1999 World Rally Championship

The 1999 World Rally Championship 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.

1999 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Tommi Mäkinen
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Toyota

Previous

1998

Next

2000

In an upset predicted two years earlier a two-wheel-drive car won a rally for the first time since Alain Oreille won the 1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire in his Renault 5 when Philippe Bugalski took his Citroën Xsara Kit Car to victory in the Rally Catalunya. Bugalski backed it up three weeks later winning the Tour de Corse. With such specialised tarmac cars now beating WRC cars while at the same time not competing in the FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup designed for them a revamp of two-wheel-drive regulations was created for the 2000 season.

Calendar

The 1999 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania.

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	17 January	20 January	67th Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	14	424.69 km
2	12 February	14 February	48th International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	19	384.30 km
3	25 February	28 February	47th 555 Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	13	1009.91 km
4	21 March	24 March	33rd TAP Rallye de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	23	399.51 km
5	19 April	21 April	35th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	19	396.01 km
6	7 May	9 May	43rd Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	17	373.99 km
7	22 May	25 May	19th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	22	396.63 km
8	6 June	9 June	46th Acropolis Rally	Agioi Theodoroi, Peloponnese	Gravel	21	376.06 km
9	15 July	18 July	30th Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	27	399.84 km
10	20 August	22 August	49th Neste Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	23	377.26 km
11	17 September	19 September	3rd 555 China Rally 1999	Huairou, Beijing	Gravel	22	385.72 km
12	11 October	13 October	49th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	18	384.88 km
13	4 November	7 November	12th Telstra Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	23	395.88 km
14	21 November	23 November	55th Network Q Rally of Great Britain	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	Gravel	22	389.39 km
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Teams and drivers

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo VI	M	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Risto Mannisenmäki	All
				2	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	1–3, 5–14
					Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	4
		Lancer Evo V (Grp. N)	P	14	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Tony Sircombe	3
				49			2
			Y	24	Ed Ordynski	Iain Stewart	13
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	3	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	All
				4	Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	All
			P	20	Isolde Holderied	Catherine François	1
			M	45	Martin Brundle	Arne Hertz	14
Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 99	P	5	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	All
				6	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	1–4, 7–14
					Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	5–6
				14			1–4
					Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	5
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Focus RS WRC 99	M	7	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	All
				8	Simon Jean-Joseph	Fred Gallagher	1, 5–6, 12
					Thomas Rådström		2, 7–11, 13
						Gunnar Barth	14
					Petter Solberg	Fred Gallagher	3
						Phil Mills	4
				*			2, 10, 12, 14
SEAT Sport	SEAT	Córdoba WRC	P	9	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	All
				10	Piero Liatti	Carlo Cassina	1, 3–8, 11–12
					Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	2
					Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	9–10, 13–14
				16	Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	14
				20	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	12
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Octavia WRC	M	11	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	1, 4–5, 8, 10, 12, 14
				12	Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	1, 5
					Emil Triner	Miloš Hůlka	4, 8, 10, 12
					Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	14
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot	206 WRC	M	14	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	6, 8, 10, 12–14
				15	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	8, 10, 13–14
					Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	6, 12
				16			10
				21	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	12
				22	Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	14

