1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1960 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1959 1961 thumb|John Surtees (pictured in 1958) retained his 350cc and 500cc World Championship title, his final titles in motorcycle racing before moving to Formula One. thumb|In his final season, Carlo Ubbiali successfully defended his 125cc and 250cc World Championship title. The 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 12th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of seven Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 22 May, with French Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on September 11. John Surtees won the fourth and final 500cc championship after winning the German Grand Prix. On 28 July 1960, Surtees took to switch to Formula One shortly after winning the classes titles. 1960 Grand Prix season calendar Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Sidecars 500cc winner Report 1 22 May FRA 1830 French Grand Prix Circuit de Charade Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking GBR John Surtees FRG Fath / Wohlgemuth Report 2 17 June IOM Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking GBR John Hartle GBR John Surtees FRG Fath / Wohlgemuth Report 3 25 June NLD Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali GBR John Surtees ITA 1946 Remo Venturi GBR Harris / Campbell Report 4 3 July BEL Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps DDR Ernst Degner ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali GBR John Surtees FRG Fath / Wohlgemuth Report 5 24 July FRG German Grand Prix Solitudering Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking GBR John Surtees FRG Fath / Wohlgemuth Report 6 6 August NIR Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod Circuit ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali GBR John Surtees GBR John Hartle Report 7 11 September ITA 1946 Nations Grand Prix Monza ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali ITA 1946 Carlo Ubbiali Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking GBR John Surtees Report Standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races were counted in all five classes: the Sidecars, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc final standings Pos Rider Machine FRAFRA MANIOM HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU ULSNIR NACITA Pts 1 GBR John Surtees MV Agusta 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 32 (46) 2 ITA Remo Venturi MV Agusta 2 1 2 2 Ret 26 3 GBR John Hartle MV Agusta / Norton 2 Ret 8 1 5 16 4 AUS Bob Brown Norton 3 6 2 3 15 - ITA Emilio Mendogni MV Agusta 3 6 3 2 15 6 GBR Mike Hailwood Norton 3 5 4 Ret 3 13 7 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver Norton 4 9 4 Ret 7 Ret 4 9 8 GBR Dickie Dale Norton 5 6 12 4 7 9 6 9 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Norton 15 5 Ret 5 6 5 10 GBR Alan Shepherd Matchless Ret 3 4 11 AUS Tom Phillis Norton 4 6 4 12 GBR Ralph Rensen Norton 10 4 3 13 NZL John Hempleman Norton 9 7 5 2 14 AUT Ladislaus Richter Norton 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 15 JPN Fumio Ito BMW 6 10 10 1 16 DEU Rudolf Gläser Norton Ret 15 6 Ret 1 17 NZL Hugh Anderson Norton 7 Ret Ret 7 0 18 GBR Frank Perris Norton 7 Ret Ret 0 19 GBR Tony Godfrey Norton 7 0 20 AUS Jack Findlay Norton 11 Ret 12 13 8 0 21 DEU Hans-Günter Jäger BMW 11 Ret 16 8 Ret 0 22 GBR Robert Weston Norton 8 Ret 14 0 23 GBR Bob Anderson Norton 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 24 AUS Ron Miles Norton 8 Ret Ret 0 25 GBR Bruce Daniels Norton 8 0 26 AUT Bert Schneider Norton