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 [ ]
The 1999 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe , Africa , Asia , South America and Oceania .
Teams and drivers [ ]
Team
Constructor
Car
Tyre
No
Drivers
Rounds
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart
Mitsubishi
Lancer Evo VI
M
1
Tommi Mäkinen
All
2
Freddy Loix
1–3, 5–14
Marcus Grönholm
4
22
Hamed Al-Wahaibi
2–13
Toyota Castrol Team
Toyota
Corolla WRC
M
3
Carlos Sainz
All
4
Didier Auriol
All
12
Ian Duncan
3
18
Neal Bates
13
9, 11
19
2, 4, 10
Pedro Chaves
4
26
Henrik Lundgaard
1, 5–6, 12
32
1, 6, 12
42
3, 8–9, 14
45
Martin Brundle
14
52
14
Subaru World Rally Team
Subaru
Impreza WRC 99
P
5
Richard Burns
All
6
Juha Kankkunen
1–4, 7–14
Bruno Thiry
5–6
14
Bruno Thiry
1–4
Juha Kankkunen
5
17
Possum Bourne
9, 13
Ford Motor Co Ltd
Ford
Focus RS WRC 99
M
7
Colin McRae
All
8
1, 5–6, 12
Thomas Rådström
2, 7–11, 13–14
Petter Solberg
3–4
20
Petter Solberg
2, 10, 12, 14
SEAT Sport
SEAT
Córdoba WRC
P
9
Harri Rovanperä
All
10
Piero Liatti
1, 3–8, 11–12
Marcus Grönholm
2
Toni Gardemeister
9–10, 13–14
16
Gwyndaf Evans
14
20
Toni Gardemeister
12
Škoda Motorsport
Škoda
Octavia WRC
M
11
Armin Schwarz
1, 4–5, 8, 10, 12, 14
12
1, 5
Emil Triner
4, 8, 10, 12
Bruno Thiry
14
Peugeot Esso
Peugeot
206 WRC
M
14
François Delecour
6, 8, 10, 12–14
15
Gilles Panizzi
6, 12
Marcus Grönholm
8, 10, 13–14
21
Marcus Grönholm
12
22
Gilles Panizzi
10, 14
Citroën Sport
Citroën
Xsara F2
M
18
Philippe Bugalski
5–6, 12
19
Jesús Puras
5–6, 12
Renault Sport
Renault
Mégane Maxi
M
19
5
22
7
23
Tapio Laukkanen
4, 6, 10, 12–14
27
Martin Rowe
4, 6, 10, 12–14
30
4
31
6
33
4
42
12
44
8, 12
Hyundai World Rally Team
Hyundai
Coupe Evo 2
M
24
Alister McRae
2, 4–5, 8–14
26
Kenneth Eriksson
2, 4–5, 8–14
Results and standings [ ]
Drivers' championship [ ]
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 [ ]
FIA Teams' Cup [ ]
Production World Rally Championship [ ]
FIA 2 Litre World Cup for Manufacturers [ ]
() 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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