Bob Anderson (racing driver)

Bob Anderson
Nationality	British
Born	19 May 1931 Hendon, London, England, UK
Died	14 August 1967 (aged 36) Northampton, England, UK
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1958–1960 First race 1958 350cc Isle of Man Junior TT Last race 1960 350cc Nations Grand Prix Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 13 0 3 N/A 1 35 Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 3 (1958–1960) TT wins 0 First TT win – Last TT win – Podiums 2

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1963–1967
Teams	DW Racing Enterprises (non-works Brabham or Lola)
Entries	29 (25 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	8
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1963 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1967 British Grand Prix

Robert Hugh Fearon "Bob" Anderson (19 May 1931, Hendon, London – 14 August 1967, Northampton)^[1][2][3] was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1958 to 1960^[4] and in Formula One from 1963 to the 1967 seasons.^[5] He was also a two-time winner of the North West 200 race in Northern Ireland.

After several seasons in motorcycle racing in which he finished in the top ten on several occasions, he switched to car racing in 1961, when he ran a Formula Junior Lola in a race at Snetterton. He continued to race cars and eventually became a Team Lotus Formula Junior driver, winning a race at Autodrome de Montlhéry and finishing second at Monaco.

He 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 Bob 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.

In 1967 he suffered an accident while testing at Silverstone, in which he slid off the track in wet conditions and hit a marshal's post.^[6] Anderson suffered serious chest and neck injuries and died later in Northampton General Hospital.^[7]

Motorcycle Grand Prix results^[4][8]

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

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

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Rank	Wins
1958	350cc	Norton	IOM 8	NED -	BEL -	GER 5	SWE 2	ULS -	NAT 4		11	5th	0
	500cc	Norton	IOM 2	NED -	BEL 6	GER -	SWE -	ULS -	NAT -		7	8th	0
1959	350cc	Norton	FRA 4	IOM 5	GER -			SWE -	ULS -	NAT -	5	9th	0
	500cc	Norton	FRA -	IOM NC	GER -	NED -	BEL 6		ULS -	NAT -	1	15th	0
1960	125cc	MZ		IOM 5	NED -	BEL -		ULS -	NAT -		2	9th	0
	250cc	MZ		IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS -	NAT -		0	–	0
	350cc	Norton	FRA -	IOM 6	NED 3			ULS 4	NAT 5		9	5th	0
	500cc	Norton	FRA -	IOM 8	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS -	NAT -		0	–	0

Complete Formula One World Championship results^[5]

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Points
1963	DW Racing Enterprises	Lola Mk4	Climax V8	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR 12	GER	ITA 12	USA	MEX	RSA		NC	0
1964	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham BT11	Climax V8	MON 7	NED 6	BEL DNS	FRA 12	GBR 7	GER Ret	AUT 3	ITA 11	USA	MEX		11th	5
1965	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham BT11	Climax V8	RSA NC	MON 9	BEL DNS	FRA 9	GBR Ret	NED Ret	GER DNS	ITA	USA	MEX		NC	0
1966	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham BT11	Climax Straight-4	MON Ret	BEL	FRA 7	GBR NC	NED Ret	GER Ret	ITA 6	USA	MEX			17th	1
1967	DW Racing Enterprises	Brabham BT11	Climax Straight-4	RSA 5	MON DNQ	NED 9	BEL 8	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX	16th	2

References

1. "Driver: Anderson, Bob". Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. Archived from the original on 20 December 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
2. Galpin, Darren. "Bob Anderson". Darren Galpin. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
3. Paul Narramore (19 April 2006). "Bob Anderson". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
4. Bob Anderson career statistics at MotoGP.com
5. Bob Anderson career Formula 1 results at f1pulse.com
6. Bob Anderson profile at www.grandprix.com
7. Autocar, 17 August 1967, Page 50: Obituary.
8. Bob Anderson Isle of Man TT results at iomtt.com