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.
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.
| 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 |  Rally of Great Britain |
Teams and drivers
Drivers' championship
Manufacturers' championship
FIA Teams' Cup
| 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 |
| Driver | MON
| SWE
| KEN
| POR
| ESP
| FRA
| ARG
| GRE
| NZL
| FIN
| CHN
| ITA
| AUS
| GBR
| Pts |
Production World Rally Championship
| 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 |
| Driver | MON
| SWE
| KEN
| POR
| ESP
| FRA
| ARG
| GRE
| NZL
| FIN
| CHN
| ITA
| AUS
| GBR
| Pts |
Denotes dropped score.
| Pos | Entrant | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 | R14 | Pts |
| 1 | Renault | 16 | | 0 | | 10 | 16 | 10 | 10 | | 16 | 0 | 16 | 8 | | 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
