Pole position: Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo, 4:37.0 Fastest Lap: Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo, 4:34.1 = 185.72 km/h Results: 1 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 2:47:26 = 177.105 km/h 2 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo -14.0 3 Louis Rosier Lago-Talbot -2:19 4 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo -4:05 5 Alberto Ascari Ferrari -1 laps 6 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari -2 laps 7 Pierre Bouillon Lago-Talbot -2 laps 8 Johnny Claes Lago-Talbot -3 laps 9 Geoffrey Crossley Alta -5 laps 10 Antonio Branca Maserati -6 laps Retirements: Eugène Chaboud Lago-Talbot 22 laps Engine Raymond Sommer Lago-Talbot 20 laps Engine Phillipe Étancelin Lago-Talbot 15 laps Overheating Yves Giraud-Cabantous Lago-Talbot 2 laps Engine Qualifying times: 1 8 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 4'37. 2 10 J.M.Fangio Alfa Romeo 4'37. 3 12 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 4'41. 4 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 4'47. 5 6 Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago/Talbot 4'47. 6 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 4'49. 7 16 P.Etancelin Talbot-Lago/Talbot 4'52. 8 14 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago/Talbot 4'53. 9 18 Y.G.-Cabantous Talbot-Lago/Talbot 4'56. 10 22 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago/Talbot 5'01. 11 20 Eugene Chaboud Talbot-Lago/Talbot 5'13. 12 26 Geoff Crossley Alta 5'44. 13 30 Toni Branca Maserati 5'45. 14 24 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago/Talbot no time