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.
1960 Grand Prix season calendar
[edit]Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 22 May | ![]() | Charade Circuit | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 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
[edit]Scoring system
[edit]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
[edit]350cc Standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 26 | 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
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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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 Standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() | Italy | MV Agusta | 24 | 4 | |
2 | ![]() | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 18 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() | East Germany | MZ | 16 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() | Italy | MV Agusta | 12 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() | New Zealand | MZ | 10 | 0 | |
6 | ![]() | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() | Rhodesia | Honda | 6 | 0 | |
8 | ![]() | Italy | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
9 | ![]() | United Kingdom | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
10 | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | ![]() | United Kingdom | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
= | ![]() | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- 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.