Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1999, Irvine akanga aine chivimbo achitanga mwaka wacho, achiti: "Pashure pemigumisiro yegore rapfuura pandakawana mugumo wangu wakanakisisa mumakwikwi ose nenzvimbo yechina, zvino, gore 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. Vhiki nhatu gare gare mu
San Marino Grand Prix, Irvine aizopotsa imwe nzvimbo yepodhium, mushure mekunge motokari yake yakatambura kukundikana kweinjini palap 47 (ye62) paakanga ari panzvimbo yechitatu yakagadzikana, achirasikirwa nekutungamira kweMutungamiri weVatyairi kune waaifambidzana naye 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.