Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Kling bụ ihe dị mkpa n'ịzụlite nlọghachi Mercedes na asọmpi mba ụwa na mbido 1950s, na mmeri ya na 1952 Carrera Panamericana n'okporo ụzọ, na-anya ụgbọ ala Mercedes-Benz 300SL mgbe ahụ bụ ihe dị mkpa iji mesie ndị isi Daimler-Benz obi ike na motorsport nwere ebe Mercedes ga-eme n'ọdịnihu. Akpọrọ ya na ndị Mercedes Grand Prix squad na 1954 ọ kwụsịrị ihe na-erughị otu sekọnd n'azụ Juan Manuel Fangio na akụkọ ifo ya na Formula One, na-ewere ọnọdụ nke abụọ na 1954 French Grand Prix
na ọsọ ọsọ Reims-Gueux circuit. Mmalite a na-ekwe nkwa agaghị adịgide, na ọbịbịa nke Stirling Moss na Mercedes na 1955 Kling dara n'ụzọ dị irè ka ọ bụrụ onye ọkwọ ụgbọala nke atọ. Agbanyeghị, na mpụga World Championship, Kling nwetara mmeri dị egwu na Berlin Grand Prix (na AVUS, sekit ọsọ ọsọ ọzọ). Ọ hapụrụ ndị otu Formula One na ngwụcha oge, iji nọchie Alfred Neubauer dịka onye isi Mercedes motorsport. Ọ nọ n'ọkwa a n'oge mkpọsa ha na-aga nke ọma nke afọ 1960, mgbe ụfọdụ na-ebugharị onwe ya. N'otu n'ime oge ndị dị otú ahụ, ọ gbara Mercedes-Benz 220SE wee merie n'ike na 1961 Algiers-Cape Town trans-African rally.