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.

Belgium  1960 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 7 races in the
1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 July 1960
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.100 km (8.761 mi)
500cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta
Time 4:17.1
Podium
First United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta
Second Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta
Third Australia Bob Brown Norton
250cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 4:33.8
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking MV Agusta
Third Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
125cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider New Zealand John Hempleman
Italy Bruno Spaggiari
MZ
MV Agusta
Time 5:09.3
Podium
First East Germany Ernst Degner MZ
Second New Zealand John Hempleman MZ
Third Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Florian Camathias BMW
Time 5:08.5
Podium
First West Germany Helmut Fath BMW
Second Switzerland Fritz Scheidegger BMW
Third Switzerland Edgar Strub BMW

500 cc classification

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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
[1]

250 cc classification

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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

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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
13 starters, 12 finishers
[1]

Sidecar classification

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d 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 7 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.


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