Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo 159, 1:53.2 Fastest Lap: Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo, 1:56.5 = 194.681 km/h Results: 1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:42:39.3 = 185.927 km/h 2 Jose Froilan Gonzalez Ferrari -44.6 3 Giuseppe Farina/ Felice Bonetto Alfa Romeo -1 lap 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari -1 lap 5 Piero Taruffi Ferrari -2 laps 6 Andre Simon Gordini -6 laps 7 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago -7 laps 8 Yves Giraud-Cabantous Talbot-Lago -8 laps Not Classified: Franco Rol OSCA -13 laps Retirements Juan Manuel Fangio Alfa Romeo 39 laps piston Robert Manzon Simca Gordini 29 laps engine Maurice Trintignant Simca Gordini 29 laps piston Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago 23 laps ignition Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago 9 laps engine J. Swaters Talbot-Lago 7 laps engine Giuseppe Farina Alfa Romeo 6 laps engine Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago 4 laps engine Emmanuel de Graffenried Alfa Romeo 1 lap supercharger Peter Whitehead Ferrari 1 lap piston Did not start: Reg Parnell B.R.M. K. Richardson B.R.M. Hans Stuck B.R.M R. Fischer Ferrari Qualifiying Times: 1 38 J.M.Fangio Alfa Romeo 1'53.2 2 34 Nino Farina Alfa Romeo 1'53.9 3 2 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1'55.1 4 6 J.F.Gonzalez Ferrari 1'55.9 5 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 1'57.9 6 8 Piero Taruffi Ferrari 1'58.2 7 40 Felice Bonetto Alfa Romeo 1'58.3 8 30 Reg Parnell BRM 2'02.2 9 36 T.de Graffenried Alfa Romeo 2'05.2 10 32 Ken Richardson BRM 2'05.6 11 48 Andre Simon Simca-Gordini 2'08.0 12 50 M.Trintignant Simca-Gordini 2'08.9 13 46 Robert Manzon Simca-Gordini 2'09.0 14 24 Y.G.-Cabantous Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'09.3 15 18 Louis Rosier Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'10.8 16 12 Chico Landi Ferrari 2'11.2 17 20 Louis Chiron Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'12.1 18 44 Franco Rol Osca 2'13.4 19 16 Peter Whitehead Ferrari 2'16.2 20 22 Pierre Levegh Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'16.5 21 26 Johnny Claes Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'18.6 22 28 Jacques Swaters Talbot-Lago/Talbot 2'18.8 Not present 23 14 Rudi Fischer Ferrari no time