Pole position: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 9:59.8 Fastest Lap: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 9:56.0 = 137.78 km/h Results: 1 Giuseppe Farina Ferrari 3:02:25.0 = 135.05 km/h 2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati - 01:04.0 3 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari - 01:39.8 4 Felice Bonetto Maserati - 08:48.6 5 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati - 1 lap 6 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta - 1 lap 7 Jacques Swaters Ferrari - 1 lap 8 Alberto Ascari Ferrari - 1 lap 9 Hans Hermann Veritas-Meteor - 1 lap 10 Louis Rosier Ferrari - 1 lap 11 Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol - 2 laps 12 Theo Helfrich Veritas - 2 laps 13 Ken McAlpine Connaught - 2 laps 14 Rudolph Krause BMW-Eigenbau - 2 laps 15 Ernst Klodwig BMW-Heck - 3 laps 16 Wolfgang Seidel Veritas - 4 laps Retirements: Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 16 laps Engine Luigi Villoresi/ Alberto Ascari Ferrari 15 laps Engine Onofre Marimon Maserati 14 laps Suspension Edgar Barth E.M.W.-B.M.W. 12 laps Exhaust Johnny Claes Connaught 12 laps Otto Karch Veritas 11 laps Willi Heeks Veritas-Meteor 9 laps Jean Behra Gordini 8 laps Gearbox Birabongse Bhanuban Connaught 7 laps Broken Rocker Harry Schell Gordini 7 laps Gasket Theo Fitzau A.F.M.-B.M.W. 3 laps Kurt Adolff Ferrari 3 laps Günther Bechem A.F.M.-B.M.W. 3 laps Erwin Bauer Veritas 2 laps Maurice Trintignant Gordini 2 laps Roy Salvadori Connaught 1 lap Gasket Hans Stuck A.F.M.-Küchen 1 lap Ernst Loof Veritas-Meteor 1 lap Fuel Pump Qualifying times: 1 1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 9'59.8 2 5 J.M.Fangio Maserati 10'03.7 3 2 Nino Farina Ferrari 10'04.1 4 3 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 10'12.6 5 10 M.Trintignant Gordini 10'21.7 6 4 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 10'22.8 7 7 Felice Bonetto Maserati 10'40.8 8 8 Onofre Marimon Maserati 10'41.0 9 9 Jean Behra Gordini 10'45.5 10 11 Harry Schell Gordini 10'46.6 11 17 T.de Graffenried Maserati 10'46.6 12 19 Stirling Moss Cooper/Alta 10'48.3 13 15 Roy Salvadori Connaught/Francis 10'57.5 14 31 Hans Herrmann Veritas 10'59.8 15 14 Prince Bira Connaught/Francis 11'02.1 16 16 Ken McAlpine Connaught/Francis 11'07.3 17 38 Alan Brown Cooper/Bristol 11'08.7 18 23 Willi Heeks Veritas 11'18.0 19 18 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 11'18.9 20 40 Rodney Nuckey Cooper/Bristol 11'22.1 21 28 Theo Fitzau AFM/BMW 11'24.3 22 20 Louis Rosier Ferrari 11'27.4 23 21 Hans von Stuck AFM/Bristol 11'37.2 24 35 Edgar Barth EMW/BMW 11'40.8 25 12 Johnny Claes Connaught/Francis 11'45.5 26 36 Rudolf Krause BMW 11'49.5 27 34 Kurt Adolff Ferrari 11'53.1 28 24 Theo Helfrich Veritas 11'56.3 29 22 Wolfgang Seidel Veritas 11'59.3 30 41 Guenther Bechem AFM/BMW 12'13.3 31 30 Ernst Loof Veritas 12'16.8 32 37 Ernst Klodwig BMW 12'24.6 33 32 Erwin Bauer Veritas no time 34 26 Oswald Karch Veritas no time Not present 35 6 J.F.Gonzalez Maserati no time 36 39 Helmut Glockler Cooper/Bristol no time