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Gilles Panizzi	Subaru	Impreza WRC	M	Gilles Panizzi	Herve Panizzi	1
A.R.T Engineering			P	Andrea Dallavilla	Danilo Fappani	1, 12
Procar Rally Team			P	Rui Madeira	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	4
				Jean-Pierre Richelmi	Freddy Delorme	8
				Diego Oldrati	Dario D'Esposito	12
Ioannis Papadimitriou		Impreza 555	M	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Nikolaos Petropoulos	4
		Impreza WRC				8, 14
Subaru Allstars Endless Sport			P	Toshihiro Arai	Roger Freeman	4–6, 8
Subaru Rally Team Australia			P	Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Craig Vincent	9, 13
Treviso Rally Team			P	Paolo Andreucci	Giovanni Bernacchini	12
		Impreza 555		Corrado Fontana	Massimo Sacchettino	12
Subaru Rallye Team Deutschland		Impreza WRC	P	Armin Kremer	Fred Berssen	14
François Delecour	Ford	Escort WRC	M	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	1
Gazprom Rally Team			M	Sebastian Lindholm	Jukka Aho	2
Ford Team Finland			M			10
EOS Rally Team			M	Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	2, 4
LPM Human Heat			P	Janne Tuohino	Miikka Anttila	10, 14
Jolly Club			P	Andrea Navarra	Simona Fedeli	12
Marlboro / Mobil 1 Rally Team			M	Janusz Kulig	Jarosław Baran	14
Henning Solberg			P	Henning Solberg	Runar Pedersen	14
Toyota Castrol Team Germany	Toyota	Corolla WRC	P	Isolde Holderied	Catherine François	5–6, 12
			M	Matthias Kahle	Dieter Schneppenheim	4, 8–9, 14
Toyota Castrol Team Denmark			M	Henrik Lundgaard	Jens-Christian Anker	1, 5–6, 12
Toyota Castrol Team Finland			M	Pasi Hagström	Tero Gardemeister	2, 4, 10
EOS Rally Team			M	Markko Märtin	Toomas Kitsing	8, 10, 12, 14
Toyota Kenya			M	Ian Duncan	David Williamson	3
Telecel Castrol Team			M	Pedro Chaves	Sérgio Paiva	4
Toyota Hellas			P	Armodios Vovos	Ioánnis Alvanos	4, 8
Tein Sport			M	Takuma Kamada	Allen Oh	9, 11
Jesús Puras			M	Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	11, 14
H.F. Grifone SRL			M	Andrea Aghini	Loris Roggia	12
				Nicola Caldani	Maurizio Barone	12
				Carlo Zucchetti	Renzo Casazza	12
Toyota Team Australia			M	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	13
Mitsubishi Ralliart New Zealand	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo	?	Geoff Argyle	Bernard Teal	9, 13
				Lewis Scott	Jane Black	9
Team Advan Ralliart			Y	Yoshihiro Kataoka	Satoshi Hayashi	9, 11, 13

FIA Teams Cup

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Valencia Terra y Mar	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo (Grp. N)	M	Luis Climent	Álex Romaní	1–3
Pernilla Walfridsson			M	Pernilla Walfridsson	Ulrika Mattsson	2, 4–5, 10, 14
Team Mitsubishi Oman			P	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Tony Sircombe	4–14
Wizja TV / Turning Point RT	Subaru	Impreza WRC	M	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Jean-Marc Fortin	2, 4, 14
F.Dor Rally Team			M	Frédéric Dor	Didier Breton	4, 8, 10, 13
					Kevin Gormley	3, 7, 9
				Mark Fisher		14
Valencia Terra y Mar			M	Luis Climent	Álex Romaní	4–6, 8, 10, 12, 14
Winfield Rally Team			D	Michael Guest	David Green	4–5, 8–9, 11, 13
Toyota Team Saudi Arabia	Toyota	Corolla WRC	M	Abdullah Bakhashab	Michael Park	2, 4–6, 8, 11–12, 14
Toyota Mobil Team Turkey			M	Volkan Isik	Erkan Bodur	4–5, 7–8, 10–12

