Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1973, Follmer akakwikwidza muFormula One nechikwata chaDon Nichols' UOP Shadow. Akatora rutivi muGrand Prix yake yokutanga, muSouth Africa
, pazera remakore makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe nemwedzi mumwe - zvichimuita iye mukuru weF1 kutanga kubva kuma1950, musiyano waachiri nawo. Mumakwikwi e13 eChampionship, zvibodzwa zvake zvakanakisa zvaive zvechitanhatu muSouth Africa uye nzvimbo yechitatu muSpain, mumakwikwi ake maviri ekutanga eGrand Prix, izvo zvakamupa 13th muDrivers 'Championship nemapoinzi mashanu. Akakwikwidzawo mumakwikwi akati wandei asiri eChampionship.