Antony Warmbold

Antony Warmbold
Personal information
Nationality German
Born 28 July 1978 (1978-07-28) (age 33)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2001, 20032005
Teams Ford
Rallies 46
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums 0
Stage wins 0
Total points 9
First rally 2001 Rally de Portugal

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 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.

References

  1. ^ "Driver profile - Antony Warmbold". eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=641. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Ford signs Warmbold". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 26 November 2002. http://www.crash.net/world%2Brally/news/110021/1/ford_signs_warmbold.html. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 

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