Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wasan farko na Doornbos shine wasan tennis. Sha'awarsa game da wasan motsa jiki ya karu bayan da aka gayyace shi zuwa Grand Prix na Belgium na 1998
a matsayin bako na WilliamsF1. Ya kasance 1997 Formula One Champion Jacques Villeneuve wanda ya ba da shawarar cewa ya kamata ya tafi don jerin kamar Formula Ford, kamar yadda ya yi girma sosai kuma ya tsufa don tseren karts. Ya daina wasan tennis kuma ya mai da hankali kan tsere, ya shiga ƙungiyar tsere ta JR don jerin Opel Lotus UK Winter na 1999. Ya yi nasarar kakar wasa, ya gama na biyu a gasar bayan ya dauki matsayi na hudu, hudu mafi sauri da hudu. A cikin 2000, ya yi gasa a cikin jerin Formula Ford Zetec Benelux, ya gama na biyu a gasar zakarun Belgium kuma na biyar a duka tare da pole daya, da sauri uku da kuma podiums shida.