1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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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.
John Surtees won the fourth and final 500cc championship after winning the German Grand Prix. On 28 July 1960, Surtees took to switch to Formula One shortly after winning the classes titles.
| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
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| 1 | 22 May | Circuit de Charade | Report | ||||||
| 2 | 17 June | Snaefell Mountain | Report | ||||||
| 3 | 25 June | TT Circuit Assen | Report | ||||||
| 4 | 3 July | Spa-Francorchamps | Report | ||||||
| 5 | 24 July | Solitudering | Report | ||||||
| 6 | 6 August | Dundrod Circuit | Report | ||||||
| 7 | 11 September | Monza | 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
350cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 22 | 2 | ||
| 3 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta / Norton | 18 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 12 | 0 | ||
| 5 | United Kingdom | Norton | 9 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Australia | Norton | 6 | 0 | ||
| 7 | New Zealand | AJS | 5 | 0 | ||
| 8 | United Kingdom | Norton | 5 | 0 | ||
| 9 | South Africa | Norton | 5 | 0 | ||
| 10 | United Kingdom | AJS | 4 | 0 | ||
| 11 | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | ||
| 12 | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | ||
| 13 | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | ||
| = | New Zealand | Norton | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 11 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Rhodesia | Honda | 10 | 0 | ||
| 5 | United Kingdom | FB-Mondial | 8 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Australia | Honda | 6 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Japan | Honda | 6 | 0 | ||
| 8 | East Germany | MZ | 5 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Italy | Morini | 4 | 0 | ||
| = | Japan | Honda | 4 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Australia | Honda | 3 | 0 | ||
| = | New Zealand | MZ | 3 | 0 | ||
| = | United Kingdom | MZ | 3 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Japan | Honda | 2 | 0 | ||
| = | Italy | Aermacchi | 2 | 0 | ||
| = | Italy | Honda | 2 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
| = | West Germany | Adler | 1 | 0 | ||
| = | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
125cc
Riders' standings
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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 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 (36) | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 (23) | |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Pos. | Constructor | MAN |
NED |
BEL |
ULS |
NAT |
Pts |
References
- Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). pp. 38–39. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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