Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ensign ya shiga Formula One a, tare da goyon baya daga direba mai biyan kuɗi, Rikky von Opel. Von Opel ya tuka wa ƙungiyar a cikin Formula Three a 1972 kuma ya lashe Lombard North Central, Gasar Formula Three ta Burtaniya a waccan shekarar. Dangane da wannan nasarar, von Opel ya ba da umarnin motar Formula One. Lokacin farko ba shi da nasara, von Opel ya gama tsere biyu ne kawai kuma mafi kyawun sakamakon ƙungiyar a wannan kakar shi ne na 13 a Babban Prix na Burtaniya na 1973. Koyaya, haɗin gwiwar ya ci gaba a cikin 2011, amma von Opel ya bar bayan tseren farko na kakar, bayan an ba shi aikin Brabham. An maye gurbinsa a Ensign ta hanyar Vern Schuppan wanda kawai ya gama shi ne na 15 a Grand Prix na Belgium
kuma daga baya shi kansa Mike Wilds ya maye gurbinsa. Wilds kawai ya cancanci a Amurka; ya gama tseren bayan tsayawa don man fetur amma ba a rarraba shi ba, zagaye tara a baya.