| 1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 2 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 4 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 5 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
| 6 | Jose-Froilan Gonzalez | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
| 7 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
| 8 | Onofre Marimon | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Officine Alfieri Maserati |
| 9 | Jean Behra | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |
| 10 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |
| 11 | Harry Schell | Gordini T16 | Gordini 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert | Equipe Gordini |
| 12 | Johnny Claes | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Englebert | Ecurie Belge |
| 13 | Mauritz von Strachwitz | MSM Lancia | Lancia V6 2.0 | | Von Strachwitz |
| 14 | Prince Bira | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Connaught Engineering |
| 15 | Roy Salvadori | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Connaught Engineering |
| 16 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught A | Lea Francis L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Connaught Engineering |
| 17 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli | Privateer |
| 18 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Englebert | Ecurie Francorchamps |
| 19 | Stirling Moss | Cooper Special | Alta F2 L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Cooper Car Company |
| 20 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 500 L4 2.0 | Dunlop | Ecurie Rosier |
| 21 | Hans Stuck | AFM 6 | Bristol BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 22 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas RS | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 23 | Willi Heeks | Veritas Meteor | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 24 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas RS | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 25 | Hans Blees | AFM 6 | BMW 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 26 | Oswald Karch | Veritas RS | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 27 | Adolf Lang | Veritas RS | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 28 | Theo Fitzau | AFM 6 | BMW 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | H Niedermayr |
| 29 | Hans Klenk | Veritas Meteor | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 30 | Ernst Loof | Veritas Meteor | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 31 | Hans Herrmann | Veritas Meteor | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | H Klenk |
| 32 | Erwin Bauer | Veritas Meteor | Veritas L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 33 | Adolf Lang | AFM 6 | BMW 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 34 | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari 166 | Ferrari 125 V12 1.5 | Pirelli | Ecurie Espadon |
| 35 | Edgar Barth | EMW R2 | EMW 6 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | EMW Rennkollectiv |
| 36 | Rudolf Krause | BMW Greifzu | BMW 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Dora Greifzu |
| 37 | Ernst Klodwig | BMW Heck | BMW 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 38 | Alan Brown | Cooper T23 | Bristol BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Equipe Anglaise |
| 39 | Helmut Glockler | Cooper T23 | Bristol BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Equipe Anglaise |
| 40 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper T23 | Bristol BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |
| 41 | Günther Bechem | AFM 6 | BMW 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop | Privateer |