Robert "Bob" Anderson (b. 19 May 1931, Hendon, London - d. 14 August 1967, Northampton) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver from England. 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.
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. Anderson suffered serious chest and neck injuries and died later in Northampton General Hospital.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(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
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
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
Preceded by
Lorenzo Bandini
Formula One fatal accidents
August 14, 1967
Succeeded by
Jo Schlesser
References
^ "Driver: Anderson, Bob". Autocourse Grand Prix Archive. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
Bob Anderson motorcycle racing career statistics at MotoGP.com
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