1960 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1960 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 7 races in the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23–24 July 1960
Location	Solitude
Course	Permanent racing facility 11.409 km (7.089 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider John Surtees MV Agusta Time 4:30.9 Podium First John Surtees MV Agusta Second Remo Venturi MV Agusta Third Emilio Mendogni MV Agusta
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Gary Hocking MV Agusta Time 4:29.8 Podium First Gary Hocking MV Agusta Second MV Agusta Third Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Helmut Fath BMW Time 5:10.5 Podium First Helmut Fath BMW Second Florian Camathias BMW Third Fritz Scheidegger BMW

The 1960 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23–24 July 1960 at the Solitude circuit.

500 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	MV Agusta	18	1:22:32.1	8
2	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	18	+18.7	6
3	Emilio Mendogni	MV Agusta	18	+1:35.1	4
4	Dickie Dale	Norton	18	+2:45.5	3
5	John Hempleman	Norton	18	+2:56.2	2
6		Norton	18	+3:29.9	1
7	Paddy Driver	Norton	18
8		BMW	18
9	Bert Schneider	Norton	18
10		Norton	17	+1 lap
11		BMW	17	+1 lap
12	Jack Findlay	Norton	17	+1 lap
13		Norton	17	+1 lap
14		Norton	17	+1 lap
15		Norton	17	+1 lap
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250 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	13	1:01:07.0	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	13	+30.4	6
3		Honda	13	+50.7	4
4	Dickie Dale	MZ	13	+51.8	3
5	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	14	+1:06.5	2
6	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda	14	+2:37.6	1
7		Honda	14
8		NSU	14
9		Adler	13	+1 lap
10		NSU	13	+1 lap
11		NSU	13	+1 lap
12	Walter Reichert	NSU	13	+1 lap
13		NSU	13	+1 lap
14		NSU	13	+1 lap
15		Adler	13	+1 lap
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Sidecar classification[]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Helmut Fath	Alfred Wohlgemuth	BMW	9	47:40.4	8
2	Florian Camathias	Gottfried Rüfenacht	BMW	9	+8.6	6
3	Fritz Scheidegger	Horst Burkhardt	BMW	9	+52.1	4
4	Max Deubel	Horst Höhler	BMW	9	+1:10.8	3
5		Dieter Hess	BMW	9	+4:13.8	2
6		Emil Hörner	BMW	9	+4:15.1	1
7		Alfred Schmidt	BMW	9
8		Estelle Foster	Norton	8	+1 lap
9		?	BMW	8	+1 lap
10		John Chisnall	BMW	8	+1 lap
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