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#2 Kamui Kobayashi
Kobayashi was impressive the entire race weekend during the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix, qualifying third with his Sauber-Ferrari and also went on to finish the race at the podium with a third-place position.
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His first (and last) podium happened in front of his home crowd. When notably the crowd was chanting "Kamui" making the moment of Kamui's life even more cherishable.
Kobayashi is a Japanese professional driver who has competed in GP2 series and GP2 Asia series apart from his 5-year career in Formula One racing with Toyota, Sauber, and Caterham. At November 2007 it was confirmed that Kobayashi would replace Franck Montagny as the Toyota F1 team's third driver. He was the team's test and reserve driver during the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
He is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing, in the Super Formula Championship for KCMG and set to compete in Formula E for Andretti Autosport under Monaco racing license.
