1999 World Rally Championship season

The 1999 World Rally Championship season was the 27th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Tommi Mäkinen won his fourth drivers' world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Richard Burns and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Mitsubishi.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Race
1	17–20 January	Monte Carlo Rally
2	12–14 February	Swedish Rally
3	25–28 February	Safari Rally
4	21–24 March	Rally Portugal
5	19–21 April	Rally Catalunya
6	7–9 May	Tour de Corse
7	22–25 May	Rally Argentina
8	6–9 June	Acropolis Rally
9	15–18 July	Rally New Zealand
10	20–22 August	Rally Finland
11	17–19 September	China Rally
12	11–13 October	Rally Sanremo
13	4–7 November	Rally Australia
14	21–23 November	Wales Rally GB

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Rounds
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo VI	M	1	Tommi Mäkinen	All
				2	Freddy Loix	1–3, 5–14
					Marcus Grönholm	4
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	3	Carlos Sainz	All
				4	Didier Auriol	All
				12	Ian Duncan	3
				18	Neal Bates	13
				20	Isolde Holderied	1
				45	Martin Brundle	14
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 99/98	P	5	Richard Burns	All
				6	Juha Kankkunen	1–4, 7–14
					Bruno Thiry	5–6
				14	Bruno Thiry	1–4
					Juha Kankkunen	5
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus WRC 99	M	7	Colin McRae	All
				8	Simon Jean-Joseph	1, 5–6, 12
					Thomas Rådström	2, 7–11, 13–14
					Petter Solberg	3–4
				20	Petter Solberg	10, 12, 14
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	9	Harri Rovanperä	All
				10	Piero Liatti	1, 3–8, 11–12
					Marcus Grönholm	2
					Toni Gardemeister	9–10, 13–14
				16	Gwyndaf Evans	14
				20	Toni Gardemeister	12
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC	M	11	Armin Schwarz	1, 4–5, 8, 10, 12, 14
				12	Pavel Sibera	1, 5
					Emil Triner	4, 8, 10, 12
					Bruno Thiry	14
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	14	François Delecour	6, 8, 10, 12–14
				15	Gilles Panizzi	6, 12
					Marcus Grönholm	8, 10, 13–14
				21	Marcus Grönholm	12
				22	Gilles Panizzi	10, 14
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Xsara F2	M	18	Philippe Bugalski	5–6, 12
				19	Jesús Puras	5–6, 12

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Tommi Mäkinen 1 1 DSQ 5 3 6 4 3 1 Ret Ret 1 3 Ret 62 2 Richard Burns 8 5 Ret 4 5 7 2 1 Ret 2 2 Ret 1 1 55 3 Didier Auriol 3 4 2 3 2 5 3 Ret 4 Ret 1 3 Ret Ret 52 4 Juha Kankkunen 2 6 Ret Ret 6 1 Ret 2 1 4 6 Ret 2 44 5 Carlos Sainz Ret 2 3 2 Ret 3 5 2 6 3 3 Ret 2 Ret 44 6 Colin McRae Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 23 7 Philippe Bugalski Ret 1 1 Ret 20 8 Freddy Loix Ret 9 Ret 4 8 Ret 4 8 10 Ret 4 4 5 14 9 Harri Rovanperä 7 16 6 Ret 14 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 16 6 3 10 10 Gilles Panizzi Ret Ret 33 2 7 6 11 Jesús Puras Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 16 6 12 Thomas Rådström 3 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 6 6 13 Toni Gardemeister 14 33 Ret 3 6 Ret 16 Ret 6 14 Bruno Thiry 5 10 Ret 6 7 Ret 4 6 15 Marcus Grönholm Ret Ret Ret 4 8 5 Ret 5 16 François Delecour 4 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 3 17 Ian Duncan 4 3 18 Markko Märtin 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret 8 2 19 Petter Solberg 11 5 11 12 27 9 2 20 Possum Bourne 5 Ret 2 21 Andrea Aghini 5 2 22 Volkan Işık 7 11 Ret Ret 15 6 15 1 23 Piero Liatti 6 Ret Ret 10 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 24 Leonídas Kyrkos 6 1 Pos Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event														Total points
		MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRC	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR
1	Toyota	4	9	10	10	10	14+4	6	6	5	4+3	14	4	6	0	109
2	Subaru	7	3	0	3	5	2	16	10	6	16	9	2	10	16	105
3	Mitsubishi	10	10	0	2	10	4+2	3	7	11	0+2	0	13	7	2	83
4	Ford	0	4	13	11	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	37
5	SEAT	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	3+1	2	0	1	4	23
6	Peugeot	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	2	0	11
7	Škoda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	6

