# 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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 / Wohlgemuth | Report |
| 2 | 17 June | Isle of Man TT | Snaefell Mountain | Carlo Ubbiali | Gary Hocking | John Hartle | John Surtees | Fath / Wohlgemuth | Report |
| 3 | 25 June | Dutch TT | TT Circuit Assen | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | Remo Venturi | Harris / Campbell | Report |
| 4 | 3 July | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | Ernst Degner | Carlo Ubbiali | | John Surtees | Fath / Wohlgemuth | Report |
| 5 | 24 July | German Grand Prix | Solitudering | | Gary Hocking | | John Surtees | Fath / Wohlgemuth | 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.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

#### 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 | Ladislaus Richter | Norton | 5 | Ret | | Ret | Ret | | | 2 |
| 15 | Fumio Ito | BMW | 6 | | 10 | 10 | | | | 1 |
| 16 | Rudolf Gläser | Norton | | | Ret | 15 | 6 | | Ret | 1 |
| 17 | Hugh Anderson | Norton | 7 | Ret | | | | Ret | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | Frank Perris | Norton | | | 7 | Ret | | Ret | | 0 |
| 19 | Tony Godfrey | Norton | | 7 | | | | | | 0 |
| 20 | Jack Findlay | Norton | | | 11 | Ret | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | Hans-Günter Jäger | BMW | 11 | | Ret | 16 | 8 | | Ret | 0 |
| 22 | Robert Weston | Norton | 8 | | Ret | 14 | | | | 0 |
| 23 | Bob Anderson | Norton | | 8 | Ret | Ret | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 24 | Ron Miles | Norton | | | 8 | Ret | | Ret | | 0 |
| 25 | Bruce Daniels | Norton | | | | | | 8 | | 0 |
| 26 | Bert Schneider | Norton | | Ret | Ret | 9 | 9 | | | 0 |
| 27 | Steve Murray | Matchless | | 28 | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| 28 | Ernst Hiller | BMW | | | 9 | | | | | 0 |
| 29 | Jacques Insermini | Norton | 10 | | | 13 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 0 |
| 30 | Peter Middleton | Norton | | 14 | | | | 10 | | 0 |
| 31 | Lothar John | BMW | 13 | | | | 17 | | 11 | 0 |
| 32 | Peter Pawson | Norton | | Ret | | 11 | | Ret | | 0 |
| 33 | Alois Huber | BMW | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| = | John Lewis | Norton | | 11 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | George Purvis | Matchless | | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| 36 | Jannie Stander | Norton | 12 | 27 | | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Heinz Kauert | Matchless | | | | | Ret | | 12 | 0 |
| 38 | Anton Elbersen | BMW | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Roy Ingram | Norton | | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Ray Spence | Norton | | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| 41 | Allen Krupa | Norton | | 34 | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| 42 | Bill Smith | Matchless | | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Vasco Loro | Norton | | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| 44 | Raymond Bogaerdt | Norton | | | Ret | 17 | 14 | | | 0 |
| 45 | Jean-Pierre Bayle | Norton | 14 | | | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| 46 | Vernon Cottle | Norton | | Ret | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| 47 | Eddie Crooks | Norton | | Ret | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| = | Raymond Hanset | Norton | | | | Ret | 15 | | | 0 |
| = | Fritz Kläger | Horex | 15 | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 50 | Jack Bullock | Matchless | | 16 | | | | 21 | | 0 |
| 51 | Antoine Paba | Norton | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Tommy Holmes | Norton | | | | | | 16 | | 0 |
| = | Walter Scheimann | Norton | | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| 54 | Syd Mizen | Matchless | | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Trevor Pound | Norton | | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| = | Hans Schmidt | Norton | 17 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Derek Powell | Matchless / Norton | | 18 | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| 58 | Fritz Meyer | BMW | | | | | 18 | | | 0 |
| = | Guy Troncarelli | Norton | 18 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 60 | George Catlin | Matchless | | 19 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Sven-Olov Gunnarsson | Norton | | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| = | Karl Recktenwald | Norton | | | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| 63 | Billy McCosh | AJS | | 32 | | | | 20 | | 0 |
| 64 | Terry Shepherd | Norton | | 20 | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 65 | Fred Stevens | Norton | | 21 | | | | | | 0 |
| 66 | Don Chapman | Norton | | 22 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Dick Creith | BSA | | | | | | 22 | | 0 |
| 68 | Jack Brett | Norton | | 23 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Martin Brosnan | Norton | | | | | | 23 | | 0 |
| 70 | Alf Shaw | Norton | | 36 | | | | 24 | | 0 |
| 71 | Bob Rowbottom | Norton | | 24 | | | | | | 0 |
| 72 | Frank Gordon | Matchless | | | | | | 25 | | 0 |
| = | John Hurlstone | Norton | | 25 | | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | William Roberton | Norton | | | | | | 26 | | 0 |
| = | Derek Russell | Norton | | 26 | | | | | | 0 |
| 76 | Ernie Oliver | Norton | | | | | | 27 | | 0 |
| 77 | Robert McCracken | Norton | | | | | | 28 | | 0 |
| 78 | Alberto Pagani | Norton | | 29 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jack Redmond | Norton | | | | | | 29 | | 0 |
| 80 | Harry Grant | Norton | | 30 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jack Shannon | BSA | | | | | | 30 | | 0 |
| 82 | Owen Greenwood | Triumph | | 31 | | | | | | 0 |
| 83 | Ronald Cousins | Norton | | 33 | | | | | | 0 |
| 84 | Bill Beevers | Norton | | 35 | | | | | | 0 |
| 85 | Albert Moule | Norton | | 37 | | | | | | 0 |
| 86 | Patrick Manning | Norton | | 38 | | | | | | 0 |
| 87 | Joe Glazebrook | Norton | | 39 | | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | George Northwood | Norton | | 40 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Simmonds | Matchless | | NC | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dave Wildman | Norton | | NC | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alan Trow | Norton | | Ret | | Ret | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Bob McIntyre | Norton | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Bill Prowting | AJS / Norton | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Tom Thorp | Matchless | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Martinus van Son | Norton | | | | | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Chris Anderson | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Jean-Claude Bargetzi | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | James Beckett | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Monty Buxton | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paolo Campanelli | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Geoff Canning | BSA | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Roly Capner | BSA | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bror-Erland Carlsson | Matchless | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Evert Carlsson | BMW | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Carr | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter Chatterton | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Artemio Cirelli | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Sam Cooper | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Davy Crawford | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Giuseppe Dardanello | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Graham Downes | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Mike Duff | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Holger Ekström | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frans Fagerström | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Fay | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Hans-Siegfried Gläser | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Klaus Hamelmann | Münch | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Andreas Klaus | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Den Jarman | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Giuseppe Mantelli | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Emanuele Maugliani | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Alfredo Milani | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Derek Minter | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Laurence Povey | BSA | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gijs Oosterbaan | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Llewelyn Ranson | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Harold Riley | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Robertson | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tommy Robinson | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Renzo Rossi | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Graham Smith | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | William van Leeuwen | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Wright | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Benedetto Zambotti | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | FRA | MAN | HOL | BEL | GER | ULS | NAC | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 350cc Standings

