Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I nga tau moata o te 1970, i tutaki te kaiwhaiwhai amateur a Yip ki a Sid Taylor ka whakaae ki te tautoko i a Vern Schuppan i te Formula 5000. Na tenei i arahi ai a Yip ki te tautoko i a Schuppan i te Formula One me Ensign i te 1974. I whai ake ko te whakauru atu ki Amerika me Schuppan, katahi ka tautoko i a Alan Jones i te raupapa US F5000 i te 1976. I Ahitereiria, i wikitoria a Schuppan i te Rothmans International Series mo Yip e taraiwa ana i te Lola T332-Chevrolet i te 1976. I taua tau i whakatuhia e Yip a Theodore Racing. I whakahaerehia e Taylor, a, i whakauruhia he Tohu mo Patrick Tambay i te F1. Whai muri i te tau uaua i te tau 1977, ka tono a Yip ki a Ron Tauranac kia hanga i tetahi motuka F1. He uaua te waka, i huaina ko te Theodore TR1, ā, kāore a Eddie Cheever i āhei ki te eke ki Brazil me
Argentina engari ka riro a Keke Rosberg ka wikitoria i te International Trophy i Silverstone i te wa makariri, ahakoa i tohu ia mo te GP kotahi anake i Awherika ki te Tonga. I whakarerea te motokā i waenganui o te tau. I te US, i tautoko a Yip i te kapa Eagle a Dan Gurney.