Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whārangi - I huri a Downing ki ngā tūru kotahi i te tau 1952 e rere ana i tētahi Connaught A-Type, ā, i riro i a ia te Madgwick Cup i Goodwood me te tūranga tuarua i te Grand Prix des Frontières i Chimay Belgium, i reira i ngaro ai i a ia te ārahi i te mutunga o te whakataetae i ētahi mita i mua i te rārangi mutunga. I mutu ia i te iwa i tana whakataetae tuatahi o te Ao i Silverstone
, engari i eke i te tuawha o te whakataetae i mua i te hurihanga i te wa e karo ana i te tohu o muri. I whakataetae ia i te mutunga o taua tau, engari i reti mai i te raru o te pehanga hinu. I huri ia ki te Aston Martin DB3S mo te 1953, engari i whakatau ia ki te reti mai i te whakataetae i muri tata mai.