Hugh Anderson MBE
Anderson at the 1963 Dutch TT
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1936-01-18) 18 January 1936 (age 88) Huntly, New Zealand
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 TT podiums 6

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]

Motorcycle racing career

Growing up in Huntly, Anderson played rugby league for Huntly United alongside fellow future motorcycle champion Ginger Molloy.^[4]

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.^[5]

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Anderson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to motor sport.^[6] In 1995 he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.

Motorcycle Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)