Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio, Maserati, 2:40.1 Fastest Lap: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 2:41.3 = 162.481 km/h Results: 1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 3:01:34.40 = 156.364 km/h 2 Giuseppe Farina Ferrari - 01:12.93 3 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari - 01:35.96 4 Juan Manuel Fangio/ Felice Bonetto Maserati - 1 lap 5 Hermann Lang Maserati - 3 laps 6 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari - 3 laps 7 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol - 3 laps 8 Max de Terra Ferrari -14 laps 9 Albert Scherrer H.W.M. -16 laps Retirements: Chico Landi Maserati 55 laps Gearbox Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 48 laps Transmission Onefre Marimon Maserati 46 laps Engine Maurice Trintignant Gordini 44 laps Rear Axle Jean Behra Gordini 37 laps Oil Pressure Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 29 laps Engine Juan Manuel Fangio/ Felice Bonetto Maserati 29 laps Engine Peter Hirt Ferrari 17 laps Engine Paul Frère H.W.M. 2 laps Broken Connecting Rod Jacques Swaters Ferrari 1 lap Spun Out Louis Rosier Ferrari 1 laps Spun Out Qualifying Times: 1 32 J.M.Fangio Maserati 2'40.1 2 46 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2'40.7 3 24 Nino Farina Ferrari 2'42.6 4 8 M.Trintignant Gordini 2'43.8 5 36 Onofre Marimon Maserati 2'44.5 6 28 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2'44.6 7 26 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2'48.1 8 42 T.de Graffenried Maserati 2'49.9 9 20 Ken Wharton Cooper/Bristol 2'51.5 10 30 Felice Bonetto Maserati 2'52.0 11 34 Hermann Lang Maserati 2'54.8 12 6 Jean Behra Gordini 2'55.0 13 2 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 2'55.1 14 10 Louis Rosier Ferrari 2'55.4 15 16 Lance Macklin HWM/Alta 2'57.1 16 14 Paul Frere HWM/Alta 2'57.9 17 38 Peter Hirt Ferrari 3'01.5 18 18 Albert Scherrer HWM/Alta 3'07.4 19 40 Max de Terra Ferrari 3'21.1 20 4 Chico Landi Maserati 3'29.7 Not present 21 12 Louis Chiron Osca no time 22 44 Fred Wacker Gordini no time 23 22 Elie Bayol Osca no time