Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 1:58.6 Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 2:00 = 189.00 km/h Results: 1 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo 2:51:17.4 = 176.54 km/h 2 Dorino Serafini/ Alberto Ascari Ferrari -1:18.6 3 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo -1:35.6 4 Louis Rosier Lago-Talbot -5 laps 5 Phillipe Étancelin Lago-Talbot -5 laps 6 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati -8 laps 7 Peter Whitehead Ferrari -8 laps Retirements: David Murray Maserati 56 laps Gearbox T. Cuth Harrison ERA 52 laps Radiator Raymond Sommer Lago-Talbot 49 laps gearbox Guy Mairesse Lago-Talbot 42 laps Unknown Franco Rol Maserati 39 laps Unknown Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 35 laps Engine valves Pierre Bouillon Lago-Talbot 30 laps Engine Piero Taruffi/ Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 24 laps Gearbox Johnny Claes Lago-Talbot 23 laps Overheating Alberto Ascari Ferrari 22 laps Engine Clemente Biondetti Ferrari-Jaguar 17 laps Engine Henri Louveau Lago-Talbot 16 laps Unknown Gianfranco Comotti Milano 15 laps Unknown Louis Chiron Maserati 13 laps Oil pressure Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini 13 laps Water pipe Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 11 laps Engine Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini 7 laps Transmission Birabongse Bhanuban Maserati 1 laps Oil pressure Paul Pietsch Maserati-Milano 0 lap Engine Did not start: Felice Bonetto Maserati-Milano Qualifying times: 1 18 J.M.Fangio Alfa Romeo 1'58.6 2 16 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1'58.8 3 10 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2'00.2 4 46 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 2'00.4 5 36 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 2'04.0 6 48 Dorino Serafini Ferrari 2'05.2 7 60 Piero Taruffi Alfa Romeo 2'05.8 8 12 Raymond Sommer Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'08.6 9 20 Franco Rol Maserati 2'10.0 10 44 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini 2'12.4 11 40 Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'13.2 12 42 M.Trintignant Simca-Gordini 2'13.4 13 58 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'13.4 14 64 Henri Louveau Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'13.8 15 30 Prince Bira Maserati 2'14.0 16 24 P.Etancelin Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'14.4 17 38 T.de Graffenried Maserati 2'14.4 18 8 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 2'16.2 19 6 Louis Chiron Maserati 2'17.2 20 56 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'17.2 21 32 Cuth Harrison ERA 2'18.4 22 2 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'18.6 23 52 Felice Bonetto Milano 2'19.8 24 50 David Murray Maserati 2'22.0 25 22 C.Biondetti Ferrari/Jaguar 2'30.6 26 62 Franco Comotti Maserati/Milano 2'33.6 27 28 Paul Pietsch Maserati no time