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | John Surtees | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 26 | 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 | 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 |
| = | Kenjirō 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 | Moto 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 |

### 125cc
#### Riders' standings

| Pos. | Rider | Bike | MAN | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 1$^F$ | 1$^F$ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 (36) |
| 2 | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 (22) |
| 3 | Ernst Degner | MZ | | 5 | 1 | 3$^F$ | 3 | 16 (18) |
| 4 | Bruno Spaggiari | MV Agusta | | | 4$^F$ | 4 | 2$^F$ | 12 |
| 5 | John Hempleman | MZ | 4 | | 2$^F$ | 6 | | 10 |
| 6 | Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 3 | | | 5 | | 6 |
| 7 | Jim Redman | Honda | | 4 | | | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Alberto Gandossi | MZ | | 3 | | | | 4 |
| 9 | Bob Anderson | MZ | 5 | | | | | 2 |
| 10 | Naomi Taniguchi | Honda | 6 | | | | | 1 |
| 10 | Giichi Suzuki | Honda | | 6 | | | | 1 |
| 10 | Mike Hailwood | Ducati | | | 6 | | | 1 |
| 10 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Honda | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | MAN | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | Pts |
Race key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |
| Rider key ||
| Colour | Meaning |
| Light blue | Rookie rider |

#### Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
| Pos. | Constructor | MAN | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| 1 | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 (36) |
| 2 | MZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 (23) |
| 3 | Honda | 6 | 4 | | | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Ducati | | | 6 | | | 1 |
| Pos. | Constructor | MAN | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | Pts |