Ngemuva kwayizolo, uBaltar uthole iShakedown yohlelo lwalo nyaka lwe I-Portugal Rally , I-World Rally Championship yethu iyaqhubeka namuhla. Ngonyaka ophawulwe ukubuya (eminyakeni eyi-18 kamuva) esifundeni esimaphakathi futhi ngokunembile ku-Arganil, akukho ukuntula intshisekelo emzuliswaneni wesikhombisa womqhudelwano futhi ngenxa yaleso sizathu, Isizathu Sezimoto sizobe sikhona.
Kodwa nakuba uhlelo lwalo nyaka lungaphumi endleleni, siyalukhumbula olwaseminyakeni engama-20 edlule. Kuvidiyo eyabiwe yi-FIA, kungenzeka ukuthi ubone imishini yakudala igijima ezingxenyeni ze-Rally de Portugal futhi ukhumbule amagama afana noColin McRae ongasekho (owayezowina), uRichard Burns noma uCarlos Sainz osasebenza kanye “Flying Finn” Tommi Makinen.
Ezimotweni bekukhona iFord Focus WRC (enqobe ngayo uMcRae kulo mbuthano), iSEAT Cordoba WRC, Skoda Octavia WRC, Toyota Corolla WRC, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI WRC kanye neSubaru Impreza WRC esikhathini lapho amaqembu ezimboni ayemaningi kakhulu kunalawo. abahamba lapho namuhla.
I-Rally de Portugal 1999 — nansi ividiyo okufanele uyiphuthe.
Mayelana "Nesiqalo Esibandayo". Kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu e-Razão Automóvel, kune-“Cold Start” ngo-9:00 ekuseni. Ngenkathi uphuza ikhofi lakho noma uqunga isibindi sokuqala usuku, hlala unolwazi lwakamuva ngamaqiniso athakazelisayo, amaqiniso omlando namavidiyo abalulekile avela emhlabeni wezimoto. Konke ngamagama angaphansi kwama-200.