1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1960 Belgian Grand Prix

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	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
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
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
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Florian Camathias	BMW
Passenger	Roland Föll
Time	5:08.5
Podium
First	Helmut Fath	BMW
	Alfred Wohlgemuth
Second	Fritz Scheidegger	BMW
	Horst Burkhardt
Third	Edgar Strub	BMW
	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	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
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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
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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
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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
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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 8 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.