Antony Warmbold

Antony Warmbold
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	28 July 1978 (age 46)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2001, 2003–2005
Co-driver	Gemma Price; Damien Connolly; Michael Orr
Teams	Ford
Rallies	46
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	9
First rally	2001 Rallye de Portugal
Last rally	2005 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
2001	Anthony Warmbold	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205							GRE Ret	KEN									NC	0
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

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

External links

WRC behind the stages - Antony's blog

[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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