1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  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)
500cc
Rider
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
250cc
Rider
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
125cc
Rider
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
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Florian Camathias BMW
Time 5:08.5
Podium
First Helmut Fath BMW
Second Fritz Scheidegger BMW
Third Edgar Strub BMW

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
[1]

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
[1]

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
13 starters, 12 finishers
[1]

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
[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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 7 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.


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