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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.

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

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.

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

() (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)


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