Kobayashi shoulders responsibility for a crash that all but ended Toyota's hopes of fighting for the drivers' championship
Kamui Kobayashi has accepted blame for the clash with Porsche’s Matt Campbell at the Fuji 6 Hours that effectively removed Toyota from contention in the World Endurance Championship drivers’ title race. The Japanese told Motorsport.
Clearly we were too far behind and we made contact with the #5 Porsche — we were a bit too aggressive.” Meanwhile, Campbell described Kobayashi as “obviously the one who was at fault”. He added: “I was completely clear: that wasn’t a passing opportunity from that far back and he just hit me in the rear.
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