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Bob Anderson
For other people named Bob Anderson, see Bob Anderson (disambiguation)
Bob Anderson (born May 19, 1931 in London, England, died August 14, 1967) was a Formula One driver who participated during seasons 1963 to 1967.
Prior to his Formula One career, Anderson was a motorcycle racer and swtiched to car racing in 1961, where 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, won a race at Montlhery and finished second at Monaco.
In 1967 he suffered an accident while testing at Silverstone Circuit, 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 results
(Note: grands prix in bold denote points scoring races.)
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Lola | MON | BEL | DUT | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | USA | MEX | SAF | Lola | |
| 1964 | Brab | MON | DUT | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | AUT | ITA | USA | MEX | Brab | |
| 1965 | Brab | SAF | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | DUT | DEU | ITA | USA | MEX | Brab | |
| 1966 | Brab | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR | DUT | DEU | ITA | USA | MEX | Brab | ||
| 1967 | Brab | SAF | MON | DUT | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | CAN | ITA | USA | MEX | Brab |
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