Antony Warmbold

Antony Warmbold (born 28 July 1978) is a former German rally driver. He competed full-time in the World Rally Championship between 2003 and 2005, scoring seven points.

Antony Warmbold
Personal information
Nationality German
Born (1978-07-28) 28 July 1978
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001, 2003–2005
TeamsFord
Rallies46
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points9
First rally2001 Rally de Portugal

Career

Antony is the son of former rally driver Achim Warmbold. Antony was co-driver for his father before switching to driving. In 2001 he contested three rounds of the World Rally Championship - two in a Toyota Corolla WRC and one in a Toyota Celica GT-Four.[1] In 2002 he took part in the European Rally Championship, finishing seventh in the standings.

For 2003 he completed a deal to use a Ford Focus RS WRC on 12 of the 14 rallies on the WRC calendar.[2] He scored a best finish of 11th on the first event of the season, the Monte Carlo Rally. In 2004 he entered all 16 rallies in a Focus, finishing eighth on Rally Turkey, Rally Japan and Rally d'Italia Sardegna. In 2005 he took part in all but one of the 16 rallies in a Focus RS WRC 04 entered by the Ford World Rally Team. He finished seventh three times; in Mexico, Italy and Spain. In 2006 Warmbold quit rallying after running out of funds.

WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2001 Anthony Warmbold Toyota Corolla WRC MON SWE POR
Ret		 ESP ARG CYP FIN
50		 NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR NC 0
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 GRE
Ret		 KEN
2003 AW Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 02 MON
11		 SWE
30		 TUR NZL
20		 ARG
11		 GRE
13		 CYP
Ret		 GER
19		 FIN
Ret		 AUS
14		 ITA FRA
14		 ESP
Ret		 GBR
13		 NC 0
2004 Ford Motor Co Ford Focus RS WRC 02 MON
Ret		 MEX
9		 NZL
19		 25th 3
M-Sport SWE
15
Anthony Warmbold CYP
Ret		 GRE
9		 TUR
8		 ARG
9		 FIN
Ret		 GER
13		 JAP
8		 GBR
10		 ITA
8		 FRA
20		 ESP
13		 AUS
14
2005 BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 MON
10		 SWE
11		 MEX
7		 NZL
11		 ITA
7		 CYP
Ret		 TUR
9		 GRE
Ret		 ARG
12		 FIN
Ret		 GER GBR
12		 JAP
9		 FRA
13		 ESP
7		 AUS
Ret		 18th 6

References
  1. "Driver profile - Antony Warmbold". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  2. "Ford signs Warmbold". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
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