Ret Ret 9 9 0 27 GBR Steve Murray Matchless 28 9 0 28 DEU Ernst Hiller BMW 9 0 29 FRA Jacques Insermini Norton 10 13 10 Ret 10 0 30 GBR Peter Middleton Norton 14 10 0 31 DEU Lothar John BMW 13 17 11 0 32 NZL Peter Pawson Norton Ret 11 Ret 0 33 DEU Alois Huber BMW 11 0 = GBR John Lewis Norton 11 0 = NIR George Purvis Matchless 11 0 36 ZAF 1928 Jannie Stander Norton 12 27 0 37 DEU Heinz Kauert Matchless Ret 12 0 38 NLD Anton Elbersen BMW 12 0 = GBR Roy Ingram Norton 12 0 = GBR Ray Spence Norton 12 0 41 USA Allen Krupa Norton 34 13 0 42 GBR Bill Smith Matchless 13 0 = ITA Vasco Loro Norton 13 0 44 BEL Raymond Bogaerdt Norton Ret 17 14 0 45 FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 14 Ret Ret 0 46 GBR Vernon Cottle Norton Ret 14 0 47 GBR Eddie Crooks Norton Ret 15 0 = BEL Raymond Hanset Norton Ret 15 0 = DEU Fritz Kläger Horex 15 Ret 0 50 GBR Jack Bullock Matchless 16 21 0 51 FRA Antoine Paba Norton 16 0 = GBR Tommy Holmes Norton 16 0 = DEU Walter Scheimann Norton 16 0 54 GBR Syd Mizen Matchless 17 0 = GBR Trevor Pound Norton 17 0 = DEU Hans Schmidt Norton 17 0 57 GBR Derek Powell Matchless / Norton 18 18 0 58 DEU Fritz Meyer BMW 18 0 = FRA Guy Troncarelli Norton 18 0 60 GBR George Catlin Matchless 19 0 = SWE Sven-Olov Gunnarsson Norton 19 0 = DEU Karl Recktenwald Norton 19 0 63 NIR Billy McCosh AJS 32 20 0 64 GBR Terry Shepherd Norton 20 Ret 0 65 GBR Fred Stevens Norton 21 0 66 GBR Don Chapman Norton 22 0 = NIR Dick Creith BSA 22 0 68 GBR Jack Brett Norton 23 0 = NIR Martin Brosnan Norton 23 0 70 GBR Alf Shaw Norton 36 24 0 71 GBR Bob Rowbottom Norton 24 0 72 GBR Frank Gordon Matchless 25 0 = GBR John Hurlstone Norton 25 0 74 GBR William Roberton Norton 26 0 = GBR Derek Russell Norton 26 0 76 NIR Ernie Oliver Norton 27 0 77 NIR Robert McCracken Norton 28 0 78 ITA Alberto Pagani Norton 29 0 = GBR Jack Redmond Norton 29 0 80 GBR Harry Grant Norton 30 0 = NIR Jack Shannon BSA 30 0 82 GBR Owen Greenwood Triumph 31 0 83 GBR Ronald Cousins Norton 33 0 84 GBR Bill Beevers Norton 35 0 85 GBR Albert Moule Norton 37 0 86 GBR Patrick Manning Norton 38 0 87 GBR Joe Glazebrook Norton 39 0 88 GBR George Northwood Norton 40 0 - GBR John Simmonds Matchless NC 0 - CAN 1957 Dave Wildman Norton NC 0 - GBR Alan Trow Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - GBR Bob McIntyre Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Bill Prowting AJS / Norton Ret Ret 0 - NIR Tom Thorp Matchless Ret Ret 0 - NLD Martinus van Son Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Chris Anderson Norton Ret 0 - FRA Jean-Claude Bargetzi Ret 0 - GBR James Beckett Norton Ret 0 - GBR Monty Buxton Norton Ret 0 - ITA Paolo Campanelli Norton Ret 0 - GBR Geoff Canning BSA Ret 0 - GBR Roly Capner BSA Ret 0 - SWE Bror-Erland Carlsson Matchless Ret 0 - SWE Evert Carlsson BMW Ret 0 - GBR Louis Carr Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Peter Chatterton Matchless Ret 0 - ITA Artemio Cirelli Gilera Ret 0 - GBR Sam Cooper Norton Ret 0 - NIR Davy Crawford Norton Ret 0 - ITA Giuseppe Dardanello Norton Ret 0 - GBR Graham Downes Norton Ret 0 - CAN 1957 Mike Duff Norton Ret 0 - SWE Holger Ekström Norton Ret 0 - SWE Frans Fagerström Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Ray Fay Matchless Ret 0 - DEU Hans-Siegfried Gläser Norton Ret 0 - DEU Klaus Hamelmann Münch Ret 0 - DEU Andreas Klaus Norton Ret 0 - GBR Den Jarman Matchless Ret 0 - ITA Giuseppe Mantelli Gilera Ret 0 - ITA Emanuele Maugliani Gilera Ret 0 - ITA Alfredo Milani Gilera Ret 0 - GBR Derek Minter Norton Ret 0 - GBR Laurence Povey BSA Ret 0 - NLD Gijs Oosterbaan Norton Ret 0 - GBR Llewelyn Ranson Norton