1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1960 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

  1960 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 7 races in the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1960
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.100 km (8.761 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider John Surtees MV Agusta Time 4:17.1 Podium First John Surtees MV Agusta Second Remo Venturi MV Agusta Third Bob Brown Norton
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Time 4:33.8 Podium First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Second Gary Hocking MV Agusta Third Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
125 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider John Hempleman Bruno Spaggiari MZ MV Agusta Time 5:09.3 Podium First Ernst Degner MZ Second John Hempleman MZ Third Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Florian Camathias BMW Time 5:08.5 Podium First Helmut Fath BMW Second Fritz Scheidegger BMW Third Edgar Strub BMW

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	MV Agusta	15	1:05:25.1	8
2	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	15	+1:23.1	6
3	Bob Brown	Norton	15	+2:43.1	4
4	Mike Hailwood	Norton	15	+2:59.4	3
5	Jim Redman	Norton	15	+3:41.3	2
6	Emilio Mendogni	MV Agusta	15	+3:46.6	1
7	John Hempleman	Norton	15
8	John Hartle	Norton	15
9	Bert Schneider	Norton	14	+1 lap
10	Fumio Ito	BMW	14	+1 lap
11	Peter Pawson	Norton	14	+1 lap
12	Dickie Dale	Norton	14	+1 lap
13	Jacques Insermini	Norton	14	+1 lap
14	Bob West	Norton	14	+1 lap
15	Rudolf Gläser	Norton	14	+1 lap
16	Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW	13	+2 laps
17	Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton	11	+4 laps
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	9	41:40.3	8
2	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	9	+0.6	6
3	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	9	+30.6	4
4	Mike Hailwood	Ducati	9	+2:02.5	3
5	Alberto Pagani	Aermacchi	8	+1 lap	2
6	Günter Beer	Adler	8	+1 lap	1
7	Pierrot Vervroegen	Motobi	8	+1 lap
8	Rudi Thalhammer	NSU	8	+1 lap
9	Siegfried Lohmann	Adler	8	+1 lap
10	Raphaël Orinel	NSU	8	+1 lap
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Ernst Degner	MZ	8	42:00.1	8
2	John Hempleman	MZ	8	+5.3	6
3	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	8	+5.5	4
4	Bruno Spaggiari	MV Agusta	8	+20.6	3
5	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	8	+1:04.3	2
6	Mike Hailwood	Ducati	8	+1:04.7	1
7	Moto Kitano	Honda	8
8	Sadao Shimazaki	Honda	8
9	Jim Redman	Ducati	8
10	Bob Brown	Honda	8
11	Alberto Gandossi	MZ	8
12	Giichi Suzuki	Honda	8
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Helmut Fath	Alfred Wohlgemuth	BMW	8	41:57.1	8
2	Fritz Scheidegger	Horst Burkhardt	BMW	8	+22.3	6
3	Edgar Strub	Hilmar Cecco	BMW	8	+2:05.0	4
4	Jackie Beeton	Eddie Bulgin	BMW	8	+2:15.2	3
5	Alwin Ritter	Emil Hörner	BMW	8	+3:07.7	2
6	Jo Rogliardo	Marcel Godillot	BMW	8	+3:35.8	1
7	Claude Lambert	Rodolphe Rüfenacht	BMW	8
8	Bill Beevers	John Chisnall	BMW	8
9	Otto Kölle	Dieter Hess	BMW	8
10	John Tickle	Cathy Tickle	Norton	8
11	Bošco Šnajder	Stanko Šajnovic	BMW	8
12	Ray Foster	Estelle Foster	Norton	8
13	Joseph Duhem	?	Norton	8
14	Orrie Salter	?	Norton	8
15	Florian Camathias	Roland Föll	BMW	7	+1 lap
16	Peter Woollett	?	Norton	7	+1 lap
17	Bill Boddice	Graham Stokes	Norton	7	+1 lap
18	Max Deubel	Horst Höhler	BMW	6	+2 laps
[1][2]

References

1. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1961. Temple Press Ltd. p. 18.
2. "1960 - Sidecars 500cc". Racing Memory (in French). Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

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