| 1 | Jean Marie Behra | F |  | Equipe Gordini | Gordini T16 | Gordini 2.0 L6 | |
| 2 | Robert Manzon | F | |
| 3 | Octave John Claes | B |  |
| 4 | Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh | THA |  | Gordini T16
Simca-Gordini T15 | Gordini 2.0 L6
Gordini |
| 5 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F | |
| 6 | Max de Terra | CH |  | Alfred Dattner | Simca-Gordini T11 | Simca | |
| 7 | Octave John Claes | B | | Ecurie Belge | Simca-Gordini T15 | Gordini | |
| 8 | Paul Frère | B | |
| 9 | Octave John Claes | B | | Vickomtesse de Walckiers | Simca-Gordini T15 | Gordini | |
| 10 | Robert O'Brien | USA |  | Robert O'Brien | Simca-Gordini T15 | Gordini | |
| 11 | Alberto Ascari | I |  | Enzo Ferrari | Ferrari 375 Special | Ferrari 4.5 V12 | Firestone |
| 12 | Emilio Giuseppe Farina | I | | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Pirelli |
| 13 | Pierino Taruffi | I | |
| 14 | Andre Simon | F | |
| 15 | Alberto Ascari | I | |
| 16 | Luigi Villoresi | I | |
| 17 | Louis Rosier | F | | Ecurie Rosier | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Pirelli |
| 18 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F | | Ferrari 166-F2 50 |
| 19 | Rudolf Fischer | CH | | Ecurie Espandon | Ferrari 500
Ferrari 212 | Ferrari 2.0 L4
Ferrari | Pirelli |
| 20 | Peter Hirt | CH | | Ferrari 212 | Ferrari |
| 21 | Rudolf Schoeller | CH | |
| 22 | Hans Villiez von Stuck | D |  |
| 23 | Charles de Tornaco | B | | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Pirelli |
| 24 | Roger Laurent | B | |
| 25 | Gianfranco Comotti | I | | Scuderia Marzotto | Ferrari 166-F2 50 | Ferrari | Pirelli |
| 26 | Pietro Carini | I | |
| 27 | Roy Francesco Salvadori | GB |  |
| 28 | Peter N. Whitehead | GB | | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari 125
Alta | Ferrari
Alta 1.5 L4 | Pirelli |
| 29 | Alfred Graham Whitehead | GB | | Alta | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 30 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | CH | | Enrico Plate | Maserati 4CLT-48 | Plate 2.0 L4 | |
| 31 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA | |
| 32 | Alberto Augusto Crespo | RA |  |
| 33 | Philippe Étancelin | F | | Escuderia Bandeirantes | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati | |
| 34 | Luigi Emilio Rodolfo Bertetti Bianco | BR |  |
| 35 | Eitel Danilo Cantoni | ROU |  |
| 36 | Francisco Sacco Landi | BR | |
| 37 | Johannes Flinterman | NL |  |
| 38 | Felice Bonetto | I | | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati
Maserati 2.0 L6 | |
| 39 | Franco Rol | I | | Maserati 2.0 L6 |
| 40 | José Froilán González | RA | |
| 41 | George E. Abecassis | GB | | HW Motors | HWM | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 42 | Peter John Collins | GB | |
| 43 | Francis Boel Lancelot Campbell Macklin | GB | |
| 44 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB | |
| 45 | Paul Frère | B | |
| 46 | Roger Laurent | B | |
| 47 | Marius Aristide Yves Giraud-Cabantous | F | |
| 48 | James Duncan Hamilton | GB | |
| 49 | Octave John Claes | B | |
| 50 | Andries van der Lof | NL | |
| 51 | Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze | AUS |  | Tony Gaze | HWM | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 52 | Thomas Anthony Crook | GB | | Tony Crook | Frazer-Nash 421 | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 53 | Kenneth Albert Wharton | GB | | Scuderia Franera | Frazer-Nash FN 48
Frazer-Nash 421
Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 54 | Eric Brandon | GB | | