Tauranac, an engineer at heart, started to feel his Formula One budget of around £100,000 was a gamble he could not afford to take on his own and began to look around for an experienced business partner.
Čeprav Hill po nesreči v sezoni 1969 ni bil več med najhitrejšimi dirkači, pa je dosegel svojo zadnjo zmago na neprvenstveni dirki BRDC International Trophy na dirkališču Silverstone, v konstruktorskem prvenstvu pa je moštvo doseglo le sedem točk.