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.
1999, race, champions, previous, 1998, next, 2000, took, place, december, gran, canaria, 12th, running, event, eighth, running, gran, canaria, first, year, nations, competition, which, teams, three, competitors, rally, driver, circuit, racing, driver, motorcyc. 1999 Race of Champions Previous 1998 Next 2000 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 Makinen and Kari Tiainen Contents 1 Participants 1 1 Race of Champions 1 2 Nations Cup 2 Legends Race 3 International Masters 4 Race of Champions 5 Nations Cup 6 References 7 External linksParticipants editRace of Champions edit Driver Reason for Qualification nbsp Tommi Makinen World Rally champion in 1996 1997 1998 and 1999 nbsp Didier Auriol World Rally champion in 1994 nbsp Carlos Sainz World Rally champion in 1990 and 1992 nbsp Armin Schwarz Winner in the International Masters nbsp Marcus Gronholm Finalist in the International Masters nbsp Gilles Panizzi Beat Alister McRae in a play off nbsp Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race nbsp Bjorn Waldegard Finalist in the Legends Race Nations Cup edit Country Racing Driver Rally Driver Motorcycle Racer France nbsp Yannick Dalmas nbsp Didier Auriol nbsp David Vuillemin Finland nbsp JJ Lehto nbsp Tommi Makinen nbsp Kari Tiainen Spain nbsp Marc Gene nbsp Carlos Sainz nbsp Pere Riba Italy nbsp Emanuele Pirro nbsp Miki Biasion nbsp Luca Cadalora Germany nbsp Christian Abt nbsp Armin Schwarz nbsp Ralf Waldmann All Stars nbsp Harri Toivonen nbsp Alister McRae nbsp Joel Smets Toivonen replaced Danny Sullivan in the All Stars team Legends Race editWalter Rohrl amp Hannu Mikkola eliminated in the first round Semi finalsFinal nbsp Bjorn Waldegard2 nbsp Miki Biasion1 nbsp Bjorn Waldegard0 nbsp Stig Blomqvist1 nbsp Stig Blomqvist2 nbsp Timo Salonen0 International Masters editFlavio Alonso and Luis Monzon 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 finalsSemi finalsFinal nbsp Alister McRae1 55 12 nbsp Flavio Alonso1 56 10 nbsp Alister McRae1 58 08 nbsp Marcus Gronholm1 56 58 nbsp Francois Delecour2 00 71 nbsp Marcus Gronholm1 57 54 nbsp Marcus Gronholm1 58 30 nbsp Armin Schwarz1 56 83 nbsp Gilles Panizzi1 56 23 nbsp Gustavo Trelles1 58 09 nbsp Gilles Panizzi1 58 01 nbsp Armin Schwarz1 57 30 nbsp Armin Schwarz1 54 56 nbsp Luis Monzon1 58 55 Race of Champions edit Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal nbsp Tommi Makinen2 nbsp Bjorn Waldegard0 nbsp Tommi Makinen2 nbsp Carlos Sainz0 nbsp Carlos Sainz2 nbsp Marcus Gronholm0 nbsp Tommi Makinen1 nbsp Didier Auriol2 nbsp Gilles Panizzi1 nbsp Armin Schwarz2 nbsp Armin Schwarz1 nbsp Didier Auriol2 nbsp Stig Blomqvist0 nbsp Didier Auriol2 Nations Cup editGermany amp Italy eliminated in the first round Semi finalsFinal nbsp 5 nbsp France4 nbsp 4 nbsp Finland5 nbsp Finland5 nbsp All Stars0 References editExternal links editInformation sourced from http www atodomotor com pagina ROC html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1999 Race of Champions amp oldid 1182867658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,