1999 Race of Champions

1999 Race of Champions
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The 1999 Race of Champions took place on December 5 at Gran Canaria. It was the 12th running of the event, and the 8th running at Gran Canaria. It was the first year for the new Nations' Cup Competition, and thus the first time that non-rally drivers were invited.

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 4th time, whilst the inaugural Nations' Cup was won by Finland with JJ Lehto, Tommi Makinen and Kari Tiainen.

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Participants

Race of Champions

Driver Reason for Qualification
Tommi Makinen 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 Gene 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-finals Final
  Waldegård 2  
  Biasion 1  
 
      Waldegård ?
    Blomqvist ?
  Blomqvist 2
  Salonen 0  

International Masters

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
       
  McRae  1'55.12
  Alonso  1'56.10  
  McRae  1'58.08
      Grönholm  1'56.58  
  Delecour  2'00.71
  Grönholm  1'57.54  
  Grönholm  1'58.30
   
    Schwarz  1'56.83
  Panizzi  1'56.23
  Trelles  1'58.09  
  Panizzi  1'58.01
      Schwarz  1'57.30  
  Schwarz  1'54.56
  Monzon  1'58.55  
 

Race of Champions

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
       
  Makinen  1'49.31
  Waldegard  1'52.40  
  Makinen  1'48.68
      Sainz  1'48.72  
  Sainz  1'48.24
  Grönholm  1'48.59  
  Makinen  1'47.89
   
    Auriol  1'47.49
  Panizzi  1'49.32
  Schwarz  1'49.08  
  Schwarz  1'48.13
      Auriol  1'48.03  
  Blomqvist  1'49.51
  Auriol  1'49.89  
 

Nations' Cup

  Semi-finals Final
  Spain 5  
  France 4  
 
      Spain 4
    Finland 5
  Finland 5
  All-Stars 0  

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