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| Race 4 of 7 races in the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 3 July 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1960 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  John Surtees | MV Agusta | 15 | 1:05:25.1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 15 | +1:23.1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Bob Brown | Norton | 15 | +2:43.1 | 4 |
| 4 | Mike Hailwood | Norton | 15 | +2:59.4 | 3 |
| 5 |  Jim Redman | Norton | 15 | +3:41.3 | 2 |
| 6 | Emilio Mendogni | MV Agusta | 15 | +3:46.6 | 1 |
| 7 |  John Hempleman | Norton | 15 | ||
| 8 | John Hartle | Norton | 15 | ||
| 9 |  Bert Schneider | Norton | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 10 |  Fumio Ito | BMW | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 11 | Peter Pawson | Norton | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 12 | Dickie Dale | Norton | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 13 |  Jacques Insermini | Norton | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 14 | Bob West | Norton | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 15 |  Rudolf Gläser | Norton | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 16 | Hans-Günter Jäger | BMW | 13 | +2 laps | |
| 17 |  Raymond Bogaerdt | Norton | 11 | +4 laps | |
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 9 | 41:40.3 | 8 |
| 2 | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 9 | +0.6 | 6 |
| 3 |  Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 9 | +30.6 | 4 |
| 4 | Mike Hailwood | Ducati | 9 | +2:02.5 | 3 |
| 5 | Alberto Pagani | Aermacchi | 8 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | Günter Beer | Adler | 8 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | Pierrot Vervroegen | Motobi | 8 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | Rudi Thalhammer | NSU | 8 | +1 lap | |
| 9 | Siegfried Lohmann | Adler | 8 | +1 lap | |
| 10 | Raphaël Orinel | NSU | 8 | +1 lap | |
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 |  Ernst Degner | MZ | 8 | 42:00.1 | 8 |
| 2 | John Hempleman | MZ | 8 | +5.3 | 6 |
| 3 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 8 | +5.5 | 4 |
| 4 | Bruno Spaggiari | MV Agusta | 8 | +20.6 | 3 |
| 5 | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 8 | +1:04.3 | 2 |
| 6 | Mike Hailwood | Ducati | 8 | +1:04.7 | 1 |
| 7 | Moto Kitano | Honda | 8 | ||
| 8 | Sadao Shimazaki | Honda | 8 | ||
| 9 | Jim Redman | Ducati | 8 | ||
| 10 | Bob Brown | Honda | 8 | ||
| 11 | Alberto Gandossi | MZ | 8 | ||
| 12 | Giichi Suzuki | Honda | 8 | ||
| 13 starters, 12 finishers | |||||
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| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Helmut Fath | Alfred Wohlgemuth | BMW | 8 | 41:57.1 | 8 |
| 2 | Fritz Scheidegger | Horst Burkhardt | BMW | 8 | +22.3 | 6 |
| 3 | Edgar Strub | Hilmar Cecco | BMW | 8 | +2:05.0 | 4 |
| 4 | Jackie Beeton | Eddie Bulgin | BMW | 8 | +2:15.2 | 3 |
| 5 | Alwin Ritter | Emil Hörner | BMW | 8 | +3:07.7 | 2 |
| 6 | Jo Rogliardo | Marcel Godillot | BMW | 8 | +3:35.8 | 1 |
| 7 | Claude Lambert | Rodolphe Rüfenacht | BMW | 8 | ||
| 8 | Bill Beevers | John Chisnall | BMW | 8 | ||
| 9 | Otto Kölle | Dieter Hess | BMW | 8 | ||
| 10 | John Tickle | Cathy Tickle | Norton | 8 | ||
| 11 |  Bošco Šnajder | Stanko Šajnovic | BMW | 8 | ||
| 12 | Ray Foster | Estelle Foster | Norton | 8 | ||
| 13 | Joseph Duhem |  ? | Norton | 8 | ||
| 14 | Orrie Salter | ? | Norton | 8 | ||
| 15 | Florian Camathias | Roland Föll | BMW | 7 | +1 lap | |
| 16 | Peter Woollett | ? | Norton | 7 | +1 lap | |
| 17 | Bill Boddice | Graham Stokes | Norton | 7 | +1 lap | |
| 18 | Max Deubel | Horst Höhler | BMW | 6 | +2 laps | |
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