Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Whiting akaberekwa musi wa 12 August 1952 muSevenoaks, Kent. Akatarisa mujaho wake wokutanga wemotokari paakakwira pamusoro porusvingo kuti aone 1964 British Grand Prix
, rakaitirwa paBrands Hatch pedyo nomusha wemhuri yake. Akauya kuzoshanda mumitambo yemotokari iye pachake kuburikidza nomukoma wake mukuru Nick, uyo akanga achikwikwidza mumakwikwi e autocross uye makwikwi. Achisarudza kuita basa rokugadzira motokari, akapinda chikoro chepamusoro cheunyanzvi uye akazoenda kuBorough Polytechnic Institute, kwaakawana dhigirii rokugadzira michina.