Bob Anderson (racing driver)

Robert Hugh Fearon Anderson (19 May 1931 – 14 August 1967) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1958 to 1960 and in Formula One from 1963 to the 1967 seasons. He was also a two-time winner of the North West 200 race in Northern Ireland. Anderson was one of the last independent privateer drivers in Formula One before escalating costs made it impossible to compete without sponsorship.

Racing career

Motorcycle racing

Anderson was born in Hendon in the north of London and later lived in Haynes, Bedfordshire. He trained as an agricultural engineer, though left after a year and got a job as a mechanic in a local machinery dealer. Anderson began to compete in the Grand Prix world championships in 1958, scoring another second place result behind Geoff Duke at the 350cc Swedish Grand Prix.

Anderson entered Formula One in 1963 with his own Lola Mk4 car, under the guise of DW Racing Enterprises, a small team compared to other private outfits such as Scuderia Filipinetti or Rob Walker Racing Team. DW was actually only composed of Anderson and a small team of mechanics. Despite this hindrance he took the flexible little Lola to victory in the non-Championship Rome Grand Prix in that first year. In later years he ran private Brabham cars under the same banner, with his best result a third place in the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix. He was awarded the Von Trips Memorial Trophy as the most successful private entrant of 1964.

Racing record

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

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| Points

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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! Year

! Class

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! Points

! Rank

! Wins

!rowspan=2| 1958

! 350cc

! Norton

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM

| NED

| BEL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SWE

| ULS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT

| 11

! 5th

| 0

! 500cc

! Norton

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IOM

| NED

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL

| GER

| SWE

| ULS

| NAT

| 7

! 8th

| 0

!rowspan=2| 1959

! 350cc

! Norton

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOM

| GER

| SWE

| ULS

| NAT

| 5

! 9th

| 0

! 500cc

! Norton

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM

| GER

| NED

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL

| ULS

| NAT

| 1

! 15th

| 0

!rowspan=4| 1960

! 125cc

! MZ

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOM

| NED

| BEL

| ULS

| NAT

| 2

! 9th

| 0

! 250cc

! MZ

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IOM

| NED

| BEL

| GER

| ULS

| NAT

| 0

! –

| 0

! 350cc

! Norton

| FRA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IOM

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NED

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ULS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAT

| 9

! 5th

| 0

! 500cc

! Norton

| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| IOM

| NED

| BEL

| GER

| ULS

| NAT

| 0

! –

| 0

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Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

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! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! Pts

| 1963

! DW Racing Enterprises

! Lola Mk4

! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8

| MON

| BEL

| NED

| FRA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR

| GER

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA

| USA

| MEX

| RSA

! NC

! 0

| 1964

! DW Racing Enterprises

! Brabham BT11

! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED

| style="background:#ffffff;"| BEL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA

| USA

| MEX

! 11th

! 5

| 1965

! DW Racing Enterprises

! Brabham BT11

! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON

| style="background:#ffffff;"| BEL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED

| style="background:#ffffff;"| GER

| ITA

| USA

| MEX

! NC

! 0

| 1966

! DW Racing Enterprises

! Brabham BT11

! Climax FPF 2.8 L4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON

| BEL

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA

| USA

| MEX

! 17th

! 1

| 1967

! DW Racing Enterprises

! Brabham BT11

! Climax FPF 2.8 L4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MON

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR

| GER

| CAN

| ITA

| USA

| MEX

! 16th

! 2

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