Results: Heat 1 1 Mike Hawthorn Cooper-Bristol T20 'CB-4-52' 30m49.0, 85.48mph 2 Jean Behra Gordini T15 '0012-GC' 30m51.4 3 Peter Collins HWM-Alta 31m21.0 4 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 31m34.4 5 B.Bira Gordini R15 '0011-GC' 31m39.8 6 Ken Wharton Frazer Nash FN48 '421/100/172' 31m44.6 7 P. Whitehead Ferrari 125/166 31m53.0 8 Schell Maserati-Platé 4CLT/48 31m53.2 9 Dobson Ferrari 125/166 32m30.0 10 Gaze Alta F2 14 laps 11 Ulmen Veritas Meteor - Veritas 14 laps 12 Hirt Ferrari 212/166 14 laps 13 Richards HAR - Riley 12 laps 14 Claes Simca-Gordini T15 11 Transmission 15 Lund Lea Francis 11 laps Did Not Finish: Aston Aston - Butterworth 7 Downing Connaught A - Lea Francis 6 Engine Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn (Cooper-Bristol) & Jean Behra (Gordini T15), 2:00, 87.81mph Pole Position: Mike Hawthorn, 2:00.0 Heat 2 1 Robert Manzon Gordini T16 '16-0031' 30m37.0, 86.04mph 2 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 500 '0184-F2' 30m39.4 3 Tony Rolt HWM-Alta 30m52.0 4 Bobby Baird Ferrari 500 '0188-F2' 31m02.6 5 Emmanuel de Graffenried Platé-Maserati 4CLT/48 1601 31m08.0 6 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol T20 'CB-2-52' 31m31.0 7 Crook Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica 32m08.4 8 McAlpine Connaught A - Lea Francis 14 laps 9 Gerard Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica 11 laps 10 Watson Alta F2 9 laps Did Not Finish: Fotheringham-Parker Connaught A - Lea Francis 8 Accident Parnell 8 Montgomerie-Charrington Aston - Butterworth 7 Gearbox Hamilton HWM 52 - Alta 6 Differential Pietsch Veritas Meteor - Veritas 4 Abecassis HWM 52 - Alta 4 Differential Richardson RRA - Riley 1 Fastest Lap: Rudi Fischer (Ferrari 500), 1:58, 89.28mph Pole Position: Robert Manzon (Gordini T16), 2:01 Final 1 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 1h11m58, 85.41mph 2 Tony Rolt HWM-Alta 1h12m08 3 Emmanuel de Graffenried Platé-Maserati 4CLT/48 1601 1h12m23 4 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 500 '0184-F2' 1h12m31 5 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 166 '125-144' 1h12m43 6 B.Bira Gordini T15 '0011-GC' 1h13m32 7 Ken Wharton Frazer Nash FN48 - Bristol 1h13m32 8 Johnny Claes Simca-Gordini T15 1h14m04 9 Peter Collins HWM 52 - Alta 34 laps 10 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught A - Lea Francis 34 laps 11 Toni Ulmen Veritas Meteor - Veritas 34 laps 12 Bill Dobson Ferrari 125/166 34 laps 13 Kenneth Downing Connaught A - Lea Francis 33 laps 14 Gordon Watson Alta F2 32 laps 15 Peter Hirt Ferrari 212/166 32 laps 16 Tony Gaze Alta F2 31 laps 17 Tony Crook Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica 31 laps Not Classified: Mike Hawthorn Cooper T20 - Bristol 30 laps Bobbie Baird Ferrari 500 29 Oil leak Alan Brown Cooper T20 - Bristol 23 laps Did Not Finish: Harry Schell Maserati-Platé 4CLT/48 18 Steering Ted Lund Lea Francis 14 Duncan Hamilton HWM 52 - Alta 9 Fuel feed Jean Behra Simca-Gordini T15 3 Transmission Horace Richards HAR - Riley 2 Robert Manzon Gordini T16 1 Transmission Did Not qualify: Bill Aston Aston - Butterworth Bob Gerard Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica Philip Fotheringham-Parker Connaught A - Lea Francis Reg Parnell Robin Montgomerie-Charrington Aston - Butterworth Paul Pietsch Veritas Meteor - Veritas George Abecassis HWM 52 - Alta Geoff Richardson RRA - Riley Mike Keen HRG - Lea Francis Fastest Lap: Peter Whitehead (Ferrari 166) & Mike Hawthorn (Cooper-Bristol), 1:59, 88.55mph Pole Position: Robert Manzon