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 Qualification Tommi MäkinenWorld Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 Didier AuriolWorld Rally champion in 1994 Carlos SainzWorld Rally champion in 1990 and 1992 Armin SchwarzWinner in the International Masters Marcus GrönholmFinalist in the International Masters Gilles PanizziBeat Alister McRae in a play-off Stig BlomqvistWinner in the Legends Race Björn WaldegårdFinalist in the Legends Race
Nations Cup CountryRacing DriverRally DriverMotorcycle RacerFrance Yannick Dalmas Didier Auriol David VuilleminFinland JJ Lehto Tommi Makinen Kari TiainenSpain Marc Gené Carlos Sainz Pere RibaItaly Emanuele Pirro Miki Biasion Luca CadaloraGermany Christian Abt Armin Schwarz Ralf WaldmannAll-Stars Harri Toivonen Alister McRae Joël Smets
Toivonen replaced Danny Sullivan in the All-Stars team.
Legends Race Walter Röhrl & Hannu Mikkola eliminated in the first round.
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.
Race of Champions
Nations' Cup
Germany & Italy eliminated in the first round.
References
External links Information sourced from http://www.atodomotor.com/pagina/ROC.html