Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - West ghọrọ onye nkwado ukwu nke obere German Formula One team Zakspeed. Nsonaazụ kachasị mma nke otu ahụ bụ ebe nke ise nke Martin Brundle na 1987 San Marino Grand Prix
Ọ dị mma. Nkwado gara n'ihu ruo 1989, mgbe ndị otu ahụ hapụrụ asọmpi ahụ. Ọ bụkwa onye nkwado nke ndị otu McLaren Formula One (nke a maara dị ka "West McLaren Mercedes") site na 1997 ruo July 2005. West kwụsịrị mmekọrịta ya na McLaren n'ihi mmachibido iwu European Union na mgbasa ozi ụtaba na 2005 na Vodafone na Emirates ghọrọ onye nkwado ha bụ isi site na 2006 gaa n'ihu. Na mba ebe amachibidoro mgbasa ozi ụtaba na ọkwa mpaghara (dịka Germany na France), West jiri akara ngosi ụfọdụ, kpuchie akara ngosi West na oghere ojii, tinye aha mbụ nke ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala ("Mika" maka Mika Häkkinen, "David" maka David Coulthard, "Juan Pablo" maka Juan Pablo Montoya, "Kimi" maka Kimi Raikkonen, wdg) ma ọ bụ tinye "East" na ụgbọ ala ha, na-ezo aka na East Germany n'oge ahụ iji zere iwu ndị ahụ.