Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 17 o ona tau, i whiwhi a Blash i te mahi hei miihini i te RRC Walker Racing Team. I mahi tahi ia me Jo Siffert me Jo Bonnier i whai wheako i te Formula One. I te tau 1968, ka noho a Blash hei miihini whakataetae mo Graham Hill i Lotus i mua i tana mahi me Jochen Rindt i te tau i muri mai. I te rā o te
1969 Spanish Grand Prix, Blash i tapahia he waahanga o te parirau hou, nui ake i mua mai i nga panui konumohe. I a Chapman e tirotiro ana i nga parirau, ka riri ia, ka tono kia tangohia nga motuka mai i te whakataetae. I te mutunga, ka mutu a Lotus ki te whakataetae, ā, ka mutu katoa ngā waka e toru. Whai muri i te matenga o Rindt i te wa e tohu ana i te 1970 Italian Grand Prix, i mau a Blash i nga kawenga o te whakahaere i roto i a Lotus kia mutu ra ano ia me etahi kaimahi. I te tau 2010, 28 tau i muri i te matenga o Chapman, ka mahara a Blash "Ko te aroha a te Ariki Chapman ki a tatou". E hiahiatia ana e ia o tona tokotoko whakamahi ki te whaiaro-whakakahoretia. Blash: "I tīmata ahau i te ata o te Mane ki Lotus. I taku kitenga tuatahi i taku whare, i te ahiahi o te Wenerei.. "