Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1967, mgbe ọ ka nọ na Lotus, Hill nyere aka mepụta Lotus 49 nke nwere injin ọhụrụ Cosworth-V8. Ọ bụ Hill mere nnwale mbụ nke ụgbọala ọhụrụ ahụ na injin ya. Mgbe agba nke mbụ gachara, Hill kwara arịrị "Ọfọn, o nwere ụfọdụ poke! Ọ bụghị ihe ọjọọ ochie ngwá ọrụ. " Mgbe ndị otu egwuregwu Jim Clark na Mike Spence gburu na mbido 1968, Hill duziri ndị otu ahụ, wee merie asọmpi ụwa nke abụọ ya na 1968. Lotus nwere aha nke ịbụ onye na-adịghị ike na ihe ize ndụ n'oge ahụ, karịsịa na enyemaka ọhụrụ nke ikuku nke mere ka Hill na Jochen Rindt nwee ihe mberede yiri nke ahụ na
1969 Spanish Grand Prix. Ihe mberede na 1969 United States Grand Prix na Watkins Glen mebiri ụkwụ ya abụọ ma kwụsị ọrụ ya. N'ụzọ a na-ahụkarị, mgbe a jụrụ ya n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ihe mberede ahụ gasịrị ma ọ chọrọ inye nwunye ya ozi, Hill zara, sị "Gwa ya na agaghị m agba egwú ruo izu abụọ".