| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 2 | 2:46 | 9 |
| 2 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 3 | +1 lap | 6 |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper | 7 | +2 laps | 4 |
| 4 | Dennis Poore | Connaught | 8 | +2 laps | 3 |
| 5 | Eric Thompson | Connaught | 9 | +3 laps | 2 |
| 6 | Nino Farina | Ferrari | 1 | +3 laps | |
| 7 | Reg Parnell | Cooper | 6 | +3 laps | |
| 8 | Roy Salvadori | Ferrari | 19 | +3 laps | |
| 9 | Ken Downing | Connaught | 5 | +3 laps | |
| 10 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari | 20 | +4 laps | |
| 11 | Prince Bira | Gordini | 10 | +4 laps | |
| 12 | Graham Whitehead | Alta | 12 | +5 laps | |
| 13 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari | 15 | +5 laps | |
| 14 | Johnny Claes | Simca | 23 | +6 laps | |
| 15 | Lance Macklin | HWM | 29 | +6 laps | |
| 16 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught | 17 | +6 laps | |
| 17 | Harry Schell | Maserati | 32 | +7 laps | |
| 18 | Gino Bianco | Maserati | 28 | +8 laps | |
| 19 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati | 31 | +9 laps | |
| 20 | Eric Brandon | Cooper | 18 | +9 laps | |
| 21 | Tony Crook | Frazer Nash | 25 | +10 laps | |
| 22 | Alan Brown | Cooper | 13 | +16 laps | |
| 23 | Peter Collins | HWM | 14 | DNF | |
| 24 | Duncan Hamilton | HWM | 11 | DNF | |
| 25 | Stirling Moss | ERA | 16 | DNF | |
| 26 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 21 | DNF | |
| 27 | Tony Gaze | HWM | 26 | DNF | |
| 28 | David Murray | Cooper | 22 | DNF | |
| 29 | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 4 | DNF | |
| 30 | Peter Hirt | Ferrari | 24 | DNF | |
| 31 | Eitel Cantoni | Maserati | 27 | DNF | |
| 32 | Bill Aston | Aston Butterworth | PL | DNS |