1960 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1960 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 May 1960 at the Clermont-Ferrand circuit.

  1960 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 7 races in the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 May 1960
Location	Clermont-Ferrand
Course	Permanent racing facility 8.055 km (5.005 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider John Surtees MV Agusta Time 3:54.7 Podium First John Surtees MV Agusta Second Remo Venturi MV Agusta Third Bob Brown Norton
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider John Surtees MV Agusta Time 3:58.7 Podium First Gary Hocking MV Agusta Second František Šťastný Jawa Third John Surtees MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Helmut Fath BMW Time 4:27.0 Podium First Helmut Fath BMW Second Fritz Scheidegger BMW Third Florian Camathias BMW

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	MV Agusta	25	1:39:21.6	8
2	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	25	+3:01.7	6
3	Bob Brown	Norton	24	+1 lap	4
4	Paddy Driver	Norton	24	+1 lap	3
5	Ladi Richter	Norton	24	+1 lap	2
6	Fumio Ito	BMW	24	+1 lap	1
7	Hugh Anderson	Norton	24	+1 lap
8	Bob West	Norton	24	+1 lap
9	John Hempleman	Norton	24	+1 lap
10	Jacques Insermini	Norton	24	+1 lap
11	Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW	23	+2 laps
12	Jannie Stander	Norton	23	+2 laps
13	Lothar John	BMW	22	+3 laps
14	Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton	22	+3 laps
15	Fritz Kläger	Horex	21	+4 laps
16	Antoine Paba	Norton	20	+5 laps
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	19	1:20:46.7	8
2	František Šťastný	Jawa	19	+34.3	6
3	John Surtees	MV Agusta	19	+53.9	4
4	Bob Brown	Norton	19	+1:35.9	3
5	Paddy Driver	Norton	19	+1:39.3	2
6	Frank Perris	Norton	19	+3:18.6	1
7	John Hempleman	Norton	19
8	Rudi Thalhammer	Norton	19
9	Willy van Leeuwen	Norton	18	+1 lap
10	Bob West	Norton	18	+1 lap
11	Jacques Insermini	Norton	18	+1 lap
12	Shaun Robinson	Norton	18	+1 lap
13	G. Smith	Norton	18	+1 lap
14	Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton	17	+2 laps
15	Philippe Marsaux	Norton	17	+2 laps
16	C. Packer	AJS	17	+2 laps
17	Bouillard	Norton	16	+3 laps
18	Fritz Kläger	Horex	16	+3 laps
19	F. Schneider	Norton	15	+4 laps
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Helmut Fath	Alfred Wohlgemuth	BMW	13	58:39.6	8
2	Fritz Scheidegger	Horst Burkhardt	BMW	13	+56.8	6
3	Florian Camathias	John Chisnall	BMW	13	+1:03.4	4
4	Max Deubel	Horst Höhler	BMW	13	+1:43.5	3
5	Edgar Strub	Hilmar Cecco	BMW	13	+4:15.8	2
6	Jo Rogliardo	Marcel Godillot	BMW	13	+4:40.7	1
7	Alwin Ritter	Emil Hörner	BMW	13
8	August Rohsiepe	?	BMW	13
9	Arsenius Butscher	Alfred Schmidt	BMW	12	+1 lap
10	Claude Lambert	Rodolphe Rüfenacht	BMW	12	+1 lap
11	Jackie Beeton	Eddie Bulgin	BMW	12	+1 lap
12	Otto Kölle	Dieter Hess	BMW	12	+1 lap
13	Bill Beevers	?	BMW	12	+1 lap
14	Ray Foster	Estelle Foster	Norton	12	+1 lap
15	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	BMW	11	+2 laps
16	John Tickle	Cathy Tickle	Norton	11	+2 laps
17	Maurice Lazard	?	Norton	10	+3 laps
18	Sauzerau	?	Norton	10	+3 laps
19	Weiermuller	?	BMW	10	+3 laps
20	Marcel Beauvais	?	Norton	8	+5 laps
21	François Moulin	?	Norton	7	+6 laps
[1][2]

References

1. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1961. Temple Press Ltd. p. 17.
2. "1960 - Sidecars 500cc". Racing Memory (in French). Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

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