driver, called to replace the retired Alexander Wurz, will split his time at the wheel of the TS050 HYBRID LMP1 with the confirmed ones Stephane sarrazin e Mike conway.

“Given the dedication and above all the speed demonstrated in the tests, it was an easy decision to make” – the comment of the Motorsport President Toshio Sato.

Chiara Rainis