Pole Position: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari 375, 9:55.8 Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 9:55.8 = 137.921 km/h Results: 1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 3:23:03.3 = 134.798 km/h 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo -30.5 3 Jose Froilan Gonzalez Ferrari -5:50.2 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari -7:49.1 5 Piero Taruffi Ferrari -1 lap 6 Rudi Fischer Ferrari -1 lap 7 Roberto Manzon Gordini -1 lap 8 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago -1 lap 9 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago -2 laps 10 J. Swaters Talbot-Lago -2 laps Not Classified: Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago -3 laps accident Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago -3 laps accident Retirements: Maurice Trintignant Simca Gordini 13 laps engine Felice Bonetto Alfa Romeo 12 laps magneto Duncan Hamilton Talbot Lago 12 laps oil pressure Andre Simon Simca Gordini 12 laps engine Paul Pietsch Alfa Romeo 12 laps accident Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo 8 laps gearbox A. Branca Maserati 4 laps engine Phillipe Etancelin Talbot-Lago 4 laps gearbox Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago 3 laps ignition Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 2 laps engine Did not start: D. Murray Maserati Qualifying Times: 1 71 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 9'55.8 2 74 J.F.Gonzalez Ferrari 9'57.5 3 75 J.M.Fangio Alfa Romeo 9'59.0 4 76 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 10'01.0 5 72 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 10'06.6 6 73 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 10'12.9 7 78 Paul Pietsch Alfa Romeo 10'15.7 8 91 Rudi Fischer Ferrari 10'23.8 9 82 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini 10'28.9 10 77 Felice Bonetto Alfa Romeo 10'46.1 11 87 Y.G.-Cabantous Talbot-Lago/Talbot 10'52.8 12 83 Andre Simon Simca-Gordini 10'57.5 13 85 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago/Talbot 11'00.2 14 81 M.Trintignant Simca-Gordini 11'07.5 15 84 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago/Talbot 11'08.2 16 79 T.de Graffenried Maserati 11'25.6 17 92 Toni Branca Maserati 11'26.7 18 94 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago/Talbot 11'33.6 19 90 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago/Talbot 11'41.9 20 88 Duncan Hamilton Talbot-Lago/Talbot 11'49.3 21 86 P.Etancelin Talbot-Lago/Talbot 11'52.9 22 93 Jacques Swaters Talbot-Lago/Talbot 12'09.1 Not present 23 89 David Murray Maserati