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1998 Race of Champions

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The 1998 Race of Champions took place on December 6 at Gran Canaria. It was the 11th running of the event, and the 7th running at Gran Canaria. It was the final year that the event was exclusively for rally drivers. Colin McRae was the victor after beating brother Alister in the final.

Participants

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Driver Reason for Qualification
United Kingdom Colin McRae World Rally champion in 1995
France Didier Auriol World Rally champion in 1994
Spain Carlos Sainz World Rally champion in 1990 and 1992
United Kingdom Alister McRae Winner in the International Masters
Germany Armin Schwarz Finalist in the International Masters
Sweden Thomas Rådström 3rd in the International Masters
Sweden Stig Blomqvist Winner in the Legends Race
Italy Miki Biasion Finalist in the Legends Race

Legends Race

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Sweden Stig Blomqvist2
 
 
 
Finland Ari Vatanen1
 
Sweden Stig Blomqvist?
 
 
 
Italy Miki Biasion?
 
Italy Miki Biasion2
 
 
Finland Hannu Mikkola0
 

International Masters

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1
 
 
 
Belgium Jean-Pierre van de Wauwer0
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1
 
 
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm0
 
Spain Flavio Alonso0
 
 
 
Finland Marcus Grönholm1
 
Germany Armin Schwarz1
 
 
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae2
 
Sweden Thomas Rådström1
 
 
 
Australia Neal Bates0
 
Sweden Thomas Rådström0
 
 
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae1
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae1
 
 
Italy Andrea Aghini0
 

Race of Champions

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
United Kingdom Colin McRae1
 
 
 
Italy Miki Biasion0
 
United Kingdom Colin McRae1
 
 
 
France Didier Auriol0
 
France Didier Auriol1
 
 
 
Germany Armin Schwarz0
 
United Kingdom Colin McRae2
 
 
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae1
 
Sweden Thomas Rådström0
 
 
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae1
 
United Kingdom Alister McRae1
 
 
 
Spain Carlos Sainz0
 
Spain Carlos Sainz1
 
 
Sweden Stig Blomqvist0
 
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