Bob Anderson is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Brabham-Climax. Anderson has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 25 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,831 ranks Anderson 450th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1967-07-15 | Silverstone Circuit | DNF | +15 |
| 1967-07-02 | Le Mans | DNF | −90 |
| 1967-06-18 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | P8 | +43 |
| 1967-06-04 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | P9 | +19 |
| 1967-01-02 | Kyalami | P5 | +100 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | P16 | +87 | 4,862 |
| 1966 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | P17 | −84 | 4,776 |
| 1965 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −255 | 4,859 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | Brabham-Climax | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | P11 | +254 | 5,114 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | +60 | 4,860 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini | 5,294 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇨🇭 Jo Siffert | 5,058 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike Spence | 4,975 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 4,899 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇳🇿 Denny Hulme | 5,522 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Mike Hailwood | 4,925 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
Bob Anderson was a British Formula 1 driver who competed as a private entrant during the early 1960s, when independent teams could still field competitive machinery. Across five seasons from 1963 to 1967, he started 25 Grands Prix for Brabham-Climax and secured a single podium finish. His average finishing position of eighth place reflects consistent mid-field competence against the era's elite; he regularly shared grids with multiple world champions including Jim Clark, Graham Hill, and Jack Brabham, though he finished behind them in the majority of encounters. His Racer Rating of 4,831 places him among the upper tier of professional racing drivers, a standing earned through sustained exposure to front-line Grand Prix competition rather than outright results.[1]
Anderson's record against his contemporaries shows occasional flashes of pace. He finished ahead of Jim Clark, a two-time champion, once in nine shared races; he beat Richie Ginther twice in eight meetings; and he managed victories over stronger drivers including Pedro Rodríguez in isolated instances. These results were isolated rather than systematic, and his head-to-head records against the field's strongest drivers were predominantly negative. His most consistent peer was Jo Siffert, against whom he held an even record of four wins and four losses across eight races. Anderson's career was representative of the final generation of privateers in Formula 1; by the late 1960s, the rising cost of competition made independent entry increasingly untenable, and he retired from top-level racing after 1967.[2]