British Touring Car Championship 1999

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The 42nd season of the British Touring Car Championship began on April 4, 1999 at Donington Park and ended on September 19, 1999 at Silverstone . After 26 races, Laurent Aïello won ahead of David Leslie (both Nissan Primera ) and last year's winner Rickard Rydell ( Volvo S40 ). Nissan was the winner of the constructors' championship .

Changes

• Audi and Peugeot left the championship for the 1999 season. Renault, Volvo and Nissan, the champions of the past three years, announced at the end of the 1999 season that they would also be leaving the BTCC.
• The first night race took place in Snetterton. The pit lane and the spectator areas were illuminated, while the rest of the track was left in total darkness. A soft red light was installed in the cockpit to make it easier for the drivers to change light conditions (light to dark and dark to light).

Results and ratings

calendar

	date	run	route	Pole position	1st place	place 2	place 3
1, 2	4th to 5th April	England	Donington Park (National)	James Thompson Matt Neal	James Thompson	Alain Menu	Jason Plato
					Matt Neal	James Thompson	Jason Plato
3, 4	17.-18. April	England	Silverstone	David Leslie Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	David Leslie	Rickard Rydell
					Jason Plato	Yvan Muller	Jean-Christophe Boullion
5, 6	2-3 May	England	Thruxton	Rickard Rydell Rickard Rydell	Laurent Aïello	Rickard Rydell	Matt Neal
					Laurent Aïello	Rickard Rydell	Vincent Radermecker
7, 8	15.-16. May	England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Alain Menu Laurent Aïello	Yvan Muller	Anthony Reid	Laurent Aïello
					Laurent Aïello	David Leslie	Matt Neal
9, 10	30.-31. May	England	Oulton Park	Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	David Leslie	Alain Menu
					Laurent Aïello	Matt Neal	Yvan Muller
11, 12	19. – 20. June	England	Donington Park (GP)	James Thompson David Leslie	James Thompson	David Leslie	Jason Plato
					David Leslie	Laurent Aïello	James Thompson
13, 14	3rd to 4th July	England	Croft	James Thompson James Thompson	James Thompson	David Leslie	Peter Kox
					Rickard Rydell	James Thompson	Laurent Aïello
15, 16	17th July	England	Snetterton (night race)	Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello	David Leslie	Rickard Rydell	Vincent Radermecker
					Peter Kox	David Leslie	Yvan Muller
17, 18	July 31st - August 1st	England	Thruxton	Rickard Rydell Rickard Rydell	Laurent Aïello	Rickard Rydell	Vincent Radermecker
					David Leslie	Vincent Radermecker	Alain Menu
19, 20	19. – 20. August	Scotland	Knockhill	Laurent Aïello Alain Menu	Laurent Aïello	Gabriele Tarquini	Alain Menu
					Alain Menu	Peter Kox	David Leslie
21, 22	29-30 August	England	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Laurent Aïello Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	Laurent Aïello	James Thompson
					Laurent Aïello	David Leslie	James Thompson
23, 24	11-12 September	England	Oulton Park	David Leslie David Leslie	Laurent Aïello	David Leslie	Rickard Rydell
					James Thompson	Laurent Aïello	Rickard Rydell
25, 26	18. – 19. September	England	Silverstone	Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello	Rickard Rydell	James Thompson	Yvan Muller
					Rickard Rydell	David Leslie	Anthony Reid

Score

driver

Pl. driver Points 1. Laurent Aïello 244 2 David Leslie 228 3 Rickard Rydell 192 4th James Thompson 174 5 Jason Plato 122 6th Yvan Muller 119 7th Peter Kox 113

Pl. driver Points 8th Vincent Radermecker 113 9 Matt Neal 109 10 Jean-Christophe Boullion 97 11 Alain Menu 84 12 Anthony Reid 78 13 John Cleland 51 14th Gabriele Tarquini 17th

Pl. driver Points 15th Will Hoy 15th 16 Mark Blair 11 17th Lee Brookes 5 18th Russell Spence 3 19th Paula Cook 3

brand

Pl.	driver	Points
1.	Nissan	464
2	Honda	296
3	Volvo	295
4th	Renault	227
5	Vauxhall	186
6th	ford	164

Web links

Commons : British Touring Car Championship 1999  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• 1999 season at btccpages.com (English)
• 1999 season ( memento from April 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at btccaction.co.uk (English)