Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Peterson akatanga basa rake rokumhanya motokari mumakwikwi emakadhi, netsika chirango apo ruzhinji rwevatyairi vemakwikwi vanotanga mabasa avo mumakwikwi emavhiri akazaruka. Mushure mokukunda mazita akawanda ekutsvaga, kusanganisira mazita maviri eSweden muna 1963 na1964, akaenderera mberi kuFormula Three, kwaakakunda Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three inotsigira nhangemutange ye
Mubairo Mukuru wa1969. Gare gare gore iroro akakunda FIA European Formula 3 Championship uye akapfuurira kupinda Formula One, achimhanya nokuda March fekitari chikwata. Mumakore ake matatu achishanda nechikwata ichi, akawana nzvimbo nhanhatu dzepadhiyamu, dzakawanda dzacho dzaiva mumwaka wa1971 weFormula One, paakapedzawo ari wechipiri muDrivers' Championship.