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup Manufacturer Entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Andrea Maselli	Renault	Clio Williams	P	Andrea Maselli	Nicola Arena	1, 5–6
Frédéric Maniccia			?	Frédéric Maniccia	Richard Thaon	1
Jennie-Lee Hermansson			?	Jennie-Lee Hermansson	Stefan Bergman	2
Gaël Lecerf			?	Gaël Lecerf	Yvon Catala	9
Renault Elf Dealer Rallying		Mégane Maxi	M	Martin Rowe	Derek Ringer	4, 6, 10, 12–14
				Tapio Laukkanen	Kaj Lindström	4, 6, 10, 12–14
Renault Gest Galp			M	Pedro Azeredo	Carlos Magalhães	4
Renault Sport España			M	Oriol Gómez	Oriol Julià Pascual	5
Yacco Rally Team			M	Benoît Rousselot	Jack Boyère	6
Renault Sport Belgium			M	Kris Princen	Dany Colebunders	8, 12
Renault Sport Greece			M	"Leonidas"	Maria Pavli-Korre	8
Treviso Rally Team			M	Piero Longhi	Lucio Baggio	12
Renault Sport Austria			M	Raphael Sperrer	Per Carlsson	12
Ricardo Bissio		18 GTX	?	Ricardo Bissio	Claudio Henin	7
Heriberto Ortiz				Heriberto Ortiz	Guillermo Flores	7
Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai	Coupe Evo 2	M	Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	2, 4–5, 8–14
				Alister McRae	David Senior	2, 4–5, 8–14
Phineas Kimathi		Coupe	?	Phineas Kimathi	Abdul Sidi	3
Graham Middleton			M	Graham Middleton	John Morgan	14
Giórgos Vomvilas		Accent	S	Giórgos Vomvilas	Ioánnis Athanassiou	8
Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden	Volkswagen	Golf III Kit Car	?	Harry Joki	Ingemar Karlsson	2
				Andreas Eriksson	Patrick Henriksson	2
Blue Rose Team			P	Jani Pirttinen	Timo Hantunen	2, 10
Volkswagen Motorsport Australia			Y	Simon Evans	Sue Evans	9, 13
Janne Vähämiko			P	Janne Vähämiko	Veijo Vainio	10
Volkswagen Motorsport UK		Golf IV Kit Car	P	Mark Higgins	Bryan Thomas	10, 13–14
Polsat Dialog Rally Team		Golf III Kit Car	M	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Szczepaniak	12

FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup Non Manufacturer Entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Astra Racing	SEAT	Ibiza Kit Car Evo2	P	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	1–2, 4
Seat Dealer Team Sweden			?	Jörgen Jonasson	Pecka Svensson	2
				Patric Carlsson	Peter Johansson	2
RACC Motorsport			P	Salvador Cañellas	Carlos del Barrio	2, 4
Seat Sport UK			P	Gwyndaf Evans	Howard Davies	7
				Mike Brown	Aled Davies	14
Citroën Sport	Citroën	Saxo Kit Car	M	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	1
				Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	1
				Vítor Lopes	José Janela	4
		Xsara F2	M	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	5–6, 12
				Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	5–6, 12
Equipe de France FFSA		Saxo Kit Car	M	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	5–6, 12
				Fabien Véricel	Vincent Ducher	5–6, 12
Opel Team Sweden	Opel	Astra Kit Car	M	Per Svan	Johan Olsson	2
				Anders Nilsson	Markku Kangas	2
Ford Motor Co	Ford	Puma Kit Car	M	Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	2
				Patrick Magaud	Guylène Brun	5, 12
				Priscille De Belloy	Christiane Nicolet	5, 12
				Simon Jean-Joseph	Patrick Pivato	8, 10
Peugeot Esso Silver Team SG	Peugeot	306 maxi	M	Adruzilo Lopes	Luís Lisboa	4–5, 12
Peugeot Sport España			M	Manuel Muniente	Diego Vallejo	5
F.P.F. Sport			M	Renato Travaglia	Flavio Zanella	12
Silverstone Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Baleno Wagon Kit Car	S	Nobuhiro Tajima	Visut Sukosi	9, 11
Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall	Astra Kit Car	M	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	10, 12, 14
				Neil Wearden	Trevor Agnew	10, 12, 14
Proton Motorsport	Proton	Satria Kit Car	M	William Hayes	Stefan Cecconi	13
				Mathew Knox	Karl Francis	13
				Mats Andersson	Claire Mole	14
				Tony Jardine	Kevin Piper	14

Group N Cup major entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Team Gamma	Mitsubishi	Lancer Carisma GT Evo V	M	Marc Duez	Philippe Dupuy	1
Ralliart Italia		Lancer Evo V	P	Gustavo Trelles	Martin Christie	1–2, 4–5, 7, 9, 11, 12
		Lancer Evo VI				6, 8, 10, 12
		Lancer Evo V		Gabriel Méndez	Daniel Muzio	4–9, 13
Stohl Racing		Lancer Evo V	P	Manfred Stohl	Peter Müller	1–8
		Lancer Evo VI				10, 12, 14
Valencia Terra y Mar		Lancer Evo III	M	Luis Climent	Álex Romaní	1–3
Andorra Auto Club		Lancer Evo V	?	Ferran Font	Joan Sureda	5–6, 11
Tyre Research Institute R.T.		Lancer Evo IV	M	Jouko Puhakka	Jakke Honkanen	2
		Lancer Evo V				4–6, 10
Mitsubishi Ralliart Sweden		Lancer Evo IV	M	Stig-Olov Walfridsson	Jan Svanström	2
				Kenneth Bäcklund	Tord Andersson	10
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland		Lancer Carisma GT Evo IV	M	Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	2, 10
				Jani Paasonen	Arto Kapanen	2
		Lancer Carisma GT Evo VI			Kari Jokinen	10
		Lancer Carisma GT Evo V		Jouni Ampuja	Jani Laaksonen	10
Mats Karlsson		Lancer Evo III	?	Mats Karlsson	Arne Hertz	2
Mauro Rally Tuning		Lancer Carisma GT Evo V	P	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	2, 4–6, 10, 12
Kris Rosenberger		Lancer Evo V	?	Kris Rosenberger	Per Carlsson	2, 4–7
Team Walfridsson		Lancer Carisma GT Evo V	M	Pernilla Solberg	Ulrika Mattsson	2, 4–5, 10, 14
Mitsubishi Ralliart		Lancer Evo V	P	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Tony Sircombe	2–3
			Y	Ed Ordynski	Iain Stewart	13
Team Mitsubishi Oman			P	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Tony Sircombe	4–13
Mitsubishi Galp		Lancer Carisma GT Evo V	M	Miguel Campos	Miguel Ramalho	4
Miguel Cristóvão		Lancer Evo V	?	Miguel Cristóvão	João Luz	4
Team Além Mar		Lancer Evo IV	?	Horácio Franco	Tiago Mourão	4
Reece Jones Rallysport		Lancer Evo V	?	Reece Jones	Leo Bult	4–6, 9
Mirabella Mille Miglia		Lancer Evo V	?	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	5, 12
Slovnaft Rally Team		Lancer Carisma GT Evo V	P	Michal Gargulák	Jiří Malčík	6
Jean-Marie Santoni		Lancer Carisma GT Evo VI	M	Jean-Marie Santoni	Jean-Marc Casamatta	6
Jorge Recalde		Lancer Evo V	P	Jorge Recalde	José Garcia	7
Oscar Chiaramello			?	Oscar Chiaramello	Fernando Chiaramello	7
Miguel Centeno		Lancer Evo IV	?	Miguel Centeno	Edsel Bruno	7
Dimitris Nassoulas		Lancer Evo III	P	Dimitris Nassoulas	Iosif Galerakis	8
Mitsubishi Ralliart Malaysia		Lancer Evo VI	Y	Katsuhiko Taguchi	Ron Teoh	9, 11, 13
Advan-Piaa Rally Team				Yoshihiro Kataoka	Satoshi Hayashi	9, 13
		Lancer Evo V		Fumio Nutahara	Noriyuki Odagiri	9, 11
Chi Wah Chan			?	Chi Wah Chan	Po Lin Tang	9, 11
Conegliano Corse		Lancer Carisma GT Evo VI	P	Mario Stagni	Roberto Paganoni	12
		Lancer Carisma GT Evo V		Luca Baldini	Massimo Agostinelli	12
Rubicone Corse		Lancer Evo V	?	Sandro Sottile	Luca De Rizzo	12
Uwe Nittel			P	Uwe Nittel	Terry Harryman	13
Nigel Heath		Lancer Evo III	?	Nigel Heath	Jeff Ashfield	13
Gavin Cox		Lancer Evo VI	?	Gavin Cox	Tim Hobbs	14
Mark Perrott			?	Mark Perrott	Andrew Sankey	14
Richard Davis		Lancer Evo V	?	Richard Davis	David Williams	14
Christophe Spiliotis	Subaru	Impreza WRX	M	Christophe Spiliotis	Hervé Thibaud	1
Christophe Arnaud			?	Christophe Arnaud	Stéphane Arnaud	1
Nigel Heath			M	Nigel Heath	Chris Patterson	1
					Tim Hely	4, 8, 10
Subaru Rally Team Japan			?	Hideaki Miyoshi	Eido Osawa	3
			P	Toshihiro Arai	Roger Freeman	9, 11, 13
			?	Shigeyuki Konishi	Glenn Macneall	9, 11, 13
John Lloyd			?	John Lloyd	David Horsey	3, 14
Shahnawaz Murji			?	Shahnawaz Murji	Mohammed Verjee	3
Juha Kangas			?	Juha Kangas	Mika Ovaskainen	2, 4–5, 8, 10
Ramón Ferreyros			M	Ramón Ferreyros	Gonzalo Saenz	4, 8, 11, 14
Winfield World Rally Team			D	Michael Guest	David Green	4–5, 8–9, 11, 13
Claudio Marcelo Menzi			?	Claudio Marcelo Menzi	Rodolfo Amelio Ortiz	7
Santos Manzanares			?	Santos Manzanares	Adriana Manzanares	7
Roberto Sanchez			P	Roberto Sanchez	Edgardo Galindo	7
Subaru Rally Team Australia			P	Cody Crocker	Greg Foletta	9, 13
Yujiro Nishio			?	Yujiro Nishio	Akiko Yamaguchi	9, 13
Jesús Puras			M	Jesús Puras	Marc Martí	10
Gamace MC Competición			M	Jordi Grinyó	Samira Lanaya	5
Richard Tuthill			?	Richard Tuthill	Roger Freeman	4–5, 7
David Wood			?	David Wood	Les Waterfall	7
Autostal Duindistel		Impreza 555	P	Gaby Goudezeune	Filip De Pelsemaeker	8
Dean Herridge			?	Dean Herridge	Jim Carlton	13
Barretts Motorsport	Peugeot	306 S16	?	David Truphemus	Pascal Saivre	1
Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton	Wira 4WD	Y	Saladin Mazlan	Jagdev Singh	11

Results and standings

Rally results

Rd.	Rally	Overall Winners	Group N Cup Winners	Teams cup Winners	2.0 L WC winners	Report
1	Monte Carlo	No. 1 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 27 Team Gamma	No finishers	No. 38 Andrea Maselli	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	No finishers	Renault Clio Maxi
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Marc Duez Philippe Dupuy	No finishers	Andrea Maselli Nicola Arena
2	Sweden	No. 1 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 19 Tyre Research Institute R.T.	No. 17 Wizja TV / Turning Point RT	No. 31 Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Volkswagen Golf Kit Car
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Jouko Puhakka Jakke Honkanen	Krzysztof Hołowczyc Jean-Marc Fortin	Harry Joki Ingemar Karlsson
3	Kenya	No. 7 Ford Motor Co	No. 14 Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 16 F.Dor Rally Team	No. 24 Phineas Kimathi	Report
		Ford Focus WRC '99	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '97	Hyundai Coupé Kit car
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe	Frédéric Dor Kevin Gormley	Phineas Kimathi Abdul Sidi
4	Portugal	No. 7 Ford Motor Co	No. 39 Mitsubishi Galp	No. 25 Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	No. 31 Hyundai Motorsport	Report
		Ford Focus WRC '99	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI	Toyota Corolla WRC	Hyundai Coupé Kit car Evo2
		Colin McRae Nicky Grist	Miguel Campos Carlos Magalhães	Volkan Isik Erkan Bodur	Alister McRae David Senior
5	Spain	No. 16 Citroën Sport	No. 34 Team Mitsubishi Oman	No. 25 Valencia Terra y Mar	No. 19 Renault Sport España	Report
		Citroën Xsara Kit Car	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Renault Mégane Maxi
		Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe	Luis Climent Álex Romaní	Oriol Gómez Oriol Julià Pascual
6	France	No. 16 Citroën Sport	No. 26 Ralliart Italia	No. 18 Valencia Terra y Mar	No. 23 Renault Elf Dealer Rallying	Report
		Citroën Xsara Kit Car	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Renault Mégane Maxi
		Philippe Bugalski Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Luis Climent Álex Romaní	Tapio Laukkanen Kaj Lindström
7	Argentina	No. 6 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 15 Ralliart Italia	No. 12 F.Dor Rally Team	No. 61 Ricardo Bissio	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '97	Renault 18 GTX
		Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Frédéric Dor Kevin Gormley	Ricardo Bissio Claudio Henin
8	Greece	No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 31 Team Mitsubishi Oman	No. 22 Valencia Terra y Mar	No. 27 Hyundai Motorsport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Subaru Impreza 555	Hyundai Coupé Kit car Evo2
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe	Luis Climent Álex Romaní	Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander
9	New Zealand	No. 1 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 14 Ralliart Italia	No. 18 Team Mitsubishi Oman	No. 22 Hyundai Motorsport	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Hyundai Coupé Kit car Evo2
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gustavo Trelles Martin Christie	Hamed Al-Wahaibi Tony Sircombe	Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander
10	Finland	No. 6 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 23 Tyre Research Institute R.T.	No. 21 Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	No. 27 Renault Elf Dealer Rallying	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Renault Mégane Maxi
		Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo	Jouko Puhakka Jakke Honkanen	Volkan Isik Erkan Bodur	Tapio Laukkanen Kaj Lindström
11	China	No. 4 Toyota Castrol Team	No. 21 Subaru Rally Team Japan	No. 11 Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	No. 26 Hyundai Motorsport	Report
		Toyota Corolla WRC	Subaru Impreza WRX	Toyota Corolla WRC	Hyundai Coupé Kit car Evo2
		Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet	Toshihiro Arai Roger Freeman	Volkan Isik Erkan Bodur	Alister McRae David Senior
12	Italy	No. 1 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	No. 53 Mauro Rally Tuning	No. 30 Toyota Mobil Team Turkey	No. 71 Treviso Rally Team	Report
		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo V	Toyota Corolla WRC	Renault Mégane Maxi
		Tommi Mäkinen Risto Mannisenmäki	Gianluigi Galli Guido D'Amore	Volkan Isik Erkan Bodur	Piero Longhi Lucio Baggio
13	Australia	No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 23 Subaru Rally Team Japan	No finishers	No. 30 Hyundai Motorsport	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99	Subaru Impreza WRX	No finishers	Hyundai Coupé Kit car Evo2
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Toshihiro Arai Roger Freeman	No finishers	Kenneth Eriksson Staffan Parmander
14	Britain	No. 5 Subaru World Rally Team	No. 65 Ramón Ferreyros	No. 18 Valencia Terra y Mar	No. 25 Volkswagen Motorsport UK	Report
		Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	Volkswagen Golf IV Kit Car
		Richard Burns Robert Reid	Ramón Ferreyros Gonzalo Saenz	Luis Climent Álex Romaní	Mark Higgins Bryan Thomas
Source:[3]

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  1 Tommi Mäkinen 1 1 DSQ 5 3 62 4 3 1 Ret2 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 51 3 Ret 4 Ret1 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 33 5 2 6 3 3 Ret 2 Ret 44 6 Colin McRae DSQ 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 63 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 GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR  Pts  Sources:[4][5]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR Points 1 Toyota Castrol Team 3 Ret 2 3 2 Ret 13 5 2 5 3 3 Ret 2 Ret 109 4 3 4 2 3 1 31 3 Ret 4 Ret1 1 3 Ret Ret 2 Subaru World Rally Team 5 6 5 Ret 4 4 5 2 1 Ret 2 2 Ret 1 1 105 6 2 6 Ret Ret 5 Ret 1 Ret 2 1 4 5 Ret 2 3 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 1 1 1 EX 5 2 42 4 3 1 Ret2 Ret 1 3 Ret 83 2 Ret 7 Ret Ret 3 6 Ret 4 6 8 Ret 4 4 5 4 Ford Motor Co 7 EX Ret 1 1 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 37 8 EX 3 4 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 7 6 5 SEAT Sport 9 5 8 5 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 7 6 3 23 10 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 3 63 Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 Peugeot Esso 14 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 11 15 Ret Ret 4 2 5 Ret 7 Škoda Motorsport 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 6 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 9 8 4 Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR Points Sources:[4][5]

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD) Notes: 1 2 3 – Indicate position on TV Covered Stage

FIA Teams' Cup

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	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	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

Production World Rally Championship

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	Gustavo Trelles	2	6		2	3	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret		69
2	Hamed Al-Wahaibi		9	1	Ret	1	3	Ret	1	2	Ret	Ret	6	Ret		53
3	Toshihiro Arai									4		1		1		29
4	Manfred Stohl	Ret	4	4	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret		3		2		Ret	27
5	Jouko Puhakka		1		Ret	Ret	Ret				1					26
6	Ramón Ferreyros				4				2			Ret			1	24
7	Gianluigi Galli		7		Ret	Ret	Ret				6		1			24
8	Marc Duez	1														13
9	Miguel Campos				1											13
10	Jani Paasonen		3								2					13
11	Katsuhiko Taguchi									3		3		4		13
12	Stig-Olov Walfridson		2													8
13	Luis Climent	Ret	8	2												8
14	Giovanni Manfrinato					2										8
15	Jorge Recalde							2								8
16	Ed Ordynski													2		8
17	Richard Tuthill														2	8
18	Christophe Spiliotis	3														5
19	Hideaki Miyoshi			3												5
20	Juha Kangas		Ret		3	8			Ret		Ret					5
21	Claudio Menzi							3								5
22	Gaby Goudezeune								3							5
23	Mario Stagni												3			5
24	Uwe Nittel													3		5
21	Gavin Cox														3	5
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	AUS	GBR	Pts

FIA 2 Litre World Cup for Manufacturers

() Denotes dropped score.

Pos	Entrant	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	Pts
1	Renault	16	(3)	0	(7)	10	16	10	10	(4)	16	0	16	8	(6)	102
2	Hyundai	0	0	10	16	0	0	0	13	16	4	16	0	13	7	95
NC(*)	Volkswagen	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	25

(*) – Volkswagen were not classified for not homologating their Golf Kit Car at the start of the season.

Events

Rally Name	Start-End Date	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
Monte Carlo Rally (asphalt & snow)	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
Swedish Rally (snow)	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
Safari Rally (gravel)	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
Rally Portugal (gravel)	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
Rally Catalunya (asphalt)	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
Tour de Corse (asphalt)	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
Rally Argentina (gravel)	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
Acropolis Rally (gravel)	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
Rally New Zealand (gravel)	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
Rally Finland (gravel)	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
Rally China (gravel)	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
Rally Sanremo (asphalt)	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
Rally Australia (gravel)	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
Rally of Great Britain (asphalt & gravel)	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