Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokuda kwa1999, Irvine akanga ane chivimbo achipinda mumwaka wacho, achiti: "Mushure memigumisiro yegore rapera apo ndakawana mugumo wangu wakanakisisa wenguva dzose mumakwikwi nenzvimbo yechina yose, zvino, nokuda kwegore rino, ndinoda kuita zviri nani zvikuru". Mwaka wake wakatanga zvakanaka: mushure me81 Grand Prix, Irvine akawana kukunda kwake kwekutanga kweFormula One mumutambo wekutanga wemwaka muAustralia, achimupa kutungamira kweWorld Drivers 'Championship kekutanga. Mumakwikwi akatevera muBrazil kumira kwakanga kusina kurongwa, nemhaka yemaradiator akavharika, kwakadhurira Irvine nzvimbo yechigaro, uye pakupedzisira akapedza ari wechishanu. Mavhiki matatu gare gare muSan Marino Grand Prix
, Irvine aizopotsa pane imwe nzvimbo yekupedzisira, mushure mokunge motokari yake yakatambura kukanganisa injini pa 47 lap (ye62) apo iri panzvimbo yechitatu yakagadzikana, ichimurasikirwa nekutungamirira kweMutungamiri weVatungamiri kune Schumacher. Irvine akapedza ari wechipiri muMonaco, shure kwaSchumacher, achipa Ferrari yekutanga yekupedza mwaka, uye yekutanga muPrincipality. Mumutambo unotevera muCanada, Irvine akaisa runyorwa rwekukurumidza (basa rake chete) uye akapona pakurovera nemutyairi weMcLaren David Coulthard munzira yekuenda kunzvimbo yechitatu.