Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haifi Whiting a ranar 12 ga Agusta 1952 a Sevenoaks, Kent. Ya kalli tseren mota na farko lokacin da ya hau kan shingen don ganin Babban Prix na Birtaniya na 1964
, da aka gudanar a Brands Hatch kusa da gidan iyalinsa. Ya zo aiki a cikin tseren motoci da kansa ta hanyar babban ɗan'uwansa Nick, wanda ke fafatawa a cikin tseren motoci da tseren da'ira. Bayan ya yanke shawarar bin sana'a a cikin injiniyan tsere, ya halarci kwalejin fasaha sannan kuma Cibiyar Fasaha ta Borough, inda ya sami cancantar aikin injiniya.