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Hopes were high for 1999, but Hill did not enjoy a good season.

Struggling with the new four-grooved tyres introduced that year, he was outpaced by his new team-mate — Heinz-Harald Frentzen, his replacement at Williams two years previously — and appeared to lose motivation.

After a crash at the Canadian Grand Prix he announced plans to retire from the sport at the end of the year, but after failing to finish the French Grand Prix, which Frentzen won, he considered quitting immediately.