The 1960 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 22 May 1960 at the Clermont-Ferrand circuit.
500 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 John Surtees MV Agusta 25 1:39:21.6 8 2 Remo Venturi MV Agusta 25 +3:01.7 6 3 Bob Brown Norton 24 +1 lap 4 4 Paddy Driver Norton 24 +1 lap 3 5 Ladi Richter Norton 24 +1 lap 2 6 Fumio Ito BMW 24 +1 lap 1 7 Hugh Anderson Norton 24 +1 lap 8 Bob West Norton 24 +1 lap 9 John Hempleman Norton 24 +1 lap 10 Jacques Insermini Norton 24 +1 lap 11 Hans-Günter Jäger BMW 23 +2 laps 12 Jannie Stander Norton 23 +2 laps 13 Lothar John BMW 22 +3 laps 14 Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 22 +3 laps 15 Fritz Kläger Horex 21 +4 laps 16 Antoine Paba Norton 20 +5 laps
350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Gary Hocking MV Agusta 19 1:20:46.7 8 2 František Šťastný Jawa 19 +34.3 6 3 John Surtees MV Agusta 19 +53.9 4 4 Bob Brown Norton 19 +1:35.9 3 5 Paddy Driver Norton 19 +1:39.3 2 6 Frank Perris Norton 19 +3:18.6 1 7 John Hempleman Norton 19 8 Rudi Thalhammer Norton 19 9 Willy van Leeuwen Norton 18 +1 lap 10 Bob West Norton 18 +1 lap 11 Jacques Insermini Norton 18 +1 lap 12 Shaun Robinson Norton 18 +1 lap 13 G. Smith Norton 18 +1 lap 14 Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 17 +2 laps 15 Philippe Marsaux Norton 17 +2 laps 16 C. Packer AJS 17 +2 laps 17 Bouillard Norton 16 +3 laps 18 Fritz Kläger Horex 16 +3 laps 19 F. Schneider Norton 15 +4 laps
Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Helmut Fath Alfred Wohlgemuth BMW 13 58:39.6 8 2 Fritz Scheidegger Horst Burkhardt BMW 13 +56.8 6 3 Florian Camathias John Chisnall BMW 13 +1:03.4 4 4 Max Deubel Horst Höhler BMW 13 +1:43.5 3 5 Edgar Strub Hilmar Cecco BMW 13 +4:15.8 2 6 Jo Rogliardo Marcel Godillot BMW 13 +4:40.7 1 7 Alwin Ritter Emil Hörner BMW 13 8 August Rohsiepe ? BMW 13 9 Arsenius Butscher Alfred Schmidt BMW 12 +1 lap 10 Claude Lambert Rodolphe Rüfenacht BMW 12 +1 lap 11 Jackie Beeton Eddie Bulgin BMW 12 +1 lap 12 Otto Kölle Dieter Hess BMW 12 +1 lap 13 Bill Beevers ? BMW 12 +1 lap 14 Ray Foster Estelle Foster Norton 12 +1 lap 15 Pip Harris Ray Campbell BMW 11 +2 laps 16 John Tickle Cathy Tickle Norton 11 +2 laps 17 Maurice Lazard ? Norton 10 +3 laps 18 Sauzerau ? Norton 10 +3 laps 19 Weiermuller ? BMW 10 +3 laps 20 Marcel Beauvais ? Norton 8 +5 laps 21 François Moulin ? Norton 7 +6 laps
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