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
Date3 July 1960
LocationCircuit 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
[1]

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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1960 German Grand Prix
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