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**overavantstandard** · 08-27-2012, 11:37 AM

Personally, I have always seen Kobayashi as a rather overrated driver. Yes, he's very entertaining and everything, but sometimes I believe that people have been a bit too optimistic about him. I don't really think that's he's going to become a top driver any day

I agree with this. People got carried away with Kobayashi fever (which sounds like an actual disease) in 2009.

I regularly post over at F1 Fanatic, and I remember Kobayashi got voted as having performed the Pass of the Year, and all because he overtook Jenson Button in Abu Dhabi, the race after Button was crowned champion. Button had literally just emerged from the pits that lap, fuel-heavy and on green tyres. Kobayashi had not yet made his stop, so he was light on fuel and using the ultra-durable Bridgestones. His pass on Button was a foregone conclusion, and the actual move at the hairpin was sloppy and very nearly took both of them out. I could have made that move stick, and yet people voted this as the best pass of the season.

08-27-2012, 11:37 AM	#20
overavantstandard Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	Personally, I have always seen Kobayashi as a rather overrated driver. Yes, he's very entertaining and everything, but sometimes I believe that people have been a bit too optimistic about him. I don't really think that's he's going to become a top driver any day I agree with this. People got carried away with Kobayashi fever (which sounds like an actual disease) in 2009. I regularly post over at F1 Fanatic, and I remember Kobayashi got voted as having performed the Pass of the Year, and all because he overtook Jenson Button in Abu Dhabi, the race after Button was crowned champion. Button had literally just emerged from the pits that lap, fuel-heavy and on green tyres. Kobayashi had not yet made his stop, so he was light on fuel and using the ultra-durable Bridgestones. His pass on Button was a foregone conclusion, and the actual move at the hairpin was sloppy and very nearly took both of them out. I could have made that move stick, and yet people voted this as the best pass of the season.
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