FIA Teams' Cup

Pos Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Luís Clíment Ret 2 2 2 1 1 1 Ret Ret 1 58 2 Volkan Işık 1 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 46 3 Frédéric Dor 1 3 1 3 2 2 Ret 40 4 Hamed Al-Wahaibi Ret 4 2 Ret 4 1 Ret Ret 3 Ret 28 5 Abdullah Bakhashab Ret 3 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret 16 NC Krzysztof Hołowczyc 1 Ret 2 16 NC Michael Guest Ret 5 Ret Ret 2 Ret 8 Pos Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  Events Rally Name Start-End Date Podium Drivers (Finishing Time) Podium Cars 67ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 17 January-20 January Tommi Mäkinen (5h:16m:50.6s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:18m:35.3s) Didier Auriol (5h:20m:43.4s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Subaru Impreza WRC Toyota Corolla WRC 48th International Swedish Rally 12 February-14 February Tommi Mäkinen (3h:29m:15.6s) Carlos Sainz (3h:29m:33.7s) Thomas Rådström (3h:29m:53.4s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Toyota Corolla WRC Ford Focus WRC 47th Safari Rally Kenya 26 February-28 February Colin McRae (8h:41m:39s) Didier Auriol (8h:56m:05s) Carlos Sainz (8h:59m:46s) Ford Focus WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC 33º TAP Rallye de Portugal 21 March-24 March Colin McRae (4h:05m:41.7s) Carlos Sainz (4h:05m:54.0s) Didier Auriol (4h:05m:58.2s) Ford Focus WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Corolla WRC 35º Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava (Rallye de España) 19 April-21 April Philippe Bugalski (4h:13m:45.6s) Didier Auriol (4h:14m:17.4s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:16m:06.7s) Citroën Xsara Kit Car Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 43ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 7 May-9 May Philippe Bugalski (3h:44m:35.7s) Jesús Puras (3h:45m:10.4s) Carlos Sainz (3h:45m:45.0s) Citroën Xsara Kit Car Citroën Xsara Kit Car Toyota Corolla WRC 19º Rally Argentina 22 May-25 May Juha Kankkunen (4h:17m:15.4s) Richard Burns (4h:17m:17.8s) Didier Auriol (4h:17m:55.0s) Subaru Impreza WRC Subaru Impreza WRC Toyota Corolla WRC 46th Acropolis Rally of Greece 6 June-9 June Richard Burns (4h:21m:21.2s) Carlos Sainz (4h:22m:22.5s) Tommi Mäkinen (4h:24m:01.2s) Subaru Impreza WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 29th Rally New Zealand 15 July-18 July Tommi Mäkinen (4h:11m:07.1s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:12m:44.1s) Toni Gardemeister (4h:13m:56.1s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Subaru Impreza WRC SEAT Córdoba WRC 49th Neste Rally Finland 20 August-22 August Juha Kankkunen (3h:08m:54.5s) Richard Burns (3h:09m:04.2s) Carlos Sainz (3h:09m:12.5s) Subaru Impreza WRC Subaru Impreza WRC Toyota Corolla WRC 3rd China Rally 17 September-19 September Didier Auriol (3h:38m:36.6s) Richard Burns (3h:39m:32.4s) Carlos Sainz (3h:40m:56.0s) Toyota Corolla WRC Subaru Impreza WRC Toyota Corolla WRC 41º Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia 11 October-13 October Tommi Mäkinen (4h:26m:45.0s) Gilles Panizzi (4h:27m:03.0s) Didier Auriol (4h:27m:27.2s) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 Peugeot 206 WRC Toyota Corolla WRC 12th Telstra Rally Australia 4 November-7 November Richard Burns (3h:44m:31.5s) Carlos Sainz (3h:44m:43.1s) Tommi Mäkinen (3h:49m:02.9s) Subaru Impreza WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 55th Network Q Rally of Great Britain 23 November-26 November Richard Burns (3h:53m:44.2s) Juha Kankkunen (3h:55m:31.5s) Harri Rovanperä (3h:58m:39.5s) Subaru Impreza WRC Subaru Impreza WRC SEAT Córdoba WRC E2 See also v t e World Rally Championship seasons 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 FIA World Rally Championship 1999 at rallybase.nl