Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 2:25.7 Fastest Lap: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 2:27.8 = 190.369 km/h Results: 1 Juan Manuel Fangio/ Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 3:22:11.0 = 178.588 km/h 2 Alberto Ascari/ Jose Froilan Gonzalez Ferrari -58.2 3 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari -3 laps 4 Reg Parnell Ferrari -3 laps 5 Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo -4 laps 6 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago -6 laps 7 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago -6 laps 8 Eugene Chaboud Talbot-Lago -8 laps Not Classified: Guy Mairesse Talbot Lago -11 laps Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo -19 laps Luigi Fagioli/ Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo -22 laps Retirements: Johnny Claes Talbot 54 laps Accident Louis Rosier Lago-Talbot 43 laps Transmission Phillipe Etancelin Lago-Talbot 37 laps Engine A. Gordini Simca-Gordini 27 laps Valve Gear Harry Schell Maserati 24 laps Steering Maurice Trintignant Simca-Gordini 11 laps Engine Alberto Ascari Ferrari 10 laps Gearbox A. Simon Simca-Gordini 7 laps Engine Robert Manzon Simca Gordini 3 laps Engine Onefre Marimon Maserati 2 laps Piston Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 2 laps transmission Peter Whitehead Ferrari 1 lap head gasket Did Not Start: B Shawe-Taylor Ferrari Qualfiying times: 1 4 J.M.Fangio Alfa Romeo 2'25.7 2 2 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 2'27.4 3 12 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2'28.1 4 10 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2'28.5 5 6 Consalvo Sanesi Alfa Romeo 2'28.9 6 14 J.F.Gonzalez Ferrari 2'30.8 7 8 Luigi Fagioli Alfa Romeo 2'33.1 8 42 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'43.7 9 26 Reg Parnell Ferrari 2'44.0 10 38 P.Etancelin Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'44.8 11 46 Y.G.-Cabantous Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'45.7 12 28 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'46.6 13 40 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'48.0 14 44 Eugene Chaboud Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'49.6 15 50 Onofre Marimon Milano 2'49.8 16 18 T.de Graffenried Maserati 2'50.1 17 36 Aldo Gordini Simca-Gordini 2'50.3 18 32 M.Trintignant Simca-Gordini 2'50.3 19 48 Guy Mairesse Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'58.4 20 24 Peter Whitehead Ferrari no time 21 34 Andre Simon Simca-Gordini no time 22 20 Harry Schell Maserati no time 23 30 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini no time