Formula 1 British GP: Pedro de la Rosa vs Kamui Kobayashi -by jenspm

The Saubers have massive issues with at all finishing races, and the two have only finished 3 races each so far. Thus, this can easily be a battle of “who’s car will last the longest” and, as their both drive the same car, this should be a 50/50 match up in this respect.

Now, on to the races they’ve actually finished. Kobayashi has done well when finishing, 10th from position 12 in Spain, 10th from position 10 in Turkey, and recently a had a great race in Valencia, finishing 7th from position 18.

De la Rossa hasn’t been as impressive. 12th from position 14 in Australia doesn’t sound too bad, but it isn’t as impressive considering only 14 drivers finished. In Turkey he started 11th and ended 13th, and in Valencia he started 16th and ended 12th.

There have been two races they’ve both finished, Turkey and Valencia. Kobayashi started one place ahead of de la Rossa in Turkey, and held his spot while his Italian teammate fell down a couple of places. In Valencia, Kobayashi started two places behind, but still went on to beat him in 7th place, Rossa in 12th.

All in all I rate Kobayashi as a better driver, and when you add to the mix the high chance of technical failures in the Saubers, this one is pretty close to 50/50 imo.