1960 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1960 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 7 races in the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23–24 July 1960
Location	Solitude
Course	Permanent racing facility 11.409 km (7.809 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	John Surtees	MV Agusta
Time	4:30.9
Podium
First	John Surtees	MV Agusta
Second	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta
Third	Emilio Mendogni	MV Agusta
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta
Time	4:29.8
Podium
First	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta
Second	Carlo Ubbialia	MV Agusta
Third	Kenjirō Tanaka	Honda
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Helmut Fath	BMW
Passenger	Alfred Wohlgemuth
Time	5:10.5
Podium
First	Helmut Fath	BMW
	Alfred Wohlgemuth
Second	Florian Camathias	BMW
	Gottfried Rüfenacht
Third	Fritz Scheidegger	BMW
	Horst Burkhardt

The 1960 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 23–24 July 1960 at the Solitude circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	MV Agusta	18	1:22:32.1	8
2	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	18	+18.7	6
3	Emilio Mendogni	MV Agusta	18	+1:35.1	4
4	Dickie Dale	Norton	18	+2:45.5	3
5	John Hempleman	Norton	18	+2:56.2	2
6	Rudolf Gläser	Norton	18	+3:29.9	1
7	Paddy Driver	Norton	18
8	Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW	18
9	Bert Schneider	Norton	18
10	Jacques Insermini	Norton	17	+1 lap
11	Alois Huber	BMW	17	+1 lap
12	Jack Findlay	Norton	17	+1 lap
13	Allen Krupa	Norton	17	+1 lap
14	Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton	17	+1 lap
15	Raymond Hanset	Norton	17	+1 lap
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	13	1:01:07.0	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	13	+30.4	6
3	Kenjirō Tanaka	Honda	13	+50.7	4
4	Dickie Dale	MZ	13	+51.8	3
5	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	14	+1:06.5	2
6	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda	14	+2:37.6	1
7	Yukio Satō	Honda	14
8	Heiner Butz	NSU	14
9	Günter Beer	Adler	13	+1 lap
10	Jack Murgatroyd	NSU	13	+1 lap
11	Michael Schneider	NSU	13	+1 lap
12	Walter Reichert	NSU	13	+1 lap
13	Xaver Heiss	NSU	13	+1 lap
14	Fritz Kläger	NSU	13	+1 lap
15	Martin Sicheneder	Adler	13	+1 lap
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Helmut Fath	Alfred Wohlgemuth	BMW	9	47:40.4	8
2	Florian Camathias	Gottfried Rüfenacht	BMW	9	+8.6	6
3	Fritz Scheidegger	Horst Burkhardt	BMW	9	+52.1	4
4	Max Deubel	Horst Höhler	BMW	9	+1:10.8	3
5	Otto Kölle	Dieter Hess	BMW	9	+4:13.8	2
6	Alwin Ritter	Emil Hörner	BMW	9	+4:15.1	1
7	Arsenius Butscher	Alfred Schmidt	BMW	9
8	Ray Foster	Estelle Foster	Norton	8	+1 lap
9	August Rohsiepe	?	BMW	8	+1 lap
10	Bill Beevers	John Chisnall	BMW	8	+1 lap
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