Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Duk da haka, don 1967 an tsara shi a cikin Team Lotus Formula Two team, wanda kuma ya gan shi yana yin Grand Prix na farko a cikin F2 class a
Grand Prix na Jamus, inda ya zo na biyar a gaba ɗaya kuma ya lashe ajin F2. A cikin 1968, Colin Chapman ya kira shi don karɓar wurin zama na Formula One don Team Lotus bayan mutuwar Jim Clark. Kwangilarsa ba ta hada da motar F2 ba. A cikin tattaunawa da Tony Rudlin, direban tsere da ya gaza, a wancan lokacin yana da alhakin gudanar da Herts da Essex Aero Club don tsohon zakaran tseren babur na duniya, Roger Frogley, an kulla yarjejeniya don yin tsere a cikin launuka na kulob din. Lotus ya ba da kuma gudanar da motar, ya ba da injiniyoyi kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin manajan gasar yayin da Rudlin ya kasance manajan tawagar. Kungiyar F2 ta yi nasara sosai duk da cewa ba ta gudanar da cikakkun bayanai na Team Lotus ba. A ƙarshen shekara an gayyaci ƙungiyar don yin gasa a cikin tsere huɗu da ke tattare da Argentine Temporada. Herts da Essex Team sun gama na uku a cikin jerin. Lokacin F1 zai zama mai wahala, tare da Oliver yana gwagwarmaya don kammalawa. Ya jagoranci Grand Prix na Burtaniya har sai da injin ya lalace, kuma zai gama sau biyu kawai, sakamakon sa mafi kyau shine na uku a gasar Grand Prix ta Mexico da ke rufe kakar.