1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 12th competitive motorcycle season, with seven Grands Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc.
Contents |
[edit] Grands Prix
| Round | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125 winner | 250 winner | 350 winner | 500 winner | Report |
| 1 |  French Grand Prix |
Clermont-Ferrand |  Gary Hocking |
 John Surtees |
Report | ||
| 2 |  Isle of Man TT |
Isle of Man |  Carlo Ubbiali |
Gary Hocking |
John Hartle |
John Surtees |
Report |
| 3 |  Dutch TT |
Assen | Carlo Ubbiali |
Carlo Ubbiali |
John Surtees |
Remo Venturi |
Report |
| 4 |  Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa |  Ernst Degner |
Carlo Ubbiali |
John Surtees |
Report | |
| 5 |  West German Grand Prix |
Solitude Circuit | Gary Hocking |
John Surtees |
Report | ||
| 6 |  Ulster Grand Prix |
Dundrod | Carlo Ubbiali |
Carlo Ubbiali |
John Surtees |
John Hartle |
Report |
| 7 | Nations Grand Prix |
Monza | Carlo Ubbiali |
Carlo Ubbiali |
Gary Hocking |
John Surtees |
Report |
[edit] Championship Standings
[edit] 500cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Surtees |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 46 | 5 | |
| 2 | Remo Venturi |
Italy | MV Agusta | 26 | 1 | |
| 3 | John Hartle |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta / Norton | 16 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Bob Brown |
Australia | Norton | 15 | 0 | |
| 5 | Emilio Mendogni |
Italy | MV Agusta | 15 | 0 | |
| 6 | Mike Hailwood |
United Kingdom | Norton | 13 | 0 | |
| 7 |  Paddy Driver |
South Africa | Norton | 9 | 0 | |
| 8 | Dickie Dale |
United Kingdom | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | Jim Redman |
Rhodesia | Norton | 5 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tom Phillis |
Australia | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Alan Shepherd |
United Kingdom | Matchless | 4 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ralph Rensen |
United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ladi Richter |
West Germany | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| = |  John Hempleman |
New Zealand | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| 15 |  Fumio Ito |
Japan | BMW | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Rudolf Gläser |
West Germany | Norton | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 350cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Surtees |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 22 | 2 | |
| 2 | Gary Hocking |
Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 22 | 2 | |
| 3 | John Hartle |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta / Norton | 18 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Frantisek Stastny |
Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 12 | 0 | |
| 5 | Bob Anderson |
United Kingdom | Norton | 9 | 0 | |
| 6 | Bob Brown |
Australia | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | Hugh Anderson |
New Zealand | AJS | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | Dickie Dale |
United Kingdom | Norton | 5 | 0 | |
| 9 | Paddy Driver |
South Africa | Norton | 5 | 0 | |
| 10 | Bob McIntyre |
United Kingdom | AJS | 4 | 0 | |
| 11 | Derek Minter |
United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ralph Rensen |
United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| 13 | Frank Perris |
United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | John Hempleman |
New Zealand | Norton | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 250cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali |
Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 4 | |
| 2 | Gary Hocking |
Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Luigi Taveri |
Switzerland | MV Agusta | 11 | 0 | |
| 4 | Jim Redman |
Rhodesia | Honda | 10 | 0 | |
| 5 | Mike Hailwood |
United Kingdom | FB-Mondial | 8 | 0 | |
| 6 | Tom Phillis |
Australia | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | Kunimitsu Takahashi |
Japan | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ernst Degner |
East Germany | MZ | 5 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tarquinio Provini |
Italy | Morini | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Kenjiro Tanaka |
Japan | Honda | 4 | 0 | |
| 11 | Bob Brown |
Australia | Honda | 3 | 0 | |
| = | John Hempleman |
New Zealand | MZ | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Dickie Dale |
United Kingdom | MZ | 3 | 0 | |
| 14 | Michio Kitano |
Japan | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Alberto Pagani |
Italy | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Gilberto Milani |
Italy | Honda | 2 | 0 | |
| 17 | Naomi Taniguchi |
Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Günter Beer |
West Germany | Adler | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Yukio Satoh |
Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali |
Italy | MV Agusta | 24 | 4 | |
| 2 | Gary Hocking |
Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 18 | 0 | |
| 3 | Ernst Degner |
East Germany | MZ | 16 | 1 | |
| 4 | Bruno Spaggiari |
Italy | MV Agusta | 12 | 0 | |
| 5 | John Hempleman |
New Zealand | MZ | 10 | 0 | |
| 6 | Luigi Taveri |
Switzerland | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
| 7 | Jim Redman |
Rhodesia | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
| 8 | Alberto Gandossi |
Italy | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | Bob Anderson |
United Kingdom | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
| 10 | Naomi Taniguchi |
Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Giichi Suzuki |
Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Mike Hailwood |
United Kingdom | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Kunimitsu Takahashi |
Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
