Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I huri a Downing ki nga nohoanga kotahi i te 1952 e whakataetae ana i te Connaught A-Type, ka wini i te Madgwick Cup i Goodwood me te tuarua i te Grand Prix des Frontières i Chimay Belgium, i ngaro ai ia i te rangatira i te mutunga o te whakataetae i etahi mita i mua o te raina mutunga. I whakaoti ia i te iwa i tana whakataetae tuatahi o te Ao i
Ko Silverstone, engari ko te tuawha i te whakataetae i mua i te hurihanga i te wa e karo ana i te kaitahuri. 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.