1999 Race of Champions

1999 Race of Champions 1998 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 Mäkinen and Kari Tiainen. Participants Race of Champions DriverReason for QualificationFIN Tommi MäkinenWorld Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999FRA Didier AuriolWorld Rally champion in 1994ESP Carlos SainzWorld Rally champion in 1990 and 1992GER Armin SchwarzWinner in the International MastersFIN Marcus GrönholmFinalist in the International MastersFRA Gilles PanizziBeat Alister McRae in a play-offSWE Stig BlomqvistWinner in the Legends RaceSWE Björn WaldegårdFinalist in the Legends Race Nations Cup CountryRacing DriverRally DriverMotorcycle RacerFranceFRA Yannick DalmasFRA Didier AuriolFRA David VuilleminFinlandFIN JJ LehtoFIN Tommi MakinenFIN Kari TiainenSpainESP Marc GenéESP Carlos SainzESP Pere RibaItalyITA Emanuele PirroITA Miki BiasionITA Luca CadaloraGermanyGER Christian AbtGER Armin SchwarzGER Ralf WaldmannAll-StarsFIN Harri ToivonenGBR Alister McRaeBEL Joël Smets Toivonen replaced Danny Sullivan in the All-Stars team. Legends Race Walter Röhrl & Hannu Mikkola eliminated in the first round. SWE Björn Waldegård 2 ITA Miki Biasion 1 SWE Stig Blomqvist 2 FIN Timo Salonen 0 SWE Björn Waldegård 0 SWE Stig Blomqvist 1 International Masters Flavio Alonso and Luis Mónzon qualified for being the finalists for the Spanish Rally Masters competition. Toni Gardemeister was invited but could not attend. Michael Guest, Krzysztof Holowczyc, Markko Märtin and Adruzilo Lopes were eliminated in the first round. GBR Alister McRae|1'55.12 ESP Flavio Alonso 1'56.10 FRA François Delecour 2'00.71 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1'57.54 FRA Gilles Panizzi 1'56.23 URU Gustavo Trelles 1'58.09 GER Armin Schwarz 1'54.56 ESP Luis Mónzon 1'58.55 GBR Alister McRae 1'58.08 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1'56.58 FRA Gilles Panizzi 1'58.01 GER Armin Schwarz 1'57.30 FIN Marcus Grönholm 1'58.30 GER Armin Schwarz 1'56.83 Race of Champions FIN Tommi Mäkinen 2 SWE Björn Waldegård 0 ESP Carlos Sainz 2 FIN Marcus Grönholm 0 FRA Gilles Panizzi 1 GER Armin Schwarz 2 SWE Stig Blomqvist 0 FRA Didier Auriol 2 FIN Tommi Makinen 2 ESP Carlos Sainz 0 GER Armin Schwarz 1 FRA Didier Auriol 2 FIN Tommi Mäkinen 1 FRA Didier Auriol 2 Nations' Cup Germany & Italy eliminated in the first round. Spain 5 France 4 FIN Finland 5 UN All-Stars 0 Spain 4 FIN Finland 5 References External links Information sourced from http://www.atodomotor.com/pagina/ROC.html 1999 Category:1999 in Spanish motorsport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Spain 1999, Race of Champions