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1999 World Rally Championship

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The 1999 World Rally Championship was the 27th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Tommi Mäkinen won his fourth drivers' world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Richard Burns and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Mitsubishi.

In an upset predicted two years earlier a two-wheel-drive car won a rally for the first time since Alain Oreille won the 1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire in his Renault 5 when Philippe Bugalski took his Citroën Xsara Kit Car to victory in the Rally Catalunya. Bugalski backed it up three weeks later winning the Tour de Corse. With such specialised tarmac cars now beating WRC cars while at the same time not competing in the FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup designed for them a revamp of two-wheel-drive regulations was created for the 2000 season.

Calendar

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The 1999 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania.

Round Dates Race
1 17–20 January Monaco Monte Carlo Rally
2 12–14 February Sweden Swedish Rally
3 25–28 February Kenya Safari Rally
4 21–24 March Portugal Rally Portugal
5 19–21 April Spain Rally Catalunya
6 7–9 May France Tour de Corse
7 22–25 May Argentina Rally Argentina
8 6–9 June Greece Acropolis Rally
9 15–18 July New Zealand Rally New Zealand
10 20–22 August Finland Rally Finland
11 17–19 September China China Rally
12 11–13 October Italy Rally Sanremo
13 4–7 November Australia Rally Australia
14 21–23 November United Kingdom Rally of Great Britain
Sources:[1][2]

Teams and drivers

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Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Rounds
Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI M 1 Finland Tommi Mäkinen All
2 Belgium Freddy Loix 1–3, 5–14
Finland Marcus Grönholm 4
22 Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi 2–13
Japan Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC M 3 Spain Carlos Sainz All
4 France Didier Auriol All
12 Kenya Ian Duncan 3
18 Australia Neal Bates 13
Japan Takuma Kamada 9, 11
19 Finland Pasi Hagström 2, 4, 10
Portugal Pedro Chaves 4
26 Denmark Henrik Lundgaard 1, 5–6, 12
32 Germany Isolde Holderied 1, 6, 12
42 Germany Matthias Kahle 3, 8–9, 14
45 United Kingdom Martin Brundle 14
52 United Kingdom Jonny Milner 14
Japan Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 99 P 5 United Kingdom Richard Burns All
6 Finland Juha Kankkunen 1–4, 7–14
Belgium Bruno Thiry 5–6
14 Belgium Bruno Thiry 1–4
Finland Juha Kankkunen 5
17 New Zealand Possum Bourne 9, 13
United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC 99 M 7 United Kingdom Colin McRae All
8 France Simon Jean-Joseph 1, 5–6, 12
Sweden Thomas Rådström 2, 7–11, 13–14
Norway Petter Solberg 3–4
20 Norway Petter Solberg 2, 10, 12, 14
Spain SEAT Sport SEAT Córdoba WRC P 9 Finland Harri Rovanperä All
10 Italy Piero Liatti 1, 3–8, 11–12
Finland Marcus Grönholm 2
Finland Toni Gardemeister 9–10, 13–14
16 United Kingdom Gwyndaf Evans 14
20 Finland Toni Gardemeister 12
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC M 11 Germany Armin Schwarz 1, 4–5, 8, 10, 12, 14
12 Czech Republic Pavel Sibera 1, 5
Czech Republic Emil Triner 4, 8, 10, 12
Belgium Bruno Thiry 14
France Peugeot Esso Peugeot 206 WRC M 14 France François Delecour 6, 8, 10, 12–14
15 France Gilles Panizzi 6, 12
Finland Marcus Grönholm 8, 10, 13–14
21 Finland Marcus Grönholm 12
22 France Gilles Panizzi 10, 14
France Citroën Sport Citroën Xsara F2 M 18 France Philippe Bugalski 5–6, 12
19 Spain Jesús Puras 5–6, 12
France Renault Sport Renault Mégane Maxi M 19 Spain Oriol Gómez 5
22 Argentina Walter Suriani 7
23 Finland Tapio Laukkanen 4, 6, 10, 12–14
27 United Kingdom Martin Rowe 4, 6, 10, 12–14
30 Portugal José Carlos Macedo 4
31 France Benoît Rousselot 6
33 Portugal Pedro Azeredo 4
42 Austria Raphael Sperrer 12
44 Belgium Kris Princen 8, 12
South Korea Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai Coupe Evo 2 M 24 United Kingdom Alister McRae 2, 4–5, 8–14
26 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson 2, 4–5, 8–14

