The 1999 British Rally Championship was a rallying championship season for rally cars conforming to F2 andGroup N Regulations, with only the F2 teams and drivers eligible to win the overall title. The championship was wonby 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 | 13-14 March | ||
| 2 | 24-25 April | ||
| 3 | 11-12 June | ||
| 4 | 2-4 July | ||
| 5 | 30-31 July | ||
| 6 | 9-12 September |
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) | 1 | All | ||||
| Renault Elf Dealer Rallying (Auto-Meca) | 4 | All | ||||
| 2 | All | |||||
| SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 | 7 | Barbara Armstrong | All | ||
| SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 | 10 | All | |||
| SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 | 11 | Mike Brown | All | ||
| SEAT | Ibiza Kit Car Evo 2 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 3 | All | |||||
| 8 | All | |||||
| Golf TDI Kit Car | 42 | Neil Simpson | All | |||
| Vauxhall Motorsport (RML) | 5 | All | ||||
| Vauxhall Motorsport (RML) | Vauxhall | Astra Kit Car | 6 | All | ||
| 14 | All | |||||
| Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) | 15 | All | ||||
| Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) | Proton | Satria | 16 | Jenny Davies | 1-3 | |
| Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) | Proton | Satria | 16 | Geoff Jones | 5-6 | |
| 22 | All | |||||
| Ford | Escort Kit Car | 26 | Julian Porter | All | ||
| 18 | All | |||||
| 20 | All | |||||
| 19 | 1-2 | |||||
| Dom Buckley Motorsport | Lancer Evolution 5 | 19 | Neil Buckley | 3-4 | ||
| Jeremy Easson | Mitsubishi | Lancer Evolution 5 | 29 | All | ||
| Nik Elsmore | 37 | Nik Elsmore | All | |||
| Richard Tuthill | Subaru | Impreza WRX | 24 | All | ||
| Daniel Dunbabin | 83 | All | ||||
| 27 | All | |||||
| Proton Motorsports (Harry Hockly) | Proton | Satria | 16 | 4 | ||
| 62 | All | |||||
| Mitsubishi | Lancer Evolution 5 | 33 | 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 |
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