Hugh Anderson (motorcyclist)

Hugh Anderson
Nationality	New Zealander
Motorcycle racing career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing Active years 1960-1966 First race 1960 350cc Isle of Man TT Last race 1966 50cc Japanese Grand Prix First win 1962 50cc Argentine Grand Prix Last win 1965 125cc Japanese Grand Prix Team(s) Suzuki Championships 50 cc - 1963, 1964 125 cc - 1963, 1965 Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 68 24 48 0 21 Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 7 (1960 - 1966) TT wins 2 First TT win 1963 Lightweight 125 TT Last TT win 1964 Ultra-Lightweight TT Podiums 6

Hugh Robertson Anderson, MBE (born 18 January 1936 in New Zealand), is a four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion and a 19-time New Zealand national champion. He is also a two-time Isle of Man TT winner.^[1][2]

Growing up in Huntly, Anderson played rugby league for Huntly United alongside fellow future motorcycle champion Ginger Molloy.^[3]

He joined the Suzuki factory racing team in 1961, racing the factory's 50cc, 125cc and occasionally 250cc racers. During his team membership, Anderson was double World Champion (50cc and 125cc) in 1963 and retained his 50cc World Title the following year. In 1965, he was crowned 125cc World Championship on his factory Suzuki. Anderson's last race for the Suzuki factory was at the 1966 Japanese Grand Prix at Fisco in October 1966.^[4]

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Anderson was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to motor sport.^[5] In 1995 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

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

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Rank	Wins
1960	350cc	AJS	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -			ULS 3	NAT 6							5	7th	0
	500cc	Norton	FRA 7	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER -	ULS -	NAT -							0	-	0
1961	250cc	Suzuki	ESP -	GER -	FRA -	IOM 10	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE -	ARG -			0	-	0
	350cc	Norton		GER -		IOM 7	NED -		DDR -	ULS -	NAT NC	SWE -				0	-	0
	500cc	Norton		GER -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	DDR -	ULS -	NAT -	SWE -	ARG -			0	-	0
1962	50cc	Suzuki	ESP -	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	GER -		DDR 3	NAT 4	FIN 6	ARG 1			16	7th	1
	125cc	Suzuki	ESP -	FRA -	IOM NC	NED -	BEL -	GER NC	ULS NC	DDR -	NAT -	FIN -	ARG NC			0	-	0
	350cc	AJS			IOM -	NED 6			ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	FIN -				1	14th	0
	500cc	Matchless			IOM NC	NED -	BEL -		ULS -	DDR -	NAT -	FIN -	ARG -			0	-	0
1963	50cc	Suzuki	ESP 2	GER 1	FRA -	IOM 2	NED 2	BEL 4			FIN 3		ARG 1	JPN 2		34	1st	2
	125cc	Suzuki	ESP -	GER 2	FRA 1	IOM 1	NED 1	BEL 2	ULS 1	DDR 1	FIN 1	NAT -	ARG -	JPN 5		54	1st	6
1964	50cc	Suzuki	USA 1	ESP 2	FRA 1	IOM 1	NED -	BEL 3	GER -			FIN 1		JPN -		38	1st	4
	125cc	Suzuki	USA 1	ESP 5	FRA -	IOM NC	NED 5		GER -	DDR 1	ULS 1	FIN -	NAT 2	JPN -		34	3rd	3
	250cc	Suzuki	USA -	ESP NC	FRA -	IOM -	NED -	BEL -	GER -	DDR -	ULS -		NAT -	JPN -		0	-	0
1965	50cc	Suzuki	USA 2	GER 3	ESP 1	FRA 6	IOM 2	NED 2	BEL 2						JPN -	32	3rd	1
	125cc	Suzuki	USA 1	GER 1	ESP 1	FRA 1	IOM 5	NED 3		DDR -	CZE -	ULS -	FIN 1	NAT 1	JPN 1	56	1st	7
1966	50cc	Suzuki	ESP 4	GER 3	NED 3					IOM 3	NAT 4	JPN 3				16	4th	0
	125cc	Suzuki	ESP -	GER -	NED 4	DDR -	CZE 4	FIN 4	ULS 5	IOM 3	NAT -	JPN -				15	5th	0

References

1. Hugh Anderson career statistics at MotoGP.com
2. Hugh Anderson Isle of Man career results
3. Huntly duo paved the way New Zealand Herald, 6 February 2011
4. TEAM SUZUKI by Ray Battersby (2008) Parker House Publishing ISBN 0-9796891-5-5 / 0-9796891-5-5
5. London Gazette (supplement), No. 53697, 10 June 1994. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

Additional reading

• Anderson, Hugh (2014). Being there: an autobiography by arguably the most successful all round international rider in the history of New Zealand motorcycling. Hamilton, New Zealand: self-published. ISBN 978-0-473-29994-1.

External links

• New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame