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.

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
Italy	Emanuele Pirro	Miki Biasion	Luca Cadalora
Germany	Christian Abt	Armin Schwarz	Ralf Waldmann
All-Stars	Harri Toivonen	Alister McRae	Joël Smets

• Toivonen replaced Danny Sullivan in the All-Stars team.

Legends Race[]

• Walter Röhrl & Hannu Mikkola eliminated in the First Round.

	Semi-finals				Final
	Björn Waldegård	2
	Miki Biasion	1
					Björn Waldegård	0
					Stig Blomqvist	1
	Stig Blomqvist	2
	Timo Salonen	0

International Masters[]

• Flavio Alonso and 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-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Alister McRae	1'55.12
	Flavio Alonso	1'56.10
					Alister McRae	1'58.08
					Marcus Grönholm	1'56.58
	François Delecour	2'00.71
	Marcus Grönholm	1'57.54
									Marcus Grönholm	1'58.30
									Armin Schwarz	1'56.83
	Gilles Panizzi	1'56.23
	Gustavo Trelles	1'58.09
					Gilles Panizzi	1'58.01
					Armin Schwarz	1'57.30
	Armin Schwarz	1'54.56
	Luis Mónzon	1'58.55

Race of Champions[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Tommi Mäkinen	2
	Björn Waldegård	0
					Tommi Makinen	2
					Carlos Sainz	0
	Carlos Sainz	2
	Marcus Grönholm	0
									Tommi Mäkinen	1
									Didier Auriol	2
	Gilles Panizzi	1
	Armin Schwarz	2
					Armin Schwarz	1
					Didier Auriol	2
	Stig Blomqvist	0
	Didier Auriol	2

Nations' Cup[]

• Germany & Italy eliminated in the first round.

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

References[]

External links[]

• Information sourced from http://www.atodomotor.com/pagina/ROC.html