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1960 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	German
flag	West Germany
Location	Solitude
Course_mi	7.809
Course_km	11.409
Race_No	5
Season_No	7
Date	23–24 July
Year	1960
Image	Solitude1935-1965layout.png
Fast_Rider_500	John Surtees
Fast_Rider_500_Country	UK
Fast_Rider_500_Bike	MV Agusta
Fast_Time_500	4:30.9
First_Rider_500	John Surtees
First_Rider_500_Country	UK
First_Rider_500_Bike	MV Agusta
Second_Rider_500	Remo Venturi
Second_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_500_Bike	MV Agusta
Third_Rider_500	Emilio Mendogni
Third_Rider_500_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_500_Bike	MV Agusta
Fast_Rider_250	Gary Hocking
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Fast_Rider_250_Bike	MV Agusta
Fast_Time_250	4:29.8
First_Rider_250	Gary Hocking
First_Rider_250_Country	Rhodesia and Nyasaland
First_Rider_250_Bike	MV Agusta
Second_Rider_250	Carlo Ubbialia
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250_Bike	MV Agusta
Third_Rider_250	Kenjirō Tanaka
Third_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250_Bike	Honda
Fast_Rider_Sidecar	Helmut Fath
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country	West Germany
Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	BMW
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar	Alfred Wohlgemuth
Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	West Germany
Fast_Time_Sidecar	5:10.5
First_Rider_Sidecar	Helmut Fath
First_Rider_Sidecar_Country	West Germany
First_Passenger_Sidecar	Alfred Wohlgemuth
First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	West Germany
First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	BMW
Second_Rider_Sidecar	Florian Camathias
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country	Switzerland
Second_Passenger_Sidecar	Gottfried Rüfenacht
Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	Switzerland
Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	BMW
Third_Rider_Sidecar	Fritz Scheidegger
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country	Switzerland
Third_Passenger_Sidecar	Horst Burkhardt
Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country	West Germany
Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike	BMW

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The 1960 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23–24 July 1960 at the Solitude circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
GBR John Surtees	MV Agusta	18	1:22:32.1	8
ITA Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	18	+18.7	6
ITA Emilio Mendogni	MV Agusta	18	+1:35.1	4
GBR Dickie Dale	Norton	18	+2:45.5	3
NZL John Hempleman	Norton	18	+2:56.2	2
FRG Rudolf Gläser	Norton	18	+3:29.9	1
ZAF Paddy Driver	Norton	18
FRG Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW	18
AUT Bert Schneider	Norton	18
FRA Jacques Insermini	Norton	17	+1 lap
DEU Alois Huber	BMW	17	+1 lap
AUS Jack Findlay	Norton	17	+1 lap
USA Allen Krupa	Norton	17	+1 lap
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton	17	+1 lap
BEL Raymond Hanset	Norton	17	+1 lap

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	13	1:01:07.0	8
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	13	+30.4	6
JPN Kenjirō Tanaka	Honda	13	+50.7	4
GBR Dickie Dale	MZ	13	+51.8	3
CHE Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	14	+1:06.5	2
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda	14	+2:37.6	1
JPN Yukio Satō	Honda	14
FRG Heiner Butz	NSU	14
FRG Günter Beer	Adler	13	+1 lap
GBR Jack Murgatroyd	NSU	13	+1 lap
FRG Michael Schneider	NSU	13	+1 lap
FRG Walter Reichert	NSU	13	+1 lap
FRG Xaver Heiss	NSU	13	+1 lap
FRG Fritz Kläger	NSU	13	+1 lap
FRG Martin Sicheneder	Adler	13	+1 lap

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time
FRG Helmut Fath	FRG Alfred Wohlgemuth	BMW	9	47:40.4	8
CHE Florian Camathias	CHE Gottfried Rüfenacht	BMW	9	+8.6	6
CHE Fritz Scheidegger	FRG Horst Burkhardt	BMW	9	+52.1	4
FRG Max Deubel	FRG Horst Höhler	BMW	9	+1:10.8	3
FRG Otto Kölle	FRG Dieter Hess	BMW	9	+4:13.8	2
FRG Alwin Ritter	FRG Emil Hörner	BMW	9	+4:15.1	1
FRG Arsenius Butscher	FRG Alfred Schmidt	BMW	9
AUS Ray Foster	AUS Estelle Foster	Norton	8	+1 lap
FRG August Rohsiepe	?	BMW	8	+1 lap
GBR Bill Beevers	GBR John Chisnall	BMW	8	+1 lap

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1959 German Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1961 German Grand Prix

References

"Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1961". Temple Press Ltd.
"1960 - Sidecars 500cc". Racing Memory.

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