Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 2:35.9 Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 2:51.1 = 153.174 kmh Results: 1 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 2:07:53.64 = 143.405 km/h 2 Piero Taruffi Ferrari -1:15.3 3 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo -1:19.3 4 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo -1 lap 5 Emmanuel de Graffenried Alfa Romeo -2 laps 6 Alberto Ascari Ferrari -2 laps 7 Louis Chiron Maserati -2 laps 8 Stirling Moss H.W.M. -2 laps 9 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago -3 laps 10 Phillipe Etancelin Talbot-Lago -3 laps 11 Rudi Fischer Ferrari -3 laps 12 Harry Schell Maserati -3 laps 13 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago -7 laps 14 Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago -11 laps Not Classified: Peter Whitehead Ferrari -6 laps accident Retirements: H. Louveau Talbot-Lago 30 laps accident George Abecassis H.W.M. 23 laps magneto Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago 14 laps ignition Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 12 laps accident Jose Froilan Gonzalez Talbot-Lago 10 laps oil pump P. Hirt Veritas Meteor 0 laps fuel feed Qualifying Times: 1 24 J.M.Fangio Alfa Romeo 2'35.9 2 22 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2'37.8 3 18 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2'39.3 4 28 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 2'40.3 5 26 T.de Graffenried Alfa Romeo 2'41.8 6 44 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 2'45.2 7 20 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2'46.0 8 8 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'52.7 9 16 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 2'52.9 10 38 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 2'54.1 11 10 Henri Louveau Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'56.2 12 4 P.Etancelin Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'57.3 13 42 J.F.Gonzalez Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'57.3 14 14 Stirling Moss HWM/Alta 2'58.4 15 6 Y.G.-Cabantous Talbot-Lago/Talbot 3'00.3 16 52 Peter Hirt Veritas 3'01.6 17 32 Harry Schell Maserati 3'02.4 18 2 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago/Talbot 3'02.5 19 30 Louis Chiron Maserati 3'03.1 20 12 George Abecassis HWM/Alta 3'03.8 21 40 Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago/Talbot 3'12.0