Results and standings

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Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Finland Tommi Mäkinen 1 1 DSQ 5 3 62 4 3 1 Ret2 Ret 1 3 Ret 62
2 United Kingdom Richard Burns 8 5 Ret 4 5 7 2 1 Ret 2 2 Ret 1 1 55
3 France Didier Auriol 3 4 2 3 2 51 3 Ret 4 Ret1 1 3 Ret Ret 52
4 Finland Juha Kankkunen 2 6 Ret Ret 6 1 Ret 2 1 4 6 Ret 2 44
5 Spain Carlos Sainz Ret 2 3 2 Ret 33 5 2 6 3 3 Ret 2 Ret 44
6 United Kingdom Colin McRae DSQ Ret 1 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 23
7 France Philippe Bugalski Ret 1 1 Ret 20
8 Belgium Freddy Loix Ret 9 Ret 4 8 Ret 4 8 10 Ret 4 4 5 14
9 Finland Harri Rovanperä 7 16 6 Ret 14 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 16 6 3 10
10 France Gilles Panizzi Ret Ret 33 2 7 6
11 Spain Jesús Puras Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 16 6
12 Sweden Thomas Rådström 3 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 6
13 Finland Toni Gardemeister 14 33 Ret 3 63 Ret 16 Ret 6
14 Belgium Bruno Thiry 5 10 Ret 6 7 Ret 4 6
15 Finland Marcus Grönholm Ret Ret Ret 4 8 5 Ret 5
16 France François Delecour 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 3
17 Kenya Ian Duncan 4 3
18 Estonia Markko Märtin 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret 8 2
19 Norway Petter Solberg 11 5 11 12 27 9 2
20 New Zealand Possum Bourne 5 Ret 2
21 Italy Andrea Aghini 5 2
22 Turkey Volkan Işık 7 11 Ret Ret 15 6 15 1
23 Italy Piero Liatti 6 Ret Ret 10 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1
24 Greece Leonídas Kyrkos 6 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
Sources:[3][4]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
1 Japan Toyota Castrol Team 3 Ret 2 3 2 Ret 13 5 2 5 3 3 Ret 2 Ret 109
4 3 4 2 3 1 31 3 Ret 4 Ret1 1 3 Ret Ret
2 Japan Subaru World Rally Team 5 6 5 Ret 4 4 5 2 1 Ret 2 2 Ret 1 1 105
6 2 6 Ret Ret 5 Ret 1 Ret 2 1 4 5 Ret 2
3 Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 1 1 EX 5 2 42 4 3 1 Ret2 Ret 1 3 Ret 83
2 Ret 7 Ret Ret 3 6 Ret 4 6 8 Ret 4 4 5
4 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co 7 EX Ret 1 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 37
8 EX 3 4 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 7 6
5 Spain SEAT Sport 9 5 8 5 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 7 6 3 23
10 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 3 63 Ret Ret 8 Ret
6 France Peugeot Esso 14 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 11
15 Ret Ret 4 2 5 Ret
7 Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 6
12 Ret Ret Ret 6 9 8 4
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
Sources:[3][4]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 – Indicate position on TV Covered Stage

FIA Teams' Cup

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Spain Luís Clíment Ret 2 2 2 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 58
2 Turkey Volkan Işık 1 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 46
3 France Frédéric Dor 1 3 1 3 2 2 Ret 40
4 Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi Ret 4 2 Ret 4 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 28
5 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bakhashab Ret 3 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret 16
NC Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc 1 Ret 2 16
NC Australia Michael Guest Ret 5 Ret Ret 2 Ret 8
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 

Production World Rally Championship

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Uruguay Gustavo Trelles 2 6 2 3 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret 69
2 Oman Hamed Al-Wahaibi 9 1 Ret 1 3 Ret 1 2 Ret Ret 6 Ret 53
3 Japan Toshihiro Arai 4 1 1 29
4 Austria Manfred Stohl Ret 4 4 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 3 2 Ret 27
5 Finland Jouko Puhakka 1 Ret Ret Ret 1 26
6 Peru Ramón Ferreyros 4 2 Ret 1 24
7 Italy Gianluigi Galli 7 Ret Ret Ret 6 1 24
8 Belgium Marc Duez 1 13
9 Portugal Miguel Campos 1 13
10 Finland Jani Paasonen 3 2 13
11 Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi 3 3 4 13
12 Sweden Stig-Olov Walfridson 2 8
13 Spain Luis Climent Ret 8 2 8
14 Italy Giovanni Manfrinato 2 8
15 Argentina Jorge Recalde 2 8
16 Australia Ed Ordynski 2 8
17 United Kingdom Richard Tuthill 2 8
18 Monaco Christophe Spiliotis 3 5
19 Japan Hideaki Miyoshi 3 5
20 Finland Juha Kangas Ret 3 8 Ret Ret 5
21 Argentina Claudio Menzi 3 5
22 Belgium Gaby Goudezeune 3 5
23 Italy Mario Stagni 3 5
24 Germany Uwe Nittel 3 5
21 United Kingdom Gavin Cox 3 5
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
KEN
Kenya
POR
Portugal
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ARG
Argentina
GRE
Greece
NZL
New Zealand
FIN
Finland
CHN
China
ITA
Italy
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 

FIA 2 Litre World Cup for Manufacturers

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() Denotes dropped score.

