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1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 12th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of seven Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 22 May, with French Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on September 11.

John Surtees won the fourth and final 500cc championship after winning the German Grand Prix. On 28 July 1960, Surtees took to switch to Formula One shortly after winning the classes titles.

1960 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
22 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit			Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	GBR John Surtees	DEU Fath / Wohlgemuth	Report
17 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	GBR John Hartle	GBR John Surtees	DEU Fath / Wohlgemuth	Report
25 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR John Surtees	ITA Remo Venturi	GBR Harris / Campbell	Report
3 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	DDR Ernst Degner	ITA Carlo Ubbiali		GBR John Surtees	DEU Fath / Wohlgemuth	Report
24 July	FRG German Grand Prix	Solitudering		Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking		GBR John Surtees	DEU Fath / Wohlgemuth	Report
6 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Hartle		Report
11 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	GBR John Surtees		Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races were counted in all five classes: the Sidecars, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
NIR	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	-	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	=	=	36	37	38	=	=	41	42	=	44	45	46	47	=	=	50	51	=	=	54	=	=	57	58	=	60	=	=	63	64	65	66	=	68	=	70	71	72	=	74	=	76	77	78	=	80	=	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts
GBR John Surtees	MV Agusta	1	1	Ret	1	1	2	1	32 (46)
ITA Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	2		1	2	2		Ret	26
GBR John Hartle	MV Agusta / Norton		2	Ret	8		1	5	16
AUS Bob Brown	Norton	3	6	2	3				15
ITA Emilio Mendogni	MV Agusta			3	6	3		2	15
GBR Mike Hailwood	Norton		3	5	4		Ret	3	13
ZAF Paddy Driver	Norton	4	9	4	Ret	7	Ret	4	9
GBR Dickie Dale	Norton		5	6	12	4	7	9	6
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Norton		15		5	Ret	5	6	5
GBR Alan Shepherd	Matchless		Ret				3		4
AUS Tom Phillis	Norton		4				6		4
GBR Ralph Rensen	Norton		10				4		3
NZL John Hempleman	Norton	9			7	5			2
AUT Ladislaus Richter	Norton	5	Ret		Ret	Ret			2
JPN Fumio Ito	BMW	6		10	10				1
DEU Rudolf Gläser	Norton			Ret	15	6		Ret	1
NZL Hugh Anderson	Norton	7	Ret				Ret	7	0
GBR Frank Perris	Norton			7	Ret		Ret		0
GBR Tony Godfrey	Norton		7						0
AUS Jack Findlay	Norton			11	Ret	12	13	8	0
DEU Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW	11		Ret	16	8		Ret	0
GBR Robert Weston	Norton	8		Ret	14				0
GBR Bob Anderson	Norton		8	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	0
AUS Ron Miles	Norton			8	Ret		Ret		0
GBR Bruce Daniels	Norton						8		0
AUT Bert Schneider	Norton		Ret	Ret	9	9			0
GBR Steve Murray	Matchless		28				9		0
DEU Ernst Hiller	BMW			9					0
FRA Jacques Insermini	Norton	10			13	10	Ret	10	0
GBR Peter Middleton	Norton		14				10		0
DEU Lothar John	BMW	13				17		11	0
NZL Peter Pawson	Norton		Ret		11		Ret		0
DEU Alois Huber	BMW					11			0
GBR John Lewis	Norton		11						0
NIR George Purvis	Matchless						11		0
ZAF Jannie Stander	Norton	12	27						0
DEU Heinz Kauert	Matchless					Ret		12	0
NLD Anton Elbersen	BMW			12					0
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton		12						0
GBR Ray Spence	Norton						12		0
USA Allen Krupa	Norton		34			13			0
GBR Bill Smith	Matchless		13						0
ITA Vasco Loro	Norton							13	0
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton			Ret	17	14			0
FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton	14			Ret	Ret			0
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton		Ret				14		0
GBR Eddie Crooks	Norton		Ret				15		0
BEL Raymond Hanset	Norton				Ret	15			0
DEU Fritz Kläger	Horex	15				Ret			0
GBR Jack Bullock	Matchless		16				21		0
FRA Antoine Paba	Norton	16							0
GBR Tommy Holmes	Norton						16		0
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton					16			0
GBR Syd Mizen	Matchless		17						0
GBR Trevor Pound	Norton						17		0
DEU Hans Schmidt	Norton	17							0
GBR Derek Powell	Matchless / Norton		18				18		0
DEU Fritz Meyer	BMW					18			0
FRA Guy Troncarelli	Norton	18							0
GBR George Catlin	Matchless		19						0
SWE Sven-Olov Gunnarsson	Norton						19		0
DEU Karl Recktenwald	Norton					19			0
NIR Billy McCosh	AJS		32				20		0
GBR Terry Shepherd	Norton		20				Ret		0
GBR Fred Stevens	Norton		21						0
GBR Don Chapman	Norton		22						0
NIR Dick Creith	BSA						22		0
GBR Jack Brett	Norton		23						0
NIR Martin Brosnan	Norton						23		0
GBR Alf Shaw	Norton		36				24		0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	Norton		24						0
GBR Frank Gordon	Matchless						25		0
GBR John Hurlstone	Norton		25						0
GBR William Roberton	Norton						26		0
GBR Derek Russell	Norton		26						0
NIR Ernie Oliver	Norton						27		0
NIR Robert McCracken	Norton						28		0
ITA Alberto Pagani	Norton		29						0
GBR Jack Redmond	Norton						29		0
GBR Harry Grant	Norton		30						0
NIR Jack Shannon	BSA						30		0
GBR Owen Greenwood	Triumph		31						0
GBR Ronald Cousins	Norton		33						0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton		35						0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton		37						0
GBR Patrick Manning	Norton		38						0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Norton		39						0
GBR George Northwood	Norton		40						0
GBR John Simmonds	Matchless		NC						0
CAN Dave Wildman	Norton		NC						0
GBR Alan Trow	Norton		Ret		Ret		Ret		0
GBR Bob McIntyre	Norton		Ret				Ret		0
GBR Bill Prowting	AJS / Norton		Ret				Ret		0
NIR Tom Thorp	Matchless		Ret				Ret		0
NLD Martinus van Son	Norton					Ret		Ret	0
GBR Chris Anderson	Norton						Ret		0
FRA Jean-Claude Bargetzi		Ret							0
GBR James Beckett	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Monty Buxton	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Norton							Ret	0
GBR Geoff Canning	BSA						Ret		0
GBR Roly Capner	BSA		Ret						0
SWE Bror-Erland Carlsson	Matchless						Ret		0
SWE Evert Carlsson	BMW					Ret			0
GBR Louis Carr	Matchless		Ret						0
GBR Peter Chatterton	Matchless		Ret						0
ITA Artemio Cirelli	Gilera							Ret	0
GBR Sam Cooper	Norton		Ret						0
NIR Davy Crawford	Norton						Ret		0
ITA Giuseppe Dardanello	Norton							Ret	0
GBR Graham Downes	Norton		Ret						0
CAN Mike Duff	Norton		Ret						0
SWE Holger Ekström	Norton		Ret						0
SWE Frans Fagerström	Matchless		Ret						0
GBR Ray Fay	Matchless		Ret						0
DEU Hans-Siegfried Gläser	Norton					Ret			0
DEU Klaus Hamelmann	Münch					Ret			0
DEU Andreas Klaus	Norton					Ret			0
GBR Den Jarman	Matchless		Ret						0
ITA Giuseppe Mantelli	Gilera							Ret	0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Gilera							Ret	0
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera							Ret	0
GBR Derek Minter	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Laurence Povey	BSA		Ret						0
NLD Gijs Oosterbaan	Norton					Ret			0
GBR Llewelyn Ranson	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Harold Riley	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Bill Robertson	Norton		Ret						0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Tommy Robinson	Norton					Ret			0
ITA Renzo Rossi	Gilera							Ret	0
AUS Graham Smith	Norton		Ret						0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland William van Leeuwen	Norton			Ret					0
GBR Joe Wright	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Gilera							Ret	0

