Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1977, i whakataetae ia mō Tyrrell, e taraiwa ana i te Tyrrell P34B e ono nga wira. I reti a Peterson mai i nga whakataetae e wha o te tau 1977, i hurihia ia i Argentina, i uru ki te tukinga me Jochen Mass's McLaren me Clay Regazzoni's Ensign i Brazil, ka raru nga punaha wahie i Awherika ki te Tonga me te United States West. I mutu ia i te waru i Spain engari i mutu i Monaco me te ngoikoretanga o te aukati. Ko te waahi tuatoru anake a Peterson i te whakataetae ua i Belgium. He nui ngā tūmanako i te kāinga i Huitene, engari i mutu a Peterson i ngā raruraru whakaoho, kātahi ka mutu i te 12 i Wīwī. I pakaru tana pūkaha i Ingarangi, ka mutu i te tuaiwa i Tiamana, ā, i te rima i Austria. I reti a Peterson me nga raru whakaoho i Holland, tuaono i Itari me te 16 i te United States. I wehe atu a Peterson i ngā whakataetae e rua whakamutunga o te tau 1977, he turuturu wahie i Kanata me Iapana
, i tukituki ia ki te Ferrari a Gilles Villeneuve engari i mate te tukinga i te kaitiaki me te kaitango whakaahua i a raua e tu ana i tetahi waahanga aukati o te ara i te wa i pa ai te aitua.