Pos Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Pts
1 Renault 16 (3) 0 (7) 10 16 10 10 (4) 16 0 16 8 (6) 102
2 Hyundai 0 0 10 16 0 0 0 13 16 4 16 0 13 7 95
NC(*) Volkswagen 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 25

(*) – Volkswagen were not classified for not homologating their Golf Kit Car at the start of the season.

Events

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Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers
(Finishing Time)
Podium Cars
Monaco Monte Carlo Rally

(asphalt & snow)

17 January–20 January
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (5h:16m:50.6s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (5h:18m:35.3s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (5h:20m:43.4s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Sweden Swedish Rally

(snow)

12 February–14 February
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:29m:15.6s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:29m:33.7s)
  3. Sweden Thomas Rådström (3h:29m:53.4s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Ford Focus WRC
Kenya Safari Rally

(gravel)

26 February–28 February
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (8h:41m:39s)
  2. France Didier Auriol (8h:56m:05s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (8h:59m:46s)
  1. Ford Focus WRC
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Portugal Rally Portugal

(gravel)

21 March–24 March
  1. United Kingdom Colin McRae (4h:05m:41.7s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:05m:54.0s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (4h:05m:58.2s)
  1. Ford Focus WRC
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Spain Rally Catalunya

(asphalt)

19 April–21 April
  1. France Philippe Bugalski (4h:13m:45.6s)
  2. France Didier Auriol (4h:14m:17.4s)
  3. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:16m:06.7s)
  1. Citroën Xsara Kit Car
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
France Tour de Corse

(asphalt)

7 May–9 May
  1. France Philippe Bugalski (3h:44m:35.7s)
  2. Spain Jesús Puras (3h:45m:10.4s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:45m:45.0s)
  1. Citroën Xsara Kit Car
  2. Citroën Xsara Kit Car
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Argentina Rally Argentina

(gravel)

22 May–25 May
  1. Finland Juha Kankkunen (4h:17m:15.4s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (4h:17m:17.8s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (4h:17m:55.0s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Greece Acropolis Rally

(gravel)

6 June–9 June
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (4h:21m:21.2s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (4h:22m:22.5s)
  3. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:24m:01.2s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
New Zealand Rally New Zealand

(gravel)

15 July–18 July
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:11m:07.1s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (4h:12m:44.1s)
  3. Finland Toni Gardemeister (4h:13m:56.1s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC
  3. SEAT Córdoba WRC
Finland Rally Finland

(gravel)

20 August–22 August
  1. Finland Juha Kankkunen (3h:08m:54.5s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:09m:04.2s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:09m:12.5s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
China Rally China

(gravel)

17 September–19 September
  1. France Didier Auriol (3h:38m:36.6s)
  2. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:39m:32.4s)
  3. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:40m:56.0s)
  1. Toyota Corolla WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Italy Rally Sanremo

(asphalt)

11 October–13 October
  1. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (4h:26m:45.0s)
  2. France Gilles Panizzi (4h:27m:03.0s)
  3. France Didier Auriol (4h:27m:27.2s)
  1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
  2. Peugeot 206 WRC
  3. Toyota Corolla WRC
Australia Rally Australia

(gravel)

4 November–7 November
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:44m:31.5s)
  2. Spain Carlos Sainz (3h:44m:43.1s)
  3. Finland Tommi Mäkinen (3h:49m:02.9s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC
  2. Toyota Corolla WRC
  3. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6
United Kingdom Rally of Great Britain

(asphalt & gravel)

23 November–26 November
  1. United Kingdom Richard Burns (3h:53m:44.2s)
  2. Finland Juha Kankkunen (3h:55m:31.5s)
  3. Finland Harri Rovanperä (3h:58m:39.5s)
  1. Subaru Impreza WRC
  2. Subaru Impreza WRC
  3. SEAT Córdoba WRC E2

References

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  1. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship Calendar 1999". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "1999 WRC calendar". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Season 1999 – Championship standings". Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "FIA World Rally Championship Standings 1999". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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