| Hugh Anderson | |
| Nationality: | New Zealander |
| Birth Date: | 1936 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Huntly, New Zealand |
| Gp Active Years: | 1960-1966 |
| Gp Teams: | Suzuki |
| Gp Race Starts: | 68 |
| Gp Championships: | 50 cc - 1963, 1964125 cc - 1963, 1965 |
| Gp Race Wins: | 24 |
| Gp Podiums: | 48 |
| Gp Poles: | 0 |
| Gp Fastest Laps: | 21 |
| Gp First Race: | 1960 350cc Isle of Man TT |
| Gp First Win: | 1962 50cc Argentine Grand Prix |
| Gp Last Win: | 1965 125cc Japanese Grand Prix |
| Gp Last Race: | 1966 50cc Japanese Grand Prix |
| Tt Contested: | 7 (1960 - 1966) |
| Tt Wins: | 2 |
| Tt First Win: | 1963 Lightweight 125 TT |
| Tt Last Win: | 1964 Ultra-Lightweight TT |
| Tt Podiums: | 6 |
Hugh Robertson Anderson (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. 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)