He is the best hope of a strong home result in next weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix and on Wednesday he was appointed an international ambassador for sports and tourism by the Japanese government.

BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi chats about racing on home soil, reflects on life on the road as an F1 driver, and explains why things could have been very different – if only he were funnier…

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