| Hugh Anderson MBE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Anderson at the 1963 Dutch TT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1936 Huntly, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hugh Robertson Anderson MBE (born 18 January 1936) 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] In 2022, the F.I.M. inducted Anderson into the MotoGP Hall of Fame. [3]
Growing up in Huntly, Anderson played rugby league for Huntly United alongside fellow future motorcycle champion Ginger Molloy. [4]
Anderson received support for his racing activities from Rod Coleman, the Suzuki importer for New Zealand and former Grand Prix racer who won the 1954 Isle of Man Junior TT. [5] 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. [6]
In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Anderson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to motor sport. [7] In 1995 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
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