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1999 BTCC season
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The 1999 British Touring Car Championship season was won by Laurent Aïello in his debut season driving for the Nissan works team, with team mate David Leslie in second place. Rickard Rydell, the 1998 champion came third, with James Thompson and Jason Plato coming 4th and 5th.

One of the big stars and big surprises was the independent driver Matt Neal. Driving for his fathers Team Dynamics in a 1998 Nissan Primera, Matt became the first independent driver to win a championship race in the feature race of the first Donington round. TOCA had put up a reward for £250,000 for this achievement which Matt duly claimed.

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[edit] Changes for 1999

For the 1999 season both the works teams of Peugeot and Audi had departed since competing in the previous year. Indeed this would prove to be the last year for Renault, Volvo and Nissan, the three previous champions from the last three years. The BTCC would never see more than four works teams together in one season again. Night racing was introduced to the BTCC for the first time for the rounds at Snetterton in July. The pit lane and main spectator areas were floodlit, whilst other parts of the circuit were in total darkness. To aid the drivers eyesight for the sharp changes from light to dark, the cockpits had a soft red light glowing inside.

[edit] Entry list

No. Driver Nat Team Car Cl. Notes
1 Rickard Rydell Flag of Sweden Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 M
2 Anthony Reid Flag of Scotland Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo M
3 James Thompson Flag of England Team Honda Sport Honda Accord M
4 Alain Menu Flag of Switzerland Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo M
5 Jason Plato Flag of England Williams Renault Renault Laguna M
6 David Leslie Flag of Scotland Vodafone Nissan Racing Nissan Primera M
7 Yvan Muller Flag of France Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra M
8 John Cleland Flag of Scotland Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra M
11 Vincent Radermecker Flag of Belgium Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 M
15 Mark Blair Flag of England ADR Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra I
17 Russell Spence Flag of England Arena International Motorsport Renault Laguna I Rounds 1-14
Will Hoy Flag of England Rounds 15-26
22 Paula Cook Flag of England DC Cook Motorsport Honda Accord I Rounds 1-16
23 Laurent Aïello Flag of France Vodafone Nissan Racing Nissan Primera M
33 Peter Kox Flag of the Netherlands Team Honda Sport Honda Accord M
37 Jean-Christophe Boullion Flag of France Williams Renault Renault Laguna M
55 Gabriele Tarquini Flag of Italy Team Honda Sport Honda Accord M Rounds 19-22
77 Matt Neal Flag of England Team Dynamics Nissan Primera I
99 Lee Brookes Flag of England Brookes Motorsport Honda Accord I Rounds 1-6, 11-18

[edit] Circuits and calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Drivers Pole Teams Winning Drivers Winning Teams
1
2
Donington Park 4 & 5 April Flag of England James Thompson
Flag of England Matt Neal
Team Honda Sport
Team Dynamics
Flag of England James Thompson
Flag of England Matt Neal
Team Honda Sport
Team Dynamics
3
4
Silverstone 17 & 18 April Flag of Scotland David Leslie
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of England Jason Plato
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Williams Renault
5
6
Thruxton 2 & 3 May Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Volvo S40 Racing
Volvo S40 Racing
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
7
8
Brands Hatch 15 & 16 May Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Ford Team Mondeo
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Flag of France Yvan Muller
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Vauxhall Motorsport
Vodafone Nissan Racing
9
10
Oulton Park 30 & 31 May Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
11
12
Donington Park 19 & 20 June Flag of England James Thompson
Flag of Scotland David Leslie
Team Honda Sport
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Flag of England James Thompson
Flag of Scotland David Leslie
Team Honda Sport
Vodafone Nissan Racing
13
14
Croft 3 & 4 July Flag of England James Thompson
Flag of England James Thompson
Team Honda Sport
Team Honda Sport
Flag of England James Thompson
Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Team Honda Sport
Volvo S40 Racing
15
16
Snetterton 17 July Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Flag of Scotland David Leslie
Flag of the Netherlands Peter Kox
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Team Honda Sport
17
18
Thruxton 31 July & 1 August Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Volvo S40 Racing
Volvo S40 Racing
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of Scotland David Leslie
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
19
20
Knockhill 14 & 15 August Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Ford Team Mondeo
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Ford Team Mondeo
21
22
Brands Hatch 18 & 19 August Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Volvo S40 Racing
Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Volvo S40 Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
23
24
Oulton Park 11 & 12 September Flag of Scotland David Leslie
Flag of Scotland David Leslie
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of England James Thompson
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Team Honda Sport
25
26
Silverstone 18 & 19 September Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Flag of France Laurent Aïello
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Vodafone Nissan Racing
Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell
Volvo S40 Racing
Volvo S40 Racing

[edit] Drivers' Championship table

Drivers' Championship Table
Position Driver Car Points
1 Flag of France Laurent Aïello Nissan Primera 244
2 Flag of Scotland David Leslie Nissan Primera 228
3 Flag of Sweden Rickard Rydell Volvo S40 192
4 Flag of England James Thompson Honda Accord 174
5 Flag of England Jason Plato Renault Laguna 122
6 Flag of France Yvan Muller Vauxhall Vectra 119
7 Flag of the Netherlands Peter Kox Honda Accord 113
8 Flag of Belgium Vincent Radermecker Volvo S40 113
9 Flag of England Matt Neal Honda Accord 109
10 Flag of France Jean-Christophe Boullion Renault Laguna 97
11 Flag of Switzerland Alain Menu Ford Mondeo 84
12 Flag of Scotland Anthony Reid Ford Mondeo 78
13 Flag of Scotland John Cleland Vauxhall Vectra 51
14 Flag of Italy Gabriele Tarquini Honda Accord 17
15 Flag of England Will Hoy Renault Laguna 15
16 Flag of England Mark Blair Vauxhall Vectra 11
17 Flag of England Lee Brookes Honda Accord 5
18 Flag of England Russell Spence Renault Laguna 3
19 Flag of England Paula Cook Honda Accord 3

[edit] Points System

The points system used for the 1999 British Touring Car Championship was as follows. For the drivers championship, 15 points were awarded to the winner of each race, 12 to second place, 10 for third and 8,6,5,4,3,2,1 for fourth to tenth place respectively. At the end of the season, drivers would drop their four lowest scores. A point would be awarded to the driver who achieved pole position for each race, and a point was awarded to anyone who led the feature race.

For the manufactures championship, the same amount of points for the top ten finishing positions were awarded as for the drivers championship but only a manufacturers two highest placed cars were able to receive points. At the end of the season, manfuacturers would drop the points from their worst four rounds of the championship. No points were received for leading laps or pole position.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vic Lennard (Editor). Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship - Donington Park Offical Programme. (1999) p.30 The Really Motoring Group.

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