Ret 0 - GBR Harold Riley Norton Ret 0 - GBR Bill Robertson Norton Ret 0 - Rhodesia and Nyasaland Tommy Robinson Norton Ret 0 - ITA Renzo Rossi Gilera Ret 0 - AUS Graham Smith Norton Ret 0 - Rhodesia and Nyasaland William van Leeuwen Norton Ret 0 - GBR Joe Wright Norton Ret 0 - ITA Benedetto Zambotti Gilera Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike FRAFRA MANGBR HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU ULSUlster NACITA PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 350cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 GBR John Surtees United Kingdom MV Agusta 22 2 2 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia MV Agusta 22 2 3 GBR John Hartle United Kingdom MV Agusta / Norton 18 1 4 TCH František Šťastný Czechoslovakia Jawa 12 0 5 GBR Bob Anderson United Kingdom Norton 9 0 6 AUS Bob Brown Australia Norton 6 0 7 NZL Hugh Anderson New Zealand AJS 5 0 8 GBR Dickie Dale United Kingdom Norton 5 0 9 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver South Africa Norton 5 0 10 GBR Bob McIntyre United Kingdom AJS 4 0 11 GBR Derek Minter United Kingdom Norton 3 0 12 GBR Ralph Rensen United Kingdom Norton 2 0 13 GBR Frank Perris United Kingdom Norton 1 0 = NZL John Hempleman New Zealand Norton 1 0 250cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta 32 4 2 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia MV Agusta 28 2 3 CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland MV Agusta 11 0 4 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 10 0 5 GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom FB-Mondial 8 0 6 AUS Tom Phillis Australia Honda 6 0 7 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi Japan Honda 6 0 8 DDR Ernst Degner East Germany MZ 5 0 9 ITA Tarquinio Provini Italy Morini 4 0 = JPN Kenjirō Tanaka Japan Honda 4 0 11 AUS Bob Brown Australia Honda 3 0 = NZL John Hempleman New Zealand MZ 3 0 = GBR Dickie Dale United Kingdom MZ 3 0 14 JPN Moto Kitano Japan Honda 2 0 = ITA Alberto Pagani Italy Aermacchi 2 0 = ITA Gilberto Milani Italy Honda 2 0 17 JPN Naomi Taniguchi Japan Honda 1 0 = FRG Günter Beer West Germany Adler 1 0 = JPN Yukio Satoh Japan Honda 1 0 125cc Riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL ULSNIR NATITA Pts 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 1F 1F 3 1 1 24 (36) 2 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking MV Agusta 2 2 5 2 5 18 (22) 3 DDR Ernst Degner MZ 5 1 3F 3 16 (18) 4 ITA Bruno Spaggiari MV Agusta 4F 4 2F 12 5 NZL John Hempleman MZ 4 2F 6 10 6 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 3 5 6 7 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Honda 4 4 6 8 ITA Alberto Gandossi MZ 3 4 9 GBR Bob Anderson MZ 5 2 10 JPN Naomi Taniguchi Honda 6 1 10 JPN Giichi Suzuki Honda 6 1 10 GBR Mike Hailwood Ducati 6 1 10 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi Honda 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL ULSNIR NATITA Pts Constructors' standings Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos. Constructor MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL ULSNIR NATITA Pts 1 ITA MV Agusta 1 1 3 1 1 24 (36) 2 GDR MZ 4 3 1 3 3 16 (23) 3 JPN Honda 6 4 4 7 4 ITA Ducati 6 1 Pos. Constructor MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL ULSNIR NATITA Pts References Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 38–39 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1960/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302213220/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1960/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season