for their first season the team attracted two-time formula one world champion graham hill, who was impressed with the professionalism and attention-to-detail shown by the team. he was joined by his brabham formula one teammate tim schenken. trundle was responsible for preparing schenken's car whilst dennis prepared hill's car. at the team's first race at hockenheim, hill won his heat and came second to françois cevert overall. hill secured rondel their first outright victory only a week later in the second round of that year's european formula two championship at the barc 200 event, held at thruxton in the uk. schenken achieved three second places finishes during the season. mid-season the team entered a third car, driven by bob wollek. wollek qualified for two races, achieving a best finish of sixth position. due to his formula one success, hill had an 'a' grading, and was unable to score championship points in the races. schenken and wollek however were, with schenken finishing in fourth place in the championship and wollek in 20th.