Antony Warmbold

Antony Warmbold
Personal information
NationalityGermany German
Born (1978-07-28) 28 July 1978 (age 46)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001, 2003–2005
Co-driverUnited Kingdom Gemma Price
Republic of Ireland Damien Connolly
United Kingdom Michael Orr
TeamsFord
Rallies46
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points9
First rally2001 Rallye de Portugal
Last rally2005 Rally Australia

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.

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.