1999 Rally China

Motor rally competition 1999 China Rally 555 China Rally 1999 China Huairou September 17 1999 September 19 1999 385.72 Gravel FRA Didier Auriol FRA Denis Giraudet JAP Toyota Castrol Team Toyota Corolla WRC 67 25 The 1999 China Rally (officially 555 China Rally) took place from 17 September to 19 September 1999.https://www.autosport.com/wrc/event/rally-china-174251/505828/photos/ Photos Rally China September 19, 1999 Auto Sport It was the 11th of 14 races of the 316th World Rally Championship (WRC). Overview The 1999 China Rally was the 3rd edition of the rally, the surface was gravel, the road section distance was 1,037.66 km and the total distance was 1,357.24 km. There were 71 entries, 67 starters and 25 finishers, which was 37.3% of the starters. The rally is the only WRC Rally to be held in China, with the other China Rallies held in other years being APRC events. Ford’s Colin McRae was the pre-tournament favourite to win the rally, having won the first two events in 1997 and 1998.https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2016/09/revisiting-1999-rally-china-auriol-victorious-wrc-event-china/ Revisiting 1999 Rally China: Auriol victorious in only WRC event held in China Umar Hassan September 6, 2016 The Checkered Flag The winner was Didier Auriol on the 19th win and 47th podium, driving a Toyota Corolla WRC.https://www.juwra.com/china_1999.html Rallies - China 1999 www.juwra.com He and his French crew were dominant in the third and final leg, and set fastest times in five of the six stages, claiming the win with almost a minute gap over Subaru's Richard Burns. The third position was also claimed by a Toyota team, consisting of Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya.https://www.carenthusiast.com/china_99.htm Car Enthusiast - 1999 Rally of China - by CAINT.COM www.carenthusiast.com In the final day of the rally, the Hyundai World Rally Team marked their most achievements of the rally, scoring its third one/two victory of the year in the FIA 2-litre World Cup for Manufacturers. Then, it marked the first time the team has scored a top ten overall position and finally Hyundai won the 2-litre manufacturers class of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship and the drivers' championship. There were 22 stages, with the shortest being 7.00 km (SS4 Tou Dao Xue 1), the longest being 33.07 km (SS6 Zhung Hu Gou Men 2), slowest being 63.21 km/h (SS4 Tou Dao Xue 1) and the fastest being 124.13 km/h (SS13 Si Dao Dian 2). There were 26 penalties in total.https://www.ewrc-results.com/penalty/132-555-china-rally-1999/ Penalty 555 China Rally 1999 eWRC-results.com Background Itinerary All dates and times are CST (UTC+8) and the total distance was 385.12km. Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 150.52 km (39%) 17 September 8:19 SS1 Qi Dao He 1 9.03 km 8:44 SS2 Zhung Hu Gou Men 1 (cancelled) 33.07 km 10:42 SS3 Da Xi Shan 1 26.16 km 11:31 SS4 Tou Dao Xue 1 7.0 km 12:44 SS5 Qi Dao He 2 9.03 km 13:09 SS6 Zhung Hu Gou Men 2 (cancelled) 33.07 km 15:07 SS7 Da Xi Shan 2 26.16 km 15:56 SS8 Tou Dao Xue 2 7.0 km Leg 2 — 148.14 km (38%) 18 September 8:48 SS9 Si Dao Dian 1 15.94 km 9:13 SS10 Di Shui Hu 1 12.47 km 11:29 SS11 Dao De Gou 1 19.78 km 12:05 SS12 Hei Niu Shan 1 25.88 km 13:45 SS13 Si Dao Dian 2 15.94 km 14:10 SS14 Di Shui Hu 2 12.47 km 16:26 SS15 Dao De Gou 2 19.78 km 17:02 SS16 Hei Nui Shan 2 25.88 km Leg 3 — 86.46 km (22%) 19 September 9:00 SS17 Cha Dao Kou 1 7.41 km 9:51 SS18 Bei Gou 1 19.15 km 10:19 SS19 Wu Ying Zi 1 16.67 km 12:16 SS20 Cha Dao Kou 2 7.41 km 13:07 SS21 Bei Gou 2 19.15 km 13:35 SS22 Wu Ying Zi 2 16.67 km Source:https://www.rally-maps.com/China-Rally-1999/ Maps | China Rally 1999 [WRC] | Rally-Maps.com Entry list Number Driver Co-driver 1 FIN Mäkinen Tommi FIN Mannisenmäki Risto 2 BEL Loix Freddy BEL Smeets Sven 3 ESP Sainz Carlos ESP Moya Luis 4 FRA Auriol Didier FRA Giraudet Denis 5 GBR Burns Richard GBR Reid Robert 6 FIN Kankkunen Juha FIN Repo Juha 7 GBR McRae Colin GBR Grist Nicky 8 SWE Rådström Thomas GBR Gallagher Fred 9 FIN Rovanperä Harri FIN Pietiläinen Risto 10 ITA Liatti Piero ITA Cassina Carlo 11 TUR Isik Volkan TUR Bodur Erkan 12 SAU Bakhashab Abdullah GBR Park Michael 13 ESP Puras Jesús ESP Martí Marc 14 - 15 URUTrelles Gustavo ARGChristie Martin 16 OMAAl-Wahaibi Hamed AUSSircombe Tony 17 JPNKataoka Yoshihiro JPNHayashi Satoshi 18 JPNKamada Takuma MYSOh Allen 19 AUSGuest Michael AUSGreen David 20 - - 21 JPNArai Toshihiro GBRFreeman Roger 22 JPNTaguchi Katsuhiko MYSTeoh Ron 23 JPNKonishi Shigeyuki AUSMacneall Glenn 24 SWEEriksson Kenneth SWEParmander Staffan 25 JPNTajima Nobuhiro Sukosi Visut 26 GBRMcRae Alister GBRSenior David 27 PERFerreyros Ramón PERSaenz Gonzalo 28 MYSMazlan Saladin MYSSingh Jagdev 29 GERKahlfuss Michael GERBauer Ronald 30 JPNNutahara Fumio JPNOdagiri Noriyuki 31 CHNLu Ning Jun CHNDing Jian Ping 32 HKGChan Chi Wah HKGTang Po Lin 33 HKGWong Johnny (Yau Kwan) HKGLou Paulo 34 Font Ferran ESPSureda Joan 35 HKGSing Fui On HKGLau Shui Sang 36 CHNKo Tim Tak CHNLee Man Ho 37 HKGChan Yu Ping HKGSiu Yim Fai 38 CHNTsang Kwok Choi CHNLau Kan 39 CHNChan Kam Cheong CHNLeung Wai Ping 40 JPNAnzawa Takeshi CHNChuk Kowk Wai 41 CHNHuang Qingguo CHNZhang Wenmin 42 CHNYao Jindong CHNFan Lei 43 - - 44 CHNLu Chengyi TWNLai Huan-shan 45 CHNZhou Yong CHNXu Xin 46 CHNKao Ching Lwan CHNChen Chien-O 47 CHNFeng Chun CHNLu Hui 48 CHNRen Zhiguo CHNLi Jia 49 AUSBates Rick GBRBrittan Jenny 50 CHNWen Fan CHNZhong Guan 51 GBRHiggins David GBRPatterson Chris 52 CHNWang Rui CHNHe Qianjin 53 CHNJin Xin CHNTan Xiaoqiang 54 CHNHu Xian CHNLi Xiaojing 55 - - 56 CHNYan Zhongmin CHNXie Cheng 57 SWEHamréus Tommy SWEWallin Andreas 58 CHNXue Lei CHNNiu Yefang 59 CHNXing Ming CHNXing Liang 60 CHNCai Ming CHNZhu Chenguang 61 GBRShaw Sabrina CHNXu Shouli 62 CHNTang Guangren CHNWang Li 63 CHNZeng Tao CHNZhuang Jia 64 CHNLin Jiang CHNMei Jiangbang 65 CHNWu Zhuang CHNZhang Jian 66 CHNWang Dapeng CHNChen Yongqun 67 CHNBai Jian CHNFu Hailun 68 CHNZhang Hongjiang CHNSun Hui 69 CHNYang Hong CHNZheng Rong 70 CHNKwok Ngal Cho CHNTse Ying Wai 71 CHNLin Jiaxue CHNLiu Shuanquan Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/entries/132-555-china-rally-1999/ Entry list 555 China Rally 1999 eWRC-results.com Results Final Results Position Number Driver Co-driver Car 1 4 FRA Didier Auriol FRA Denis Giraudet Toyota Corolla WRC 2 5 GBR Richard Burns GBR Robert Reid Subaru Impreza WRC 99 3 3 ESP Carlos Sainz Sr. ESP Luis Moya Toyota Corolla WRC 4 6 FIN Juha Kankkunen FIN Juha Repo Subaru Impreza WRC 99 5 9 FIN Harri Rovanperä FIN Risto Pietiläinen SEAT WRC 6 11 TUR Volkan Isik TUR Erkan Bodur Toyota Corolla WRC 7 21 JPN Toshihiro Arai GBR Roger Freeman Subaru Impreza WRX 8 15 URY Gustavo Trelles GBR Martin Christie Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 9 22 JPN Katsuhiko Taguchi SGP Ron Teoh Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10 26 GBR Alister McRae GBR David Senior Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2 11 24 SWE Kenneth Eriksson SWE Steffan Parmander Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2 12 19 GBR Michael Guest GBR David Green Subaru Impreza WRX 13 32 HKG Chi Wah Chan HKG Po Lin Tang Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V 14 28 MYS Mazlan Saladin MYS Jagdev Singh Proton Wira 4WD 15 29 GBR Alister McRae GBR David Senior Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2 16 33 HKG Johnny Wong HKG Paulo Lou Subaru Impreza WRX 17 42 CHN Jindong Yao CHN Lei Fan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 18 41 CHN Qingguo Huang CHN Wenmin Zhang Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III 19 50 CHN Fan Wen CHN Guan Zhong Peugeot 106 Rallye 20 37 HKG Yu Ping Chan HKG Yim Fai Siu Subaru Impreza 555 21 58 CHN Lei Xue CHN Yefang Niu Peugeot 106 Rallye 22 56 CHN Zhongmin Yan CHN Cheng Xie Peugeot 106 Rallye 23 66 CHN Dapeng Wang CHN Yongqun Chen Peugeot 106 Rallye 24 62 CHN Guangren Tang CHN Li Wang Peugeot 106 Rallye 25 61 CHN Sabrina Shaw CHN Shouli Xu Peugeot 106 Rallye Source:https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/132-555-china-rally-1999/ 1999 Itinerary juwra.com Independent WRC archive 15 October 2024 References Category:World Rally Championship rallies Category:September 1999 sports events in Asia Category:September 1999 in China Category:Rally competitions in China Category:1999 World Rally Championship season Category:1999 in Chinese motorsport