In the previous "comparing the teammates"-post I promised to compare the Caterham drivers Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson.
Previously I have written about the teammates of Ferrari, Lotus, Red Bull, Force India, Mercedes, Sauber, Williams, Marussia and McLaren.
If you haven't read them then just click on the links below:
http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2013/11/comparing-2014-teammates-scuderia.html
http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2013/12/comparing-2014-teammates-red-bull-racing.html
http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2013/12/comparing-2014-teammates-lotus.html
http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2013/12/comparing-2014-teammates-force-india.html
http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2014/02/comparing-2014-teammates-mercedes.html?spref=fb
http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2014/02/comparing-2014-teammates-sauber.html?spref=fb
http://www.f14life.blogspot.fi/2014/02/comparing-2014-teammates-williams.html
http://www.f14life.blogspot.fi/2014/02/comparing-2014-teammates-marussia.html
http://www.f14life.blogspot.fi/2014/02/comparing-2014-teammates-mclaren.html
This time we have a more experienced driver and then we have a total newcomer in Formula One.
The only things there is to say about Ericsson is that he is a Formula BMW champion and he has won the Japanese F3 series. He has competed in GP2 for 3 seasons. He has also tested a Formula One car in 2009, the first Mercedes GP-car that made it's debut in 2010 with Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher.
Kobayashi on the other hand we have more to talk about. We can compare him with his former teammates in F1 as I usually do. I'll write the year, the former teammate and how it went between them. Let's begin!
2009 - Jarno Trulli. Kobayashi's first chance came when Timo Glock couldn't race after his accident that same season. He drove in 2 races and was better than Trulli in both of them even though he had much less experience.
2010 - Pedro de la Rosa and Nick Heidfeld. Kobayashi got 20 points more than his teammates combined. It was clear that the more experienced teammates had no chances against young Kobayashi.
2011 - Sergio Perez and Pedro de la Rosa. This time the teammates got 14 points and Kobayashi 30. Pedro de la Rosa actually drove in just one race but anyways.. Perez didn't get much done against his teammate.
2012 - Sergio Perez. This time it was 66-60 between the teammates and Perez was the better one. Kobayashi had to leave Formula One and Perez got a try at McLaren.
2013 - DID NOT DRIVE IN THE 2013 SEASON. Kobayashi drove tests for Ferrari though.
Now in 2014 Kobayashi is back and hungrier than ever. It's just a pity that Caterham rarely gets good results. 2014 will be very unpredictable though so nobody knows at this point who's gonna fight for the wins.
Tomorrow I shall continue with the last remaining team; Toro Rosso!
