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)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderUnited Kingdom John SurteesMV Agusta
Time4:17.1
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom John SurteesMV Agusta
SecondItaly Remo VenturiMV Agusta
ThirdAustralia Bob BrownNorton
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderItaly Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta
Time4:33.8
Podium
FirstItaly Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta
SecondFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary HockingMV Agusta
ThirdSwitzerland Luigi TaveriMV Agusta
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderNew Zealand John Hempleman
Italy Bruno Spaggiari
MZ
MV Agusta
Time5:09.3
Podium
FirstEast Germany Ernst DegnerMZ
SecondNew Zealand John HemplemanMZ
ThirdItaly Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderSwitzerland Florian CamathiasBMW
Time5:08.5
Podium
FirstWest Germany Helmut FathBMW
SecondSwitzerland Fritz ScheideggerBMW
ThirdSwitzerland Edgar StrubBMW

500 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 John SurteesMV Agusta151:05:25.18
2 Remo VenturiMV Agusta15+1:23.16
3 Bob BrownNorton15+2:43.14
4 Mike HailwoodNorton15+2:59.43
5 Jim RedmanNorton15+3:41.32
6 Emilio MendogniMV Agusta15+3:46.61
7 John HemplemanNorton15
8 John HartleNorton15
9 Bert SchneiderNorton14+1 lap
10 Fumio ItoBMW14+1 lap
11 Peter PawsonNorton14+1 lap
12 Dickie DaleNorton14+1 lap
13 Jacques InserminiNorton14+1 lap
14 Bob WestNorton14+1 lap
15 Rudolf GläserNorton14+1 lap
16 Hans-Günter JägerBMW13+2 laps
17 Raymond BogaerdtNorton11+4 laps
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250 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta941:40.38
2 Gary HockingMV Agusta9+0.66
3 Luigi TaveriMV Agusta9+30.64
4 Mike HailwoodDucati9+2:02.53
5 Alberto PaganiAermacchi8+1 lap2
6 Günter BeerAdler8+1 lap1
7 Pierrot VervroegenMotobi8+1 lap
8 Rudi ThalhammerNSU8+1 lap
9 Siegfried LohmannAdler8+1 lap
10 Raphaël OrinelNSU8+1 lap
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125 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Ernst DegnerMZ842:00.18
2 John HemplemanMZ8+5.36
3 Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta8+5.54
4 Bruno SpaggiariMV Agusta8+20.63
5 Gary HockingMV Agusta8+1:04.32
6 Mike HailwoodDucati8+1:04.71
7 Moto KitanoHonda8
8 Sadao ShimazakiHonda8
9 Jim RedmanDucati8
10 Bob BrownHonda8
11 Alberto GandossiMZ8
12 Giichi SuzukiHonda8
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Sidecar classification

PosRiderPassengerManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Helmut Fath Alfred WohlgemuthBMW841:57.18
2 Fritz Scheidegger Horst BurkhardtBMW8+22.36
3 Edgar Strub Hilmar CeccoBMW8+2:05.04
4 Jackie Beeton Eddie BulginBMW8+2:15.23
5 Alwin Ritter Emil HörnerBMW8+3:07.72
6 Jo Rogliardo Marcel GodillotBMW8+3:35.81
7 Claude Lambert Rodolphe RüfenachtBMW8
8 Bill Beevers John ChisnallBMW8
9 Otto Kölle Dieter HessBMW8
10 John Tickle Cathy TickleNorton8
11 Bošco Šnajder Stanko ŠajnovicBMW8
12 Ray Foster Estelle FosterNorton8
13 Joseph Duhem  ?Norton8
14 Orrie Salter  ?Norton8
15 Florian Camathias Roland FöllBMW7+1 lap
16 Peter Woollett  ?Norton7+1 lap
17 Bill Boddice Graham StokesNorton7+1 lap
18 Max Deubel Horst HöhlerBMW6+2 laps
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References


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1960 Dutch TT
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