Antony Warmbold

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Antony Warmbold
Personal information
NationalityGermany German
Born (1978-07-28) 28 July 1978 (age 46)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2001, 20032005
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

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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

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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

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  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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