Antony Warmbold Explained

Antony Warmbold
Birth Date:28 July 1978
Nationality: German
Years:,  -
Teams:Ford
Races:46
Championships:0
Wins:0
Podiums:0
Stagewins:0
Points:9
First Race:2001 Rallye de Portugal
Last Race: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

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2001Anthony WarmboldToyota Corolla WRCMONSWEPOR
Ret
ESPARGCYPFIN
50
NZLITAFRAAUSGBRNC0
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205GRE
Ret
KEN
2003AW Rally TeamFord Focus RS WRC 02MON
11
SWE
30
TURNZL
20
ARG
11
GRE
13
CYP
Ret
GER
19
FIN
Ret
AUS
14
ITAFRA
14
ESP
Ret
GBR
13
NC0
2004Ford Motor CoFord Focus RS WRC 02MON
Ret
MEX
9
NZL
19
25th3
M-SportSWE
15
Anthony WarmboldCYP
Ret
GRE
9
TUR
8
ARG
9
FIN
Ret
GER
13
JAP
8
GBR
10
ITA
8
FRA
20
ESP
13
AUS
14
2005BP Ford World Rally TeamFord Focus RS WRC 04MON
10
SWE
11
MEX
7
NZL
11
ITA
7
CYP
Ret
TUR
9
GRE
Ret
ARG
12
FIN
Ret
GERGBR
12
JAP
9
FRA
13
ESP
7
AUS
Ret
18th6

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Driver profile - Antony Warmbold. eWRC-results.com. eWRC.cz. 14 July 2011.
  2. News: Ford signs Warmbold. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 November 2002. 14 July 2011.