October 30, 2011

Rubens Barrichello touches Kamui Kobayashi

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October 30, 2011

Smoke pours from the back of Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber

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October 30, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi locks up

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October 28, 2011

Sergio Perez is blessed before FP1

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October 27, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi walks around the Buddh International Circuit

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October 15, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi completes another lap

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October 15, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi chats with his Sauber team principal Peter Sauber

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October 13, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez share a joke in the paddock

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October 8, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi with the Fukushima girls choir

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October 8, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi on track on the medium tyres, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, October 8, 2011

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October 7, 2011

Bernie Ecclestone, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher, Kamui Kobayashi and Takuma Sato hand puppets in the paddock

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October 6, 2011

The drivers face the media in the press conference

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October 6, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi takes part in a soapbox race down the Suzuka pit straight

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October 6, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi during an autograph signing event

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October 6, 2011

Kamui Kobayashi's special Japanese Grand Prix helmet

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