1999 British Rally Championship

January 2014 January 2014 The 1999 British Rally Championship was a rallying championship season for rally cars conforming to F2 and Group N Regulations, with only the F2 teams and drivers eligible to win the overall title. The championship was won by Finland's Tapio Laukkanen ahead of former champion Gwyndaf Evans and 1998 Champion Martin Rowe. The Manufacturers title was won by Renault. Calendar Round Event Date 1 Vauxhall Rally of Wales 13-14 March 2 Pirelli International Rally 24-25 April 3 Scottish Rally 11-12 June 4 Jim Clark Memorial Rally 2-4 July 5 Stena Line Ulster Rally 30-31 July 6 Manx International Rally 9-12 September Driver Changes Alister McRae left Volkswagen to join Hyundai in the World Rally Championship McRae was replaced by Mark Higgins after Nissan's withdrawal from Rallying Ford withdrew their works team from the championship Future WRC Star Toni Gardemeister joined SEAT's BRC Team Raimund Baumschlager joined the Volkswagen Team Robbie Head left the series Leading Entries Entrant Manufacturer Car No Driver Rounds Renault Elf Dealer Rallying (Auto-Meca) Renault Megane Maxi Kit Car 1 Martin Rowe All Renault Elf Dealer Rallying (Auto-Meca) Renault Megane Maxi Kit Car 4 Tapio Laukkanen All SEAT Cupra Sport SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 2 Gwyndaf Evans All SEAT Cupra Sport SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 7 Barbara Armstrong All SEAT Cupra Sport SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 10 Toni Gardemeister All SEAT Cupra Sport SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 11 Mike Brown All Shell Motorsport Norway SEAT Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 26 Birger Gundersson 1 Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG Sport) Volkswagen Golf GTI Kit Car 3 Mark Higgins All Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG Sport) Volkswagen Golf GTI Kit Car 8 Raimund Baumschlager All Volkswagen Motorsport UK (SBG Sport) Volkswagen Golf TDI Kit Car 42 Neil Simpson All Vauxhall Motorsport (RML) Vauxhall Astra Kit Car 5 Jarmo Kytölehto All Vauxhall Motorsport (RML) Vauxhall Astra Kit Car 6 Neil Wearden All Peugeot Sport UK Peugeot 106 Maxi Kit Car 14 Justin Dale All Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) Proton Satria 15 Mats Andersson All Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) Proton Satria 16 Jenny Davies 1-3 Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) Proton Satria 16 Geoff Jones 5-6 Boland Motorsport Ford Escort Kit Car 22 Stuart Egglestone All Boland Motorsport Ford Escort Kit Car 26 Julian Porter All Barretts Motorsport Subaru Impreza WRX 18 David Higgins All Duncan Mcmath Toyota Celica GT-Four 20 Jonny Milner All Dom Buckley Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 19 Dom Buckley 1-2 Dom Buckley Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 19 Neil Buckley 3-4 Jeremy Easson Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 29 Jeremy Easson All Nik Elsmore Nissan Sunny GTI 37 Nik Elsmore All Richard Tuthill Subaru Impreza WRX 24 Richard Tuthill All Daniel Dunbabin Skoda Felicia 83 Daniel Dunbabin All Polar Motorsport Opel Corsa Maxi Kit Car 27 Markko Ipatti All Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) Proton Satria 16 Martin Meadows 4 Ford Motor Company Ford Puma 62 Ben Briant All Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 33 Juuso Pykalisto All Drivers Championship Pos Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts 1 Tapio Laukkanen 2nd 1st 1st 1st 5th DNF 144 2 Gwyndaf Evans DNF 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 122 3 Martin Rowe 1st DNF 2nd 2nd DNF 1st 120 4 Raimund Baumschlager 7th 6th 5th 8th DNF 2nd 96 5 Justin Dale 9th 9th 7th 9th 4th 4th 95 6 Mark Higgins 3rd 3rd DNF 6th 3rd DNF 93 7 Jarmo Kytölehto 4th 5th DNF 7th DNF DNF Toni Gardemeister DNF 2nd 3rd 4th DNF DNF Neil Wearden 5th 10th DNF 5th 1st DNF Manufacturers Championship Pos Entrant R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Pts 1 Renault 16 16 16 16 6 16 86 2 Volkswagen 12 9 9 7 9 12 58 3 SEAT 0 12 12 12 12 9 57 4 Vauxhall 9 7 0 9 16 0 41 5 Peugeot 7 6 7 6 7 7 40 6 Proton 0 5 6 5 5 5 26 References Mobil 1 British Rally Championship 1999 VHS Review: Duke Video Marketing Ltd., Isle of Man External links http://archive.djames.org.uk/1999/vauxhall/entry.html http://archive.djames.org.uk/1999/mobil.html Category:British Rally Championship seasons Rally Championship British Rally Championship