| 2 | Juan Manuel FANGIO | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 4 | Jose-Froilan GONZALEZ | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 6 | Felice BONETTO | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 8 | Oscar GALVEZ | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati | A6GCM | Maserati | A6 L6 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 10 | Alberto ASCARI | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 12 | Giuseppe FARINA | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 14 | Luigi VILLORESI | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 16 | Mike HAWTHORN | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari | 500 | Ferrari | 500 L4 2.0 | Pirelli |
| 20 | Alan BROWN | Cooper Car Company | Cooper | T20 | Bristol | BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 22 | John BARBER | Cooper Car Company | Cooper | T23 | Bristol | BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 24 | Adolfo SCHWELM-CRUZ | Cooper Car Company | Cooper | T20 | Bristol | BS1 L6 2.0 | Dunlop |
| 26 | Robert MANZON | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 28 | Harry SCHELL | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 28 | Maurice TRINTIGNANT | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 30 | Jean BEHRA | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 32 | Carlos MENDITEGUY | Equipe Gordini | Gordini | T16 | Gordini | 20 L6 2.0 | Englebert |
| 34 | Pablo BIRGER | Equipe Gordini | Simca Gordini | T15 | Gordini | 1500 L4 1.5 | Englebert |