| 1 | Alberto ASCARI | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 2 | Giuseppe FARINA | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 3 | Mike HAWTHORN | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 4 | Luigi VILLORESI | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 5 | Juan Manuel FANGIO | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 6 | Jose-Froilan GONZALEZ | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 7 | Felice BONETTO | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 8 | Onofre MARIMON | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 9 | Jean BEHRA | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 10 | Maurice TRINTIGNANT | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 11 | Harry SCHELL | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 12 | Johnny CLAES | Ecurie Belge | Connaught | A | Lea Francis | L4 2.0 | Englebert |
| 13 | Mauritz von STRACHWITZ | Von Strachwitz | MSM | Lancia | Lancia | V6 2.0 | ? |
| 14 | Prince BIRA | Connaught Engineering | Connaught | A | Lea Francis | L4 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 15 | Roy SALVADORI | Connaught Engineering | Connaught | A | Lea Francis | L4 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 16 | Ken McALPINE | Connaught Engineering | Connaught | A | Lea Francis | L4 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 17 | Emmanuel de GRAFFENRIED | Privé | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 18 | Jacques SWATERS | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Englebert |
| 19 | Stirling MOSS | Cooper Car Company | Cooper | T24 | Alta | F2 L4 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 20 | Louis ROSIER | Ecurie Rosier | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 21 | Hans STUCK | Privé | AFM | 6 | Bristol | BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 22 | Wolfgang SEIDEL | Privé | Veritas | RS | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 23 | Willi HEEKS | Privé | Veritas | Meteor | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 24 | Theo HELFRICH | Privé | Veritas | RS | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 25 | Hans BLEES | Privé | AFM | 6 | BMW | 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 26 | Oswald KARCH | Privé | Veritas | RS | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 27 | Adolf LANG | Privé | Veritas | RS | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 28 | Theo FITZAU | H Niedermayr | AFM | 6 | BMW | 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 29 | Hans KLENK | Privé | Veritas | Meteor | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 30 | Ernst LOOF | Privé | Veritas | Meteor | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 31 | Hans HERRMANN | H Klenk | Veritas | Meteor | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 32 | Erwin BAUER | Privé | Veritas | Meteor | Veritas | L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 33 | Adolf LANG | Privé | AFM | 6 | BMW | 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 34 | Kurt ADOLFF | Ecurie Espadon | Ferrari | 166 | Ferrari | 166F2 V12 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 35 | Edgar BARTH | EMW Rennkollectiv | EMW | R2 | EMW | 6 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 36 | Rudolf KRAUSE | Dora Greifzu | BMW | Greifzu | BMW | 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 37 | Ernst KLODWIG | Privé | BMW | Heck | BMW | 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 38 | Alan BROWN | Equipe Anglaise | Cooper | T23 | Bristol | BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 39 | Helmut GLOCKLER | Equipe Anglaise | Cooper | T23 | Bristol | BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 40 | Rodney NUCKEY | Privé | Cooper | T23 | Bristol | BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 41 | Günther BECHEM | Privé | AFM | 6 | BMW | 328 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |