Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe e jiri 72 mee ihe n'ọsọ abụọ mbụ nke 1974 World Championship, 76 mere nke mbụ ya na South African Grand Prix. Ickx ruru eru nke iri na Peterson nke iri na isii, tupu agbụrụ ọdachi ahụ hụrụ ka ha abụọ na-agbagha na mbido, Peterson lara ezumike nká ozugbo na Ickx mechara daa n'ihi nsogbu brek. Nnukwu Prix nke Spain bụ ihe na-ekwe nkwa, Peterson na-akwado nke abụọ na Ickx nke ise, na Swede na-eduga ruo mgbe injin ya na-ekpo oke ọkụ, ebe Ickx na-agba ọsọ nke ọma tupu ọ daa ngọngọ ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ, na
Na Belgian Grand Prix, Peterson ruru eru nke ise tupu ọ laa ezumike nká na mmanụ ọkụ, ebe n'ọsọ ụlọ ya Ickx nwere ike iru eru 16th tupu injin ya ekpo oke ọkụ. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ndị ọkwọ ụgbọala abụọ ahụ siri ọnwụ ịlaghachi na 72, nke Peterson ji merie na Monaco na France.