Kobayashi in Abu Dhabi

Anyone want to believe that maybe the real story of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was not the winner Sebastian Vettel, not Lewis Hamilton who might have won after his pole but he had brake problems, and not even Jenson Button who gave a great battle effort with Mark Webber for third place, but was Kamui Kobayashi?

After passing two world champions, Kimi Raikkonen at the start and Button after the first third of the race, Kobayashi managed to drive his Toyota to sixth position, ahead of his teammate Jarno Trulli. It was a beautiful, gutsy drive, and we would like to see more just like it! So would he, apparently....

"It was a really good race for me," Kobayashi said. "At the start I overtook (Kimi) Raikkonen and that was important in the end because it would have been difficult to finish in the top six if I had been behind him during the first stint. When I got past I was confident I had the race pace to fight for the points and my target was to be consistently fast. The team did a great job with the strategy and the pit stop which played a big part in helping me finish in the points. I certainly wasn't expecting to be racing in Formula 1 this season and I want to say thank you to Toyota for this opportunity. My target was to finish in the points today but I am a bit surprised to be in the top six. This is a fantastic result and I am extremely happy."