Kling wuxuu qayb weyn ka qaatay horumarinta soo noqoshada Mercedes ee tartanka caalamiga ah horraantii 1950-meeyadii, iyo guushii uu ka gaaray 1952-kii Carrera Panamericana, isagoo kaxeynaya tijaabada Mercedes-Benz 300SL waxay ahayd dhibic qeexaysa hubinta maamulka Daimler-Benz in isboortiga gawaarida uu meel ku leeyahay mustaqbalka Mercedes. Waxaa loogu yeeray kooxda Mercedes Grand Prix ee dib loo soo nooleeyay 1954 wuxuu dhammeeyay wax ka yar hal ilbiriqsi oo ka dambeeya halyeeyga Juan Manuel Fangio markii ugu horeysay ee Formula One, isagoo kaalinta labaad ka galay 1954 French Grand Prix
waxaa lagu qabtay garoonka xawaaraha sare ee Reims-Gueux Bilaabashadan rajo gelisay ma aysan sii soconin, iyo imaatinka Stirling Moss ee Mercedes 1955 Kling ayaa si wax ku ool ah loogu soo celiyay darawalka saddexaad. Si kastaba ha noqotee, ka baxsan Horyaalka Adduunka, Kling wuxuu ku guuleystay guul cajiib ah Grand Prix-ka Berlin (AVUS, oo ah goob kale oo xawaare sare leh). Wuxuu ka tagay kooxda Formula One dhamaadkii xilli ciyaareedkii, si uu ugu guuleysto Alfred Neubauer madaxa Mercedes motorsport. Wuxuu xilkan hayay intii lagu jiray ololahooda guuleysta ee 1960s, mararka qaarkoodna wuxuu qaatay shaashadda. Hal mar oo kale ayuu ku waday Mercedes-Benz 220SE si uu ugu guuleysto rali-ga Afrikaanka ah ee Algiers-Cape Town ee 1961.