| 2 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 4 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 6 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 8 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 10 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Ecurie Rosier |
| 12 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
| 14 | Jose-Froilan Gonzalez | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
| 16 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
| 18 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Privateer |
| 20 | Harry Schell | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |
| 22 | Jean Behra | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |
| 22 | Roberto Mieres | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |
| 24 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |
| 26 | Roy Salvadori | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Connaught Engineering |
| 28 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Connaught Engineering |
| 30 | Johnny Claes | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Englebert | Ecurie Belge |
| 32 | Ken Wharton | Cooper T23 | Bristol BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 34 | Stirling Moss | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Connaught Engineering |
| 36 | Peter Collins | HWM 53 | Alta F2 L4 2.0 | Dunlop | HW Motors |
| 38 | Lance Macklin | HWM 53 | Alta F2 L4 2.0 | Dunlop | HW Motors |
| 40 | Fred Wacker | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |