1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 4 of 7 races in the
1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 3 July 1960
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course Permanent racing facility
14.100 km (8.762 mi)
500 cc
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
250 cc
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
125 cc
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
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Florian Camathias BMW
Passenger West Germany Roland Föll
Time 5:08.5
Podium
First West Germany Helmut Fath BMW
West Germany Alfred Wohlgemuth
Second Switzerland Fritz Scheidegger BMW
West Germany Horst Burkhardt
Third Switzerland Edgar Strub BMW
West Germany Hilmar Cecco

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.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta 15 1:05:25.1 8
2 Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta 15 +1:23.1 6
3 Australia Bob Brown Norton 15 +2:43.1 4
4 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Norton 15 +2:59.4 3
5 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Norton 15 +3:41.3 2
6 Italy Emilio Mendogni MV Agusta 15 +3:46.6 1
7 New Zealand John Hempleman Norton 15
8 United Kingdom John Hartle Norton 15
9 Austria Bert Schneider Norton 14 +1 lap
10 Japan Fumio Ito BMW 14 +1 lap
11 New Zealand Peter Pawson Norton 14 +1 lap
12 United Kingdom Dickie Dale Norton 14 +1 lap
13 France Jacques Insermini Norton 14 +1 lap
14 Australia Bob West Norton 14 +1 lap
15 West Germany Rudolf Gläser Norton 14 +1 lap
16 West Germany Hans-Günter Jäger BMW 13 +2 laps
17 Belgium Raymond Bogaerdt Norton 11 +4 laps
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250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 9 41:40.3 8
2 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking MV Agusta 9 +0.6 6
3 Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 9 +30.6 4
4 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Ducati 9 +2:02.5 3
5 Italy Alberto Pagani Aermacchi 8 +1 lap 2
6 West Germany Günter Beer Adler 8 +1 lap 1
7 Belgium Pierrot Vervroegen Motobi 8 +1 lap
8 Austria Rudi Thalhammer NSU 8 +1 lap
9 West Germany Siegfried Lohmann Adler 8 +1 lap
10 Belgium Raphaël Orinel NSU 8 +1 lap
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125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 East Germany Ernst Degner MZ 8 42:00.1 8
2 New Zealand John Hempleman MZ 8 +5.3 6
3 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 8 +5.5 4
4 Italy Bruno Spaggiari MV Agusta 8 +20.6 3
5 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking MV Agusta 8 +1:04.3 2
6 United Kingdom Mike Hailwood Ducati 8 +1:04.7 1
7 Japan Moto Kitano Honda 8
8 Japan Sadao Shimazaki Honda 8
9 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Ducati 8
10 Australia Bob Brown Honda 8
11 Italy Alberto Gandossi MZ 8
12 Japan Giichi Suzuki Honda 8
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Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 West Germany Helmut Fath West Germany Alfred Wohlgemuth BMW 8 41:57.1 8
2 Switzerland Fritz Scheidegger West Germany Horst Burkhardt BMW 8 +22.3 6
3 Switzerland Edgar Strub West Germany Hilmar Cecco BMW 8 +2:05.0 4
4 United Kingdom Jackie Beeton United Kingdom Eddie Bulgin BMW 8 +2:15.2 3
5 West Germany Alwin Ritter West Germany Emil Hörner BMW 8 +3:07.7 2
6 France Jo Rogliardo France Marcel Godillot BMW 8 +3:35.8 1
7 Switzerland Claude Lambert Switzerland Rodolphe Rüfenacht BMW 8
8 United Kingdom Bill Beevers United Kingdom John Chisnall BMW 8
9 West Germany Otto Kölle West Germany Dieter Hess BMW 8
10 United Kingdom John Tickle United Kingdom Cathy Tickle Norton 8
11 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bošco Šnajder Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stanko Šajnovic BMW 8
12 Australia Ray Foster Australia Estelle Foster Norton 8
13 France Joseph Duhem ? Norton 8
14 Australia Orrie Salter ? Norton 8
15 Switzerland Florian Camathias Germany Roland Föll BMW 7 +1 lap
16 United Kingdom Peter Woollett ? Norton 7 +1 lap
17 United Kingdom Bill Boddice United Kingdom Graham Stokes Norton 7 +1 lap
18 West Germany Max Deubel West Germany Horst Höhler BMW 6 +2 laps
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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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