1960 French motorcycle Grand Prix

French France Clermont-Ferrand 5.005 8.055 1 7 22 May 1960 Circuit Charade 1958 1988.png John Surtees UK MV Agusta 3:54.7 John Surtees UK MV Agusta Remo Venturi Italy MV Agusta Bob Brown Australia Norton John Surtees UK MV Agusta 3:58.7 Gary Hocking Rhodesia and Nyasaland MV Agusta František Šťastný Czechoslovakia Jawa John Surtees UK MV Agusta Helmut Fath Germany BMW Alfred Wohlgemuth Germany 4:27.0 Helmut Fath Germany Alfred Wohlgemuth Germany BMW Fritz Scheidegger Switzerland Horst Burkhardt Germany BMW Florian Camathias Switzerland John Chisnall UK BMW The 1960 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 May 1960 at the Clermont-Ferrand circuit. 500 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR John Surtees MV Agusta 25 1:39:21.6 8 2 ITA Remo Venturi MV Agusta 25 +3:01.7 6 3 AUS Bob Brown Norton 24 +1 lap 4 4 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver Norton 24 +1 lap 3 5 AUT Ladi Richter Norton 24 +1 lap 2 6 JPN Fumio Ito BMW 24 +1 lap 1 7 NZL Hugh Anderson Norton 24 +1 lap 8 AUS Bob West Norton 24 +1 lap 9 NZL John Hempleman Norton 24 +1 lap 10 FRA Jacques Insermini Norton 24 +1 lap 11 DEU Hans-Günter Jäger BMW 23 +2 laps 12 ZAF 1928 Jannie Stander Norton 23 +2 laps 13 DEU Lothar John BMW 22 +3 laps 14 FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 22 +3 laps 15 DEU Fritz Kläger Horex 21 +4 laps 16 FRA Antoine Paba Norton 20 +5 laps Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1961 Temple Press Ltd Cook R. A. B. 17 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking MV Agusta 19 1:20:46.7 8 2 CSK František Šťastný Jawa 19 +34.3 6 3 GBR John Surtees MV Agusta 19 +53.9 4 4 AUS Bob Brown Norton 19 +1:35.9 3 5 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver Norton 19 +1:39.3 2 6 GBR Frank Perris Norton 19 +3:18.6 1 7 NZL John Hempleman Norton 19 8 AUT Rudi Thalhammer Norton 19 9 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Willy van Leeuwen Norton 18 +1 lap 10 AUS Bob West Norton 18 +1 lap 11 FRA Jacques Insermini Norton 18 +1 lap 12 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Shaun Robinson Norton 18 +1 lap 13 G. Smith Norton 18 +1 lap 14 FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 17 +2 laps 15 FRA Philippe Marsaux Norton 17 +2 laps 16 C. Packer AJS 17 +2 laps 17 Bouillard Norton 16 +3 laps 18 DEU Fritz Kläger Horex 16 +3 laps 19 F. Schneider Norton 15 +4 laps Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 DEU Helmut Fath DEU Alfred Wohlgemuth BMW 13 58:39.6 8 2 CHE Fritz Scheidegger DEU Horst Burkhardt BMW 13 +56.8 6 3 CHE Florian Camathias GBR John Chisnall BMW 13 +1:03.4 4 4 DEU Max Deubel DEU Horst Höhler BMW 13 +1:43.5 3 5 CHE Edgar Strub DEU Hilmar Cecco BMW 13 +4:15.8 2 6 FRA Jo Rogliardo FRA Marcel Godillot BMW 13 +4:40.7 1 7 DEU Alwin Ritter DEU Emil Hörner BMW 13 8 DEU August Rohsiepe ? BMW 13 9 DEU Arsenius Butscher DEU Alfred Schmidt BMW 12 +1 lap 10 CHE Claude Lambert CHE Rodolphe Rüfenacht BMW 12 +1 lap 11 GBR Jackie Beeton GBR Eddie Bulgin BMW 12 +1 lap 12 DEU Otto Kölle DEU Dieter Hess BMW 12 +1 lap 13 GBR Bill Beevers ? BMW 12 +1 lap 14 AUS Ray Foster AUS Estelle Foster Norton 12 +1 lap 15 GBR Pip Harris GBR Ray Campbell BMW 11 +2 laps 16 GBR John Tickle GBR Cathy Tickle Norton 11 +2 laps 17 FRA Maurice Lazard ? Norton 10 +3 laps 18 Sauzerau ? Norton 10 +3 laps 19 Weiermuller ? BMW 10 +3 laps 20 FRA Marcel Beauvais ? Norton 8 +5 laps 21 FRA François Moulin ? Norton 7 +6 laps http://racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-classements_60-SID.htm 1960 - Sidecars 500cc Racing Memory 8 December 2011 French https://web.archive.org/web/20120407045813/http://racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-classements_60-SID.htm live 7 April 2012 References French Grand Prix 1960 1959 Nations Grand Prix 1960 Isle of Man TT 1959 French Grand Prix 1961 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix