| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nino Farina | Ferrari | 3 | 3:02 | 8 |
| 2 | Juan Fangio | Maserati | 2 | +1:04.000s | 6 |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 4 | +1:43.600s | 4 |
| 4 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 7 | +8:48.600s | 3 |
| 5 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati | 11 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | Stirling Moss | Cooper | 12 | +1 lap | |
| 7 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari | 19 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 1 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 1 | +1 lap | |
| 9 | Hans Herrmann | Veritas | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 10 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 22 | +1 lap | |
| 11 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper | 20 | +2 laps | |
| 12 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas | 28 | +2 laps | |
| 13 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught | 16 | +2 laps | |
| 14 | Rudolf Krause | BMW | 26 | +2 laps | |
| 15 | Ernst Klodwig | BMW | 32 | +3 laps | |
| 16 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas | 29 | +4 laps | |
| 17 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 6 | DNF | 1 |
| 17 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 6 | DNF | |
| 18 | Alan Brown | Cooper | 17 | DNF | |
| 19 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 8 | DNF | |
| 20 | Edgar Barth | EMW | 24 | DNF | |
| 21 | Johnny Claes | Connaught | 25 | DNF | |
| 22 | Oswald Karch | Veritas | 34 | DNF | |
| 23 | Willi Heeks | Veritas | 18 | DNF | |
| 24 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 9 | DNF | |
| 25 | Harry Schell | Gordini | 10 | DNF | |
| 26 | Prince Bira | Connaught | 15 | DNF | |
| 27 | Theo Fitzau | AFM | 21 | DNF | |
| 28 | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari | 27 | DNF | |
| 29 | Günther Bechem | AFM | 30 | DNF | |
| 30 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 5 | DNF | |
| 31 | Roy Salvadori | Connaught | 13 | DNF | |
| 32 | Erwin Bauer | Veritas | 33 | DNF | |
| 33 | Hans von Stuck | AFM | 23 | DNF | |
| 34 | Ernst Loof | Veritas | 31 | DNF |