Kamui Kobayashi comes out during an exhibition in Moscow

Kamui Kobayashi has a sense of showmanship. Maybe even a little too much! On the occasion of the fifth edition of “Moscow City Racing”, a motorsport exhibition which brought together five teams of Formula 1 whose Ferrari in the streets of the Russian capital, the Japanese was the victim of a rather unusual incident? So at the wheel of a 60 Ferrari F2009, the former Sauber driver set off on a 3800 meter long track in front of a delighted audience. But he got trapped by the rain and got stuck in a safety barrier. Although the Japanese driver and the spectators were fortunately not affected in the accident, the impact was violent enough to tear the right front wheel off the car. car.

“The track was very slippery and there was a very pronounced bump at one point, which explains why I hit the barrier”, justified the one who now defends the red colors in Endurance. “It's a shame, but I'm glad the team was able to let me go again after a few minutes”. Indeed, Scuderia Ferrari came with two F1 cars, and the Japanese was able to return to the track around twenty minutes after his exit. “When you drive a Formula 1 car on streets like those of Moscow, with the barriers very close and the escape routes very small, the risk of an accident is definitely higher than on a permanent circuit,” declared the team on its official website, who even takes advantage of this impromptu outing to get lathered up. “You need more spare parts and even a second car (for this type of event, Editor’s note), so as not to disappoint spectators who may never have had the opportunity to see the spectacle of motorsport at the highest level before. This time, the choice of Scuderia Ferrari was really the right one.”

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