Kamui Kobayashi vs Sergio Pérez, 2012

Teammates at Sauber — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 2012 season, Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez were teammates at Sauber, competing in 20 races together. Kobayashi outqualified Pérez 9 times, while Pérez finished ahead of Kobayashi 6 times, with Kobayashi finishing ahead 4 times. Both drivers had no race wins, but Pérez secured 3 podium finishes compared to Kobayashi's 1, and they scored 60 and 66 championship points, respectively, across 10 races classified.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
911Qualifyingof 20 compared
46Race finishesof 10 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

2012 season
20
Races together
20
60
Points
66
0
Wins
0
1
Podiums
3
P3
Best finish
P2
11.6
Average grid
12.2
9.8
Average finish
8.9
4
Did not finish
6
Other seasons together:20142011