Bob Anderson

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 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 NED BEL GER SWE ULS NAT 11 5th 0 500cc Norton IOM NED BEL GER SWE ULS NAT 7 8th 0 1959 350cc Norton FRA IOM GER SWE ULS NAT 5 9th 0 500cc Norton FRA IOM GER NED BEL ULS NAT 1 15th 0 1960 125cc MZ IOM NED BEL ULS NAT 2 9th 0 250cc MZ IOM NED BEL GER ULS NAT 0 – 0 350cc Norton FRA IOM NED ULS NAT 9 5th 0 500cc Norton FRA IOM NED BEL GER ULS NAT 0 – 0

Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) 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 GBR GER ITA USA MEX RSA NC 0 1964 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER AUT ITA USA MEX 11th 5 1965 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 RSA MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0 1966 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FPF 2.8 L4 MON BEL FRA GBR NED GER ITA USA MEX 17th 1 1967 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FPF 2.8 L4 RSA MON NED BEL FRA GBR GER CAN ITA USA MEX 16th 2

Non-Championship Formula One results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1963 DW Racing Enterprises Lola Mk4 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 LOM GLV PAU IMO SYR AIN INT ROM SOL KAN MED AUT OUL RAN 1964 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 DMT NWT SYR AIN INT SOL MED RAN 1965 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FWMV 1.5 V8 ROC SYR SMT INT MED RAN 1966 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FPF 2.8 L4 RSA SYR INT OUL 1967 DW Racing Enterprises Brabham BT11 Climax FPF 2.8 L4 ROC SPR INT SYR OUL ESP