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Kobayashi fit and ready for 2010

09 March 2010 @ 06:00 GMT - Max Moore

Kamui Kobayashi says he is fit enough for his first full year in F1 with the Sauber team. The season starts this Sunday at Bahrain and the teams is optimistic about their chances of doing well.

"I feel very good at the moment. Of course you have to keep up a high standard of physical fitness and that is what I am doing," he said. The Japanese driver says he had no problem when he substituted for Timo Glock at Toyota last year.

"No, I haven't had any problems with my physical fitness. Last year when I did those two races for Toyota, I had not been in an F1 car for eight months - and I still didn't have a problem. I may have felt the race distance a bit in Brazil, but in Abu Dhabi everything worked well," he said.