1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

John Surtees (pictured in 1958) retained his 350cc and 500cc World Championship title, his final titles in motorcycle racing before moving to Formula One.

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.

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	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit			Gary Hocking	John Surtees	Fath /	Report
2	17 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Carlo Ubbiali	Gary Hocking	John Hartle	John Surtees	Fath /	Report
3	25 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	John Surtees	Remo Venturi	Harris /	Report
4	3 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Ernst Degner	Carlo Ubbiali		John Surtees	Fath /	Report
5	24 July	German Grand Prix	Solitudering		Gary Hocking		John Surtees	Fath /	Report
6	6 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	John Surtees	John Hartle		Report
7	11 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	Gary Hocking	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.

500cc final standings[]

Pos Rider Machine FRA MAN HOL BEL GER ULS NAC Pts 1 John Surtees MV Agusta 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 1 32 (46) 2 Remo Venturi MV Agusta 2 1 2 2 Ret 26 3 John Hartle MV Agusta / Norton 2 Ret 8 1 5 16 4 Bob Brown Norton 3 6 2 3 15 - Emilio Mendogni MV Agusta 3 6 3 2 15 6 Mike Hailwood Norton 3 5 4 Ret 3 13 7 Paddy Driver Norton 4 9 4 Ret 7 Ret 4 9 8 Dickie Dale Norton 5 6 12 4 7 9 6 9 Jim Redman Norton 15 5 Ret 5 6 5 10 Alan Shepherd Matchless Ret 3 4 11 Tom Phillis Norton 4 6 4 12 Ralph Rensen Norton 10 4 3 13 John Hempleman Norton 9 7 5 2 14 Norton 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 15 Fumio Ito BMW 6 10 10 1 16 Norton Ret 15 6 Ret 1 17 Hugh Anderson Norton 7 Ret Ret 7 0 18 Frank Perris Norton 7 Ret Ret 0 19 Norton 7 0 20 Jack Findlay Norton 11 Ret 12 13 8 0 21 BMW 11 Ret 16 8 Ret 0 22 Norton 8 Ret 14 0 23 Norton 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 24 Norton 8 Ret Ret 0 25 Norton 8 0 26 Bert Schneider Norton Ret Ret 9 9 0 27 Matchless 28 9 0 28 Ernst Hiller BMW 9 0 29 Norton 10 13 10 Ret 10 0 30 Peter Middleton Norton 14 10 0 31 Lothar John BMW 13 17 11 0 32 Norton Ret 11 Ret 0 33 Alois Huber BMW 11 0 = Norton 11 0 = Matchless 11 0 36 Norton 12 27 0 37 Matchless Ret 12 0 38 BMW 12 0 = Norton 12 0 = Norton 12 0 41 Norton 34 13 0 42 Bill Smith Matchless 13 0 = Norton 13 0 44 Norton Ret 17 14 0 45 Norton 14 Ret Ret 0 46 Norton Ret 14 0 47 Norton Ret 15 0 = Norton Ret 15 0 = Horex 15 Ret 0 50 Matchless 16 21 0 51 Norton 16 0 = Norton 16 0 = Norton 16 0 54 Matchless 17 0 = Norton 17 0 = Norton 17 0 57 Matchless / Norton 18 18 0 58 BMW 18 0 = Norton 18 0 60 Matchless 19 0 = Norton 19 0 = Norton 19 0 63 AJS 32 20 0 64 Terry Shepherd Norton 20 Ret 0 65 Fred Stevens Norton 21 0 66 Norton 22 0 = Dick Creith BSA 22 0 68 Jack Brett Norton 23 0 = Norton 23 0 70 Norton 36 24 0 71 Norton 24 0 72 Matchless 25 0 = Norton 25 0 74 Norton 26 0 = Norton 26 0 76 Norton 27 0 77 Norton 28 0 78 Alberto Pagani Norton 29 0 = Norton 29 0 80 Norton 30 0 = BSA 30 0 82 Triumph 31 0 83 Norton 33 0 84 Norton 35 0 85 Norton 37 0 86 Norton 38 0 87 Norton 39 0 88 Norton 40 0 - Matchless NC 0 - Norton NC 0 - Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - Bob McIntyre Norton Ret Ret 0 - AJS / Norton Ret Ret 0 - Matchless Ret Ret 0 - Norton Ret Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - BSA Ret 0 - BSA Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - BMW Ret 0 - Louis Carr Matchless Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Mike Duff Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Münch Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 - Alfredo Milani Gilera Ret 0 - Derek Minter Norton Ret 0 - BSA Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike FRA MAN HOL BEL GER ULS NAC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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

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
=			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			Japan	Honda	2	0
=	Alberto Pagani		Italy	Aermacchi	2	0
=	Gilberto Milani		Italy	Honda	2	0
17	Naomi Taniguchi		Japan	Honda	1	0
=			West Germany	Adler	1	0
=			Japan	Honda	1	0

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
=			Japan	Honda	1	0
=	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	Ducati	1	0
=	Kunimitsu Takahashi		Japan	Honda	1	0

References[]

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.