 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1963, Kuhnke akakundikana kukwanisa BKL Lotus yake paRome Grand Prix, pamwe chete nemumwe wake Ernst Maring, uye motokari dzose dzakatambura kukundikana kweinjini paSolitude Grand Prix muna July. Kukwikwidza kwake kwega kweWorld Championship Formula One kwakanga kuri paGerman Grand Prix ya1963uko akakundikana kukwanisa nemusiyano wakakura. BKL Lotus yakanga iri Lotuswo zvayo, yakashandurwa zvishoma naKuhnke, mazita okutanga anomirira Borgward Kuhnke Lotus. 