Kammala wannan magana: A 1967, a baya a Lotus, Hill ya taimaka wajen bunkasa Lotus 49 tare da sabon injin Cosworth-V8. Ya sauka ga Hill don yin gwajin farko na sabon motar da injinsa. Bayan na farko na shakedown, Hill ya yi ba'a "To, yana da wasu poke! Ba wani mummunan tsohon kayan aiki. " Bayan da aka kashe abokan wasan Jim Clark da Mike Spence a farkon 1968, Hill ya jagoranci tawagar, kuma ya lashe gasar zakarun duniya ta biyu a shekarar 1968. Lotus yana da suna na kasancewa mai rauni da haɗari a wancan lokacin, musamman tare da sabbin kayan taimako na iska wanda ya haifar da irin wannan hadarin na Hill da Jochen Rindt a
1969 Gasar Cin Kofin Spain. Hatsari a 1969 United States Grand Prix a Watkins Glen ya karya ƙafafunsa biyu kuma ya katse aikinsa. Yawanci, lokacin da aka tambaye shi ba da daɗewa ba bayan hadarin idan yana so ya ba da saƙo ga matarsa, Hill ya amsa "Kawai gaya mata cewa ba zan yi rawa ba har tsawon makonni biyu".