Antony Warmbold (born 28 July 1978) is a former

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driver. He competed full-time in the

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between 2003 and 2005, scoring seven points.

Career

Antony is the son of former rally driver

Achim Warmbold Achim Warmbold (born 17 July 1941) is a German former rally driver. He won the West German Rally Championship in 1971 and 1980, and scored two outright victories during the inaugural World Rally Championship season in 1973 at the Rally of Poland ...

. Antony was co-driver for his father before switching to driving. In 2001 he contested three rounds of the

- two in a

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and one in a

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. In 2002 he took part in the

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, finishing seventh in the standings. For 2003 he completed a deal to use a

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on 12 of the 14 rallies on the WRC calendar. He scored a best finish of 11th on the first event of the season, the

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. In 2004 he entered all 16 rallies in a Focus, finishing eighth on

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and

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. In 2005 he took part in all but one of the 16 rallies in a Focus RS WRC 04 entered by the

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. He finished seventh three times; in

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, Italy and

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. In 2006 Warmbold quit rallying after running out of funds.

WRC results

References

External links

WRC behind the stages - Antony's blog
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