Antony Warmbold

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Antony Warmbold

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|07|28|df=y}}

| nationality = {{flagicon|GER}} German

| Years = {{WRC|2001}}, {{WRC|2003}}–{{WRC|2005}}

| Co-driver = {{flagicon|GBR}} Gemma Price
{{flagicon|IRE}} Damien Connolly
{{flagicon|GBR}} Michael Orr

| 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.{{cite web|url=http://ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=641|title=Driver profile - Antony Warmbold|work=eWRC-results.com|publisher=eWRC.cz|accessdate=14 July 2011}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/world%2Brally/news/110021/1/ford_signs_warmbold.html|title=Ford signs Warmbold|work=crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|date=26 November 2002|accessdate=14 July 2011}} 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
rowspan=2\| 2001 !rowspan=2 nowrap\| Anthony Warmbold ! nowrap\| Toyota Corolla WRC \| MON \| SWE \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| POR Ret \| ESP \| ARG \| CYP \|colspan=2\| \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FIN 50 \| NZL \| ITA \| FRA \| AUS \| GBR \|colspan=2\| !rowspan=2\| NC !rowspan=2\| 0
nowrap\| Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 \|colspan=6\| \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GRE Ret \| KEN \|colspan=8\|
2003 ! nowrap\| AW Rally Team ! nowrap\| Ford Focus RS WRC 02 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MON 11 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SWE 30 \| TUR \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| NZL 20 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| ARG 11 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GRE 13 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CYP Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GER 19 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| FIN Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| AUS 14 \| ITA \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| FRA 14 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| ESP Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 13 \|colspan=2\| ! NC ! 0
rowspan=3\| 2004 ! nowrap\| Ford Motor Co !rowspan=3 nowrap\| Ford Focus RS WRC 02 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| MON Ret \| \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MEX 9 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| NZL 19 \|colspan=12\| !rowspan=3\| 25th !rowspan=3\| 3
nowrap\| M-Sport \| \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SWE 15 \|colspan=14\|
nowrap\| Anthony Warmbold \|colspan=4\| \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CYP Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GRE 9 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| TUR 8 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| ARG 9 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| FIN Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GER 13 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| JAP 8 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 10 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 8 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FRA 20 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| ESP 13 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| AUS 14
2005 ! nowrap\| BP Ford World Rally Team ! nowrap\| Ford Focus RS WRC 04 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| MON 10 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| SWE 11 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| MEX 7 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| NZL 11 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ITA 7 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| CYP Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| TUR 9 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| GRE Ret \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| ARG 12 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| FIN Ret \| GER \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| GBR 12 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| JAP 9 \|style="background:#CFCFFF;"\| FRA 13 \|style="background:#DFFFDF;"\| ESP 7 \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\| AUS Ret ! 18th ! 6

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