Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ hụchara nkwekọrịta afọ atọ ya na March, Peterson sonyeere Colin Chapman's Team Lotus na oge 1973, na-akwado onye na-agbachitere Emerson Fittipaldi. N'ime oge abụọ mbụ ya na Lotus, Peterson meriri mmeri asaa, wee nweta akara kacha mma na ọrụ ya 52 na 1973. Mgbe oge 1975 dara ogbenye gasịrị, Peterson laghachiri March wee nweta mmeri ikpeazụ ya maka otu ahụ na 1976 Italian Grand Prix. Mgbe o jesịrị oge 1977 na Tyrrell, ọ laghachiri na Lotus maka oge 1978 dị ka onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala nke abụọ na Mario Andretti. Peterson meriri ugboro abụọ, na
South Africa na Austrian Grand Prix agbụrụ, wee mechaa nke abụọ na Ọkwọ ụgbọala nke Ndị Ọkwọ ụgbọala n'agbanyeghị na ihe mberede nke mbụ ya na Monza n'oge Italian Grand Prix.