The 1999 British Rally Championship was a rallying championship season for rally cars conforming to F2 and Group N Regulations, with only the F2 teams and drivers eligible to win the overall title. The championship was won by Finland's Tapio Laukkanen ahead of former champion Gwyndaf Evans and 1998 Champion Martin Rowe. The Manufacturers title was won by Renault.

Calendar

RoundEventDate
1Vauxhall Rally of Wales13-14 March
2Pirelli International Rally24-25 April
3Scottish Rally11-12 June
4Jim Clark Memorial Rally2-4 July
5Stena Line Ulster Rally30-31 July
6Manx International Rally9-12 September

Driver Changes

Alister McRae left Volkswagen to join Hyundai in the World Rally Championship

McRae was replaced by Mark Higgins after Nissan's withdrawal from Rallying

Ford withdrew their works team from the championship

Future WRC Star Toni Gardemeister joined SEAT's BRC Team

Raimund Baumschlager joined the Volkswagen Team

Robbie Head left the series

Leading Entries

EntrantManufacturerCarNoDriverRounds
Renault Elf Dealer Rallying (Auto-Meca)RenaultMegane Maxi Kit Car1Martin RoweAll
Renault Elf Dealer Rallying (Auto-Meca)RenaultMegane Maxi Kit Car4Tapio LaukkanenAll
SEAT Cupra SportSEATIbiza Kit Car Evo 22Gwyndaf EvansAll
SEAT Cupra SportSEATIbiza Kit Car Evo 27Barbara ArmstrongAll
SEAT Cupra SportSEATIbiza Kit Car Evo 210Toni GardemeisterAll
SEAT Cupra SportSEATIbiza Kit Car Evo 211Mike BrownAll
Shell Motorsport NorwaySEATIbiza Kit Car Evo 226Birger Gundersson1
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG Sport)VolkswagenGolf GTI Kit Car3Mark HigginsAll
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG Sport)VolkswagenGolf GTI Kit Car8Raimund BaumschlagerAll
Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG Sport)VolkswagenGolf TDI Kit Car42Neil SimpsonAll
Vauxhall Motorsport (RML)VauxhallAstra Kit Car5Jarmo KytölehtoAll
Vauxhall Motorsport (RML)VauxhallAstra Kit Car6Neil WeardenAll
Peugeot Sport UKPeugeot106 Maxi Kit Car14Justin DaleAll
Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly)ProtonSatria15Mats AnderssonAll
Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly)ProtonSatria16Jenny Davies1-3
Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly)ProtonSatria16Geoff Jones5-6
Boland MotorsportFordEscort Kit Car22Stuart EgglestoneAll
Boland MotorsportFordEscort Kit Car26Julian PorterAll
Barretts MotorsportSubaruImpreza WRX18David HigginsAll
Duncan McmathToyotaCelica GT-Four20Jonny MilnerAll
Dom Buckley MotorsportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 519Dom Buckley1-2
Dom Buckley MotorsportMitsubishiLancer Evolution 519Neil Buckley3-4
Jeremy EassonMitsubishiLancer Evolution 529Jeremy EassonAll
Nik ElsmoreNissanSunny GTI37Nik ElsmoreAll
Richard TuthillSubaruImpreza WRX24Richard TuthillAll
Daniel DunbabinSkodaFelicia83Daniel DunbabinAll
Polar MotorsportOpelCorsa Maxi Kit Car27Markko IpattiAll
Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly)ProtonSatria16Martin Meadows4
Ford Motor CompanyFordPuma62Ben BriantAll
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart FinlandMitsubishiLancer Evolution 533Juuso PykalistoAll

Drivers Championship

PosEntrantR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1Tapio Laukkanen2nd1st1st1st5thDNF144
2Gwyndaf EvansDNF4th4th3rd2nd3rd122
3Martin Rowe1stDNF2nd2ndDNF1st120
4Raimund Baumschlager7th6th5th8thDNF2nd96
5Justin Dale9th9th7th9th4th4th95
6Mark Higgins3rd3rdDNF6th3rdDNF93
7Jarmo Kytölehto4th5thDNF7thDNFDNF
Toni GardemeisterDNF2nd3rd4thDNFDNF
Neil Wearden5th10thDNF5th1stDNF

Manufacturers Championship

PosEntrantR1R2R3R4R5R6Pts
1Renault1616161661686
2Volkswagen1299791258
3SEAT012121212957
4Vauxhall970916041
5Peugeot76767740
6Proton05655526

References

Mobil 1 British Rally Championship 1999 VHS Review: Duke Video Marketing Ltd., Isle of Man

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