Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - He mea nui a Kling ki te whakawhanake i te hokinga mai o Mercedes ki te whakataetae o te ao i nga tau moata o te 1950, me tana wikitoria i te 1952 Carrera Panamericana, e whakahaere ana i te Mercedes-Benz 300SL whakamātautau i taua wa he tohu tohu ki te whakamana i te whakahaere Daimler-Benz he waahi a motorsport i roto i te heke mai o Mercedes. I karangahia ki te roopu Mercedes Grand Prix i te tau 1954 i mutu ia i raro iho i te kotahi hēkona i muri i te Juan Manuel Fangio rongonui i tana timatanga Formula Kotahi, i te tuarua o te 1954 French Grand Prix
i te ara tere o Reims-Gueux. Kaore tenei timatanga whakaari i roa, a, i te taenga mai o Stirling Moss ki Mercedes i te tau 1955, i whakahekehia a Kling ki te taraiwa tuatoru. Heoi, i tawhiti atu i te Whakataetae o te Ao, i wikitoria a Kling i te Berlin Grand Prix (i AVUS, tetahi atu ara tere tere). I wehe ia i te kapa Formula Kotahi i te mutunga o te waa, hei whai i a Alfred Neubauer hei upoko mo Mercedes motorsport. I noho ia i tenei pou i a raatau pakanga angitu i nga tau 1960, i etahi wa ka eke ia ki te wira. I tetahi o nga wa penei i peia e ia he Mercedes-Benz 220SE ki te wikitoria i te huihuinga nui o te 1961 Algiers-Cape Town trans-African rally.