Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Mo te tau 1999, he maia a Irvine i te wā o te tau, e mea ana: "I muri i ngā hua o te tau kua hipa i whiwhi ai ahau i taku mutunga toa pai rawa atu ki te 4 o nga waahi katoa, inaianei, mo tenei tau, e hiahia ana ahau ki te mahi pai ake". I pai te tiimata o tana tau: i muri i te 81 Grand Prix, i wikitoria a Irvine i tana wikitoria tuatahi o te Formula Kotahi i te rauna whakatuwhera o te tau i Ahitereiria, i arahi ia ia ki te Toa Kaihauturu o te Ao mo te wa tuatahi. I te whakataetae i muri mai i Brazil he pitstop kore i whakaritea, na te aukati i nga radiator, i ngaro ai a Irvine i te paepae, a, i te mutunga ka mutu ko ia te tuarima. E toru wiki i muri mai i te San Marino Grand Prix
, Ka ngaro a Irvine i tetahi atu papa papa, i muri i te hinganga o tana motuka i te huringa 47 (o te 62) i a ia e noho ana i te tuatoru o nga waahi, ka ngaro ia i te rangatira o te Whakataetae Kaihauturu ki tana hoa kapa a Schumacher. Ko Irvine te tuarua i Monaco, i muri i a Schumacher, i whakawhiwhia ai a Ferrari ki tana tuatahi kotahi-rua o te waa, me te tuatahi i roto i te Principality. I te rauna e whai ake nei i Kanata, i whakaturia e Irvine te huringa tere (ko tana umanga kotahi me te mea anake) ka ora i te tukinga me te taraiwa McLaren a David Coulthard i te huarahi ki te mutunga tuatoru.