 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwema1970, mujaho weamateur Yip akasangana naSid Taylor ndokubvuma kutsigira Vern Schuppan muFormula 5000. Izvi zvakaita kuti Yip atsigire Schuppan muFormula One naEnsign muna 1974. Ikoko kwakatevera kubatanidzwazve muAmerica naSchuppan uye ipapo kutsigira kwaAlan Jones muUS F5000 nhepfenyuro muna 1976. MuAustralia, Schuppan akakunda Rothmans International Series yeYip achityaira Lola T332-Chevrolet muna 1976. Gore iroro Yip akatanga Theodore Racing. Yakanga ichitungamirirwa naTaylor uye yakapinda Ensign nokuda kwaPatrick Tambay muF1. Pashure pegore rakaoma muna 1977, Yip akarayira Ron Tauranac kuti amugadzirire motokari yeF1. Motokari yacho, yainzi Theodore TR1, yakanga yakaoma uye Eddie Cheever akakundikana kukwanisa muBrazil moseuye Argentina asi ipapo Keke Rosberg akatora nzvimbo ndokukunda International Trophy paSilverstone mumvura, kunyange zvazvo akakwanisa nokuda kweGP imwe chete muSouth Africa. Motokari yacho yakasiyiwa pakati pemwaka. MuUnited States, Yip akatsigira Dan Gurneys Eagle team. 