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.

1999 Race of Champions
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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

Driver Reason for Qualification
Tommi Mäkinen World Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999
Didier Auriol World Rally champion in 1994
Carlos Sainz World Rally champion in 1990 and 1992
Armin Schwarz Winner in the International Masters
Marcus Grönholm Finalist in the International Masters
Gilles Panizzi Beat Alister McRae in a play-off
Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race
Björn Waldegård Finalist in the Legends Race

Nations Cup

Country Racing Driver Rally Driver Motorcycle Racer
France Yannick Dalmas Didier Auriol David Vuillemin
Finland JJ Lehto Tommi Makinen Kari Tiainen
Spain Marc Gené Carlos Sainz Pere Riba
Italy Emanuele Pirro Miki Biasion Luca Cadalora
Germany Christian Abt Armin Schwarz Ralf Waldmann
All-Stars Harri Toivonen Alister McRae Joel Smets

Legends Race

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Björn Waldegård2
 
 
 
Miki Biasion1
 
Björn Waldegård0
 
 
 
Stig Blomqvist1
 
Stig Blomqvist2
 
 
Timo Salonen0
 

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 Martin and Adruzilo Lopes were eliminated in the first round.
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Alister McRae1'55.12
 
 
 
Flavio Alonso1'56.10
 
Alister McRae1'58.08
 
 
 
Marcus Grönholm1'56.58
 
François Delecour2'00.71
 
 
 
Marcus Grönholm1'57.54
 
Marcus Grönholm1'58.30
 
 
 
Armin Schwarz1'56.83
 
Gilles Panizzi1'56.23
 
 
 
Gustavo Trelles1'58.09
 
Gilles Panizzi1'58.01
 
 
 
Armin Schwarz1'57.30
 
Armin Schwarz1'54.56
 
 
Luis Mónzon1'58.55
 

Race of Champions

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Tommi Mäkinen2
 
 
 
Björn Waldegård0
 
Tommi Makinen2
 
 
 
Carlos Sainz0
 
Carlos Sainz2
 
 
 
Marcus Grönholm0
 
Tommi Mäkinen1
 
 
 
Didier Auriol2
 
Gilles Panizzi1
 
 
 
Armin Schwarz2
 
Armin Schwarz1
 
 
 
Didier Auriol2
 
Stig Blomqvist0
 
 
Didier Auriol2
 

Nations' Cup

  • Germany & Italy eliminated in the first round.
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Spain5
 
 
 
France4
 
Spain4
 
 
 
Finland5
 
Finland5
 
 
All-Stars0
 
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