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1998 Race of Champions

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

Driver	Reason for Qualification
GBR Colin McRae	World Rally champion in 1995
FRA Didier Auriol	World Rally champion in 1994
ESP Carlos Sainz	World Rally champion in 1990 and 1992
GBR Alister McRae	Winner in the International Masters
GER Armin Schwarz	Finalist in the International Masters
SWE Thomas Rådström	3rd in the International Masters
SWE Stig Blomqvist	Winner in the Legends Race
ITA Miki Biasion	Finalist in the Legends Race

Legends Race

Björn Waldegård & Timo Salonen eliminated in the first round.

| |SWE Stig Blomqvist|2 |FIN Ari Vatanen|1 | |ITA Miki Biasion|2 |FIN Hannu Mikkola|0 | |SWE Stig Blomqvist|? |ITA Miki Biasion|?

International Masters

| |GER Armin Schwarz|1 |BEL Jean-Pierre van de Wauwer|0 | |ESP Flavio Alonso|0 |FIN Marcus Grönholm|1 | |SWE Thomas Rådström|1 |AUS Neal Bates|0 | |GBR Alister McRae|1 |ITA Andrea Aghini|0 | |GER Armin Schwarz|1 |FIN Marcus Grönholm|0 | |SWE Thomas Rådström|0 |GBR Alister McRae|1 | |GER Armin Schwarz|1 |GBR Alister McRae|2

Race of Champions

| |GBR Colin McRae|1 |ITA Miki Biasion|0 | |FRA Didier Auriol|1 |GER Armin Schwarz|0 | |SWE Thomas Rådström|0 |GBR Alister McRae|1 | |ESP Carlos Sainz|1 |SWE Stig Blomqvist|0 | |GBR Colin McRae|1 |FRA Didier Auriol|0 | |GBR Alister McRae|1 |ESP Carlos Sainz|0 | |GBR Colin McRae|2 |GBR Alister McRae|1

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