Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: West akava mutsigiri mukuru wechikwata chiduku cheGermany cheFormula One Zakspeed. Mugumisiro wakanakisisa wechikwata wakanga uri nzvimbo yechishanu yaMartin Brundle pa
1987 San Marino Grand Prix. Kutsigira kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi kusvikira muna 1989, apo chikwata chakasiya makwikwi. Yaivawo mutsigiri weMcLaren Formula One team (inozivikanwa se "West McLaren Mercedes") kubva muna 1997 kusvika muna July 2005. West yakaguma ukama hwayo naMcLaren nekuda kwekurambidzwa kweEuropean Union pakushambadzira fodya muna 2005 uye Vodafone neEmirates vakava mutsigiri wavo mukuru kubva muna 2006 zvichienda mberi. Munyika umo kushambadzira fodya kwakanga kwatorambidzwa munharaunda (seGermany neFrance), West yakashandisa mamwe marogo, yakafukidza marogo eWest nemakomba matema, kuisa mazita ekutanga evatyairi ("Mika" yeMika Häkkinen, "David" yaDavid Coulthard, "Juan Pablo" yeJuan Pablo Montoya, "Kimi" yeKimi Raikkonen, nezvimwewo) kana kuisa "East" pamotokari dzavo, vachinongedzera kuEast Germany panguva iyoyo kuti vadzivise mitemo iyoyo.