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

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

Nations Cup

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

Legends Race

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

International Masters

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae1'55.12
 
 
 
Spain Flavio Alonso1'56.10
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae1'58.08
 
 
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm1'56.58
 
France François Delecour2'00.71
 
 
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm1'57.54
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm1'58.30
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1'56.83
 
France Gilles Panizzi1'56.23
 
 
 
Uruguay Gustavo Trelles1'58.09
 
France Gilles Panizzi1'58.01
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1'57.30
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1'54.56
 
 
Spain Luis Mónzon1'58.55
 

Race of Champions

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

Nations' Cup

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

References

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