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1999 Race of Champions

The 1999 Race of Champions took place on December 5 at Gran Canaria. It was the 12th running of the event, and the eighth running at Gran Canaria. It was the first year for the new Nations' Cup Competition, which saw teams of three competitors – a rally driver, a circuit racing driver and a motorcyclist – team up to represent their nation and compete for national glory.

The vehicles used were the Peugeot 306 Maxi, The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V WRC, the Toyota Corolla WRC and the ROC Buggy.

The individual competition was won by Didier Auriol for a fourth time, whilst the inaugural Nations' Cup was won by Finland with JJ Lehto, Tommi Mäkinen and Kari Tiainen.

Participants

Race of Champions

DriverReason for Qualification
FIN Tommi MäkinenWorld Rally champion in [1996](1996-world-rally-championship-season), [1997](1997-world-rally-championship-season), [1998](1998-world-rally-championship-season) and [1999](1999-world-rally-championship-season)
FRA Didier AuriolWorld Rally champion in [1994](1994-world-rally-championship-season)
ESP Carlos SainzWorld Rally champion in [1990](1990-world-rally-championship-season) and [1992](1992-world-rally-championship-season)
GER Armin SchwarzWinner in the International Masters
FIN Marcus GrönholmFinalist in the International Masters
FRA Gilles PanizziBeat Alister McRae in a play-off
SWE Stig BlomqvistWinner in the Legends Race
SWE Björn WaldegårdFinalist in the Legends Race

Nations Cup

CountryRacing DriverRally DriverMotorcycle Racer
**France**FRA Yannick DalmasFRA Didier AuriolFRA David Vuillemin
**Finland**FIN JJ LehtoFIN Tommi MakinenFIN Kari Tiainen
**Spain**ESP Marc GenéESP Carlos SainzESP Pere Riba
**Italy**ITA Emanuele PirroITA Miki BiasionITA Luca Cadalora
**Germany**GER Christian AbtGER Armin SchwarzGER Ralf Waldmann
**All-Stars**FIN Harri ToivonenGBR Alister McRaeBEL Joël Smets
  • Toivonen replaced Danny Sullivan in the All-Stars team.

Legends Race

  • Walter Röhrl & Hannu Mikkola eliminated in the first round.

| |SWE Björn Waldegård|2 |ITA Miki Biasion|1 | |SWE Stig Blomqvist|2 |FIN Timo Salonen|0 | |SWE Björn Waldegård|0 |SWE Stig Blomqvist|1

International Masters

  • Flavio Alonso and Luis Mónzon qualified for being the finalists for the Spanish Rally Masters competition.
  • Toni Gardemeister was invited but could not attend.
  • Michael Guest, Krzysztof Holowczyc, Markko Märtin and Adruzilo Lopes were eliminated in the first round.

| |GBR Alister McRae|1'55.12 |ESP Flavio Alonso|1'56.10 | |FRA François Delecour|2'00.71 |FIN Marcus Grönholm|1'57.54 | |FRA Gilles Panizzi|1'56.23 |URU Gustavo Trelles|1'58.09 | |GER Armin Schwarz|1'54.56 |ESP Luis Mónzon|1'58.55 | |GBR Alister McRae|1'58.08 |FIN Marcus Grönholm|1'56.58 | |FRA Gilles Panizzi|1'58.01 |GER Armin Schwarz|1'57.30 | |FIN Marcus Grönholm|1'58.30 |GER Armin Schwarz|1'56.83

Race of Champions

| |FIN Tommi Mäkinen|2 |SWE Björn Waldegård|0 | |ESP Carlos Sainz|2 |FIN Marcus Grönholm|0 | |FRA Gilles Panizzi|1 |GER Armin Schwarz|2 | |SWE Stig Blomqvist|0 |FRA Didier Auriol|2 | |FIN Tommi Makinen|2 |ESP Carlos Sainz|0 | |GER Armin Schwarz|1 |FRA Didier Auriol|2 | |FIN Tommi Mäkinen|1 |FRA Didier Auriol|2

Nations' Cup

  • Germany & Italy eliminated in the first round.

| |Spain|5 |France|4 | |FIN Finland|5 |UN All-Stars|0 | |Spain|4 |FIN Finland|5

References

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