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Kobayashi competes in F1 Abu Dhabi GP

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese racer Kamui Kobayashi competes in the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the British Caterham team on Nov. 23, 2014. Kobayashi did not finish the race.

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F1 driver Kobayashi happy to return to Suzuka Circuit

SUZUKA, Japan - Caterham's Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan tells the press at the Suzuka Circuit, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014, on the eve of the start of this year's Japanese Grand Prix, that he is happy to be back at the circuit in western Japan.

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Caterham team sold to consortium

SPIELBERG, Austria - Formula one racer Kamui Kobayashi drives his Caterham car during the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria, on June 22, 2014. It was announced on July 2 that the team has been sold to a group of Swiss and Middle Eastern investors but that the team will continue to race as Caterham.

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Kobayashi finishes 17th in F1 China GP in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese racing driver Kamui Kobayashi of Caterham-Renault finishes 17th in the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 20, 2014.

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Formula One season's opening race in Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia - Caterham driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan drives during qualifying for the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, the opening race of the 2014 season, in Melbourne, Australia, on March 15, 2014. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won pole position for the grand prix.

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Japan racing driver Kobayashi speaks before F1 season opener

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese racing driver Kamui Kobayashi of the Caterham F1 Team meets the press in Melbourne, Australia, on March 13, 2014, a day before the Formula One season opener in the Australian city.

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Formula One racer Kobayashi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese race driver Kamui Kobayashi. He will be back in Formula One in 2014 with British-based Caterham F1, the team said on Jan. 21, 2014.

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Converted EV embarks on demonstration tour

TOKYO, Japan - Isshu Sugawara (L), senior vice minister of economy, trade and industry, takes a test ride in an electric vehicle converted from the two-seat Caterham Super Seven, a British sports car, at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2013, at a ceremony to mark the start of the EV's demonstration run around Japan. To his right is Tadashi Tateuchi, leader of the Japan Electric Vehicle Club. The EV, made by replacing a gasoline engine with motor, battery and other parts, will return to Tokyo on Nov. 17 after visiting 46 of Japan's 47 prefectures.

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Converted EV embarks on demonstration tour

TOKYO, Japan - An electric vehicle (front) converted from the two-seat Caterham Super Seven, a British sports car, leaves the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2013, for a demonstration run around Japan. The converted EV, made by replacing a gasoline engine with motor, battery and other parts, will return to Tokyo on Nov. 17 after visiting 46 of Japan's 47 prefectures. The two EVs in the background will accompany it on the journey.

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Caterham, the Railway Hotel 1894

Caterham, the Railway Hotel 1894 Date: 1894

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Kobayashi competes in F1 Abu Dhabi GP

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese racer Kamui Kobayashi competes in the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the British Caterham team on Nov. 23, 2014. Kobayashi did not finish the race. (Kyodo)

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Caterham team sold to consortium

SPIELBERG, Austria - Formula one racer Kamui Kobayashi drives his Caterham car during the Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg, Austria, on June 22, 2014. It was announced on July 2 that the team has been sold to a group of Swiss and Middle Eastern investors but that the team will continue to race as Caterham. (Kyodo)