Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Farawa a cikin Formula One tare da Lotus 18 mai injin Ford a 1961, ya yi ritaya daga Rand Grand Prix kuma kawai ya sami 14th a Cape Grand Prix a watan Janairun 1962. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, duk da haka, ya sami Lotus 21 tare da injin Climax kuma ya zo na biyar a cikin 1962 Rand Grand Prix da na huɗu a cikin Natal Grand Prix. Wannan tsari ya jagoranci shi zuwa na shida a gasar zakarun duniya na Grand Prix na Afirka ta Kudu
kuma ta haka ne ya samu maki a gasar cin kofin duniya a gasarsa ta farko a wannan matakin.