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Tour de Corse 1999 counts for:
1999 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
1999 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
1999 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup for Manufacturers
1999 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars
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| 311th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 14 |
| Official name: | Tour de Corse - Rallye de France |
| Edition: | 43rd |
| Date: | from Friday 7-May-1999 to Sunday 9-May-1999 |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 138 | |
| Starters: | 138 | |
| Finishers: | 85 | (61.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 11.11 | km | (SS7 Gare de Carbuccia - Gare Ucciani) |
| Longest: | 33.12 | km | (SS11 Pont St. Laurent - Bustanico) |
| Slowest: | 82.56 | km/h | (SS17 Cannelle d'Orcino - La Liscia) |
| Fastest: | 101.61 | km/h | (SS3 Portigliolo - Bocca Albitrina) |
| Planned stage distance: | 373.99 | km | (35.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 353.05 | km | (33.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 703.45 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,056.50 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 3rd podium for Philippe Bugalski. |
| Second place was 1st podium for Jesus Puras. |
| Third place was 62nd podium for Carlos Sainz. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 1-2 win were 5th to 6th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 136th podium for Toyota. |
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Philippe Bugalski's win in 2WD Citroen Xsara no longer surprised anyone as he had won earlier round as well. As a result, calls to curb performance of these cars were begun to be heard.
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100th WRC event for Auriol but even trying this hard did not bring win except in TV stage
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Related links
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Rally Catalunya 1999
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Rally Argentina 1999
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