Kamui Kobayashi (born 13th September 1986 in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan) is a Japanese Formula One driver who drove for Caterham. He covered for the injured Timo Glock at Toyota in the last two races of the 2009 season, and he made quite an impression. He was signed up by BMW Sauber in 2010, and has continued to drive for the team until the end of 2012. In the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix, he got the first podium ever in his Formula One career. He was then once seen again in the Ferrari pit garage at the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix.