1999 British Rally Championship Explained

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
Driver Changes

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 519 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

References

Mobil 1 British Rally Championship 1999 VHS Review: Duke Video Marketing Ltd., Isle of Man

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