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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 (7.089 mi)
500cc
Rider 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
250cc
Rider 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
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Helmut Fath BMW Time 5:10.5 Podium First Helmut Fath BMW Second Florian Camathias BMW Third Fritz Scheidegger BMW

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

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

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

References

1. ^ Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1961. Temple Press Ltd. p. 18.
2. "1960 - Sidecars 500cc". Racing Memory (in French). Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2011.

• German motorcycle Grand Prix
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• 1960 in West German motorsport
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