Background
Antony is the son of former rally driver Achim Warmbold. Antony was co-driver for his father before switching to driving.
Antony is the son of former rally driver Achim Warmbold. Antony was co-driver for his father before switching to driving.
He competed full-time in the World Rally Championship between 2003 and 2005, scoring seven points. 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. In 2002 he took part in the European Rally Championship, finishing seventh in the standings.
Foreign 2003 he completed a deal to use a Ford Focus RS WRC 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 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.