The 2011 season will throw up some “funny moments” due to the Pirelli tyre situation, according to Kamui Kobayashi.<\/p>\n
“Maybe we will see a Red Bull being overtaken by a Hispania,” Sauber’s Japanese driver, referring to the extreme degradation of the tyres seen in testing, told Auto Motor und Sport.<\/p>\n
“If they’re on older hard tyres and Hispania have a brand new set of super-softs, it could happen,” added Kobayashi.<\/p>\n
“For the spectators it would certainly be a little confusing.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Kobayashi welcomed the news about Suzuka renewing its grand prix contract for 2012, but admitted that Japan’s F1 golden days are over.<\/p>\n
“Motor sport is still a European sport,” said Kobayashi, 24.<\/p>\n
“In Japan, sumo and baseball are the most popular, even though when there was Senna and Prost, it was fashionable to go to the F1 races.<\/p>\n
“But sadly those times are over,” he acknowledged.<\/p>\n
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