SATURDAY NEWS QUIZ
Date: 13 September 1986
By Linda Amster
Linda Amster
Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林可夢偉, Hepburn: Kobayashi Kamui; born 13 September 1986) is a Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota and in Super Formula for KCMG. Kobayashi competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2014. In endurance racing, Kobayashi has won two FIA World Endurance Championship titles, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2021, all with Toyota; he is also a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2019 and 2020 with WTR. Since 2022, Kobayashi has served as team principal of Toyota in WEC, winning three consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship titles from 2022 to 2024.
He also serves as team principal for Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe for their FIA World Endurance Championship team. Kobayashi previously competed in Formula One, Formula E, the GP2 Series, and the GP2 Asia Series. He became champion of the FIA World Endurance Championship alongside co-drivers Mike Conway and José María López in the 2019–20 season and in 2021, where he also won the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Kobayashi is the third FIA world champion from Japan after Toshi Arai and Kazuki Nakajima, and became the third Asian-born driver after countrymen Aguri Suzuki and Takuma Satō to score a Formula One podium finish at the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.
Read more...The September 13, 1986 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 255 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 39 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, September 13, 2025, 52 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, September 13, 2026, in 312 days. You have lived for 14,297 days, or about 343,138 hours, or about 20,588,302 minutes, or about 1,235,298,120 seconds.
Date: 13 September 1986
By PHILIP TAUBMAN, Special to the New York Times
Philip TAUBMAN
Date: 14 September 1986
BY JUDITH HEATH; Judith Heath, who lives in New York, has completed walking treks in several countries, including Japan and Nepal
Judith HEATH
Date: 13 September 1986
By PHILIP TAUBMAN, Special to the New York Times
Philip TAUBMAN
Date: 14 September 1986
BY JUDITH HEATH; Judith Heath, who lives in New York, has completed walking treks in several countries, including Japan and Nepal
Judith HEATH
Date: 13 September 1986
By PHILIP TAUBMAN, Special to the New York Times
Philip TAUBMAN
Date: 14 September 1986
BY JUDITH HEATH; Judith Heath, who lives in New York, has completed walking treks in several countries, including Japan and Nepal
Judith HEATH
Date: 13 September 1986
By PHILIP TAUBMAN, Special to the New York Times
Philip TAUBMAN
Date: 14 September 1986
BY JUDITH HEATH; Judith Heath, who lives in New York, has completed walking treks in several countries, including Japan and Nepal
Judith HEATH