Bold – Pole

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR John Surtees	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	22	2
2	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MV Agusta	22	2
3	GBR John Hartle	United Kingdom	MV Agusta / Norton	18	1
4	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	12	0
5	GBR Bob Anderson	United Kingdom	Norton	9	0
6	AUS Bob Brown	Australia	Norton	6	0
7	NZL Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	AJS	5	0
8	GBR Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	Norton	5	0
9	ZAF Paddy Driver	South Africa	Norton	5	0
10	GBR Bob McIntyre	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
11	GBR Derek Minter	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
12	GBR Ralph Rensen	United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
13	GBR Frank Perris	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	NZL John Hempleman	New Zealand	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	32	4
2	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MV Agusta	28	2
3	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	MV Agusta	11	0
4	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	10	0
5	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	FB-Mondial	8	0
6	AUS Tom Phillis	Australia	Honda	6	0
7	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Honda	6	0
8	DDR Ernst Degner	East Germany	MZ	5	0
9	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	Morini	4	0
=	JPN Kenjirō Tanaka	Japan	Honda	4	0
11	AUS Bob Brown	Australia	Honda	3	0
=	NZL John Hempleman	New Zealand	MZ	3	0
=	GBR Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	MZ	3	0
14	JPN Moto Kitano	Japan	Honda	2	0
=	ITA Alberto Pagani	Italy	Aermacchi	2	0
=	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Honda	2	0
17	JPN Naomi Taniguchi	Japan	Honda	1	0
=	FRG Günter Beer	West Germany	Adler	1	0
=	JPN Yukio Satoh	Japan	Honda	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	24 (36)	2	18 (22)	3	16 (18)	4	12	5	10	6	6	7	6	8	4	9	2	10	1	10	1	10	1	10	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	1F	1F	3	1	1
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	2	2	5	2	5
DDR Ernst Degner	MZ		5	1	3F	3
ITA Bruno Spaggiari	MV Agusta			4F	4	2F
NZL John Hempleman	MZ	4		2F	6
CHE Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	3			5
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Honda		4			4
ITA Alberto Gandossi	MZ		3
GBR Bob Anderson	MZ	5
JPN Naomi Taniguchi	Honda	6
JPN Giichi Suzuki	Honda		6
GBR Mike Hailwood	Ducati			6
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda					6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	24 (36)	2	16 (23)	3	7	4	1	Pos.	Constructor	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA MV Agusta	1	1	3	1	1
GDR MZ	4	3	1	3	3
JPN Honda	6	4			4
ITA Ducati			6

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

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