# 1999 Race of Champions

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

| Driver | Reason for Qualification |
| Tommi Mäkinen | World Rally champion in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 |
| Didier Auriol | World Rally champion in 1994 |
| Carlos Sainz | World Rally champion in 1990 and 1992 |
| Armin Schwarz | Winner in the International Masters |
| Marcus Grönholm | Finalist in the International Masters |
| Gilles Panizzi | Beat Alister McRae in a play-off |
| Stig Blomqvist | Winner in the Legends Race |
| Björn Waldegård | Finalist in the Legends Race |

### Nations Cup

| Country | Racing Driver | Rally Driver | Motorcycle Racer |
| France | Yannick Dalmas | Didier Auriol | David Vuillemin |
| Finland | JJ Lehto | Tommi Makinen | Kari Tiainen |
| Spain | Marc Gené | Carlos Sainz | Pere Riba |
| Italy | Emanuele Pirro | Miki Biasion | Luca Cadalora |
| Germany | Christian Abt | Armin Schwarz | Ralf Waldmann |
| All-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.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Björn Waldegård | 2 |
| Miki Biasion | 1 | | |
| Miki Biasion | 1 | Björn Waldegård | 0 |
| | | Stig Blomqvist | 1 |
| Stig Blomqvist | 2 | Stig Blomqvist | 1 |
| Timo Salonen | 0 | | |

## 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.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Alister McRae | 1'55.12 | | |
| Flavio Alonso | 1'56.10 | | |
| Flavio Alonso | 1'56.10 | Alister McRae | 1'58.08 |
| | | Marcus Grönholm | 1'56.58 |
| François Delecour | 2'00.71 | Marcus Grönholm | 1'56.58 |
| Marcus Grönholm | 1'57.54 | | | | |
| Marcus Grönholm | 1'57.54 | | | Marcus Grönholm | 1'58.30 |
| | | | | Armin Schwarz | 1'56.83 |
| Gilles Panizzi | 1'56.23 | | | Armin Schwarz | 1'56.83 |
| Gustavo Trelles | 1'58.09 | | | | |
| Gustavo Trelles | 1'58.09 | Gilles Panizzi | 1'58.01 | | |
| | | Armin Schwarz | 1'57.30 |
| Armin Schwarz | 1'54.56 | Armin Schwarz | 1'57.30 |
| Luis Mónzon | 1'58.55 | | |

## Race of Champions

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Tommi Mäkinen | 2 | | |
| Björn Waldegård | 0 | | |
| Björn Waldegård | 0 | Tommi Makinen | 2 |
| | | Carlos Sainz | 0 |
| Carlos Sainz | 2 | Carlos Sainz | 0 |
| Marcus Grönholm | 0 | | | | |
| Marcus Grönholm | 0 | | | Tommi Mäkinen | 1 |
| | | | | Didier Auriol | 2 |
| Gilles Panizzi | 1 | | | Didier Auriol | 2 |
| Armin Schwarz | 2 | | | | |
| Armin Schwarz | 2 | Armin Schwarz | 1 | | |
| | | Didier Auriol | 2 |
| Stig Blomqvist | 0 | Didier Auriol | 2 |
| Didier Auriol | 2 | | |

## Nations' Cup

* Germany & Italy eliminated in the first round.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | 5 |
| France | 4 | | |
| France | 4 | | 4 |
| | | Finland | 5 |
| Finland | 5 | Finland | 5 |
| All-Stars | 0 | | |