In the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix, he took the lead from the start in his private Maserati and drove off into the distance before spinning out of first place and then retiring with a transmission failure.
No Gran Premio de España de 1954, tomou a dianteira desde o principio no seu Maserati privado e liderou facilmente antes de trompear en primeiro lugar e logo retirarse cun fallo na transmisión.