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 / 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 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	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	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
=	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 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
=	Giichi Suzuki		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". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-07-06.