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Armin Schwarz

Armin Schwarz
Personal information
Nationality Germany German
Born (1963-06-16) 16 June 1963 (age 53)
Neustadt an der Aisch, West Germany
World Rally Championship record
Active years 19882005
Co-driver Germany Klaus Wicha
Sweden Arne Hertz
United Kingdom Nicky Grist
France Denis Giraudet
Germany Peter Thul
Germany Manfred Hiemer
Teams Toyota, Mitsubishi, Ford, Škoda, Hyundai
Rallies 119
Championships 0
Rally wins 1
Podiums 7
Stage wins 100
Total points 179
First rally 1988 RAC Rally
First win 1991 Rally Catalunya
Last rally 2005 Rally Australia

Armin Schwarz (born 16 July 1963) is a German rally driver. He competed in the World Rally Championship from 1988 to 2005, winning the 1991 Rally Catalunya and taking six other podium finishes. Outside the WRC, he won the German Rally Championship (1987–88), the European Rally Championship (1996) and the "Rally Masters" event at the Race of Champions (2000).

Schwarz was born in Neustadt an der Aisch in Franken in 1963 and debuted in rallying in 1983. After having won the German Rally Championship for two years in a row, he made his debut in the World Rally Championship in 1988 and was signed by Toyota Team Europe, Toyota's factory WRC team, for the 1990 season.

Driving a Toyota Celica GT-Four, Schwarz led a world championship rally for the first time at the 1990 Rally Portugal, took his first podium finish at the 1991 Rally Australia and his first and only win at the 1991 Rally Catalunya.

In 1996, due to Toyota's 12-month ban from the WRC, Schwarz drove for the team in the European Rally Championship. He won the Manx International Rally and the Cyprus Rally and captured the overall title. Later that same year, he drove to victory in the RAC Rally, then part of the 2-Litre World Championship ("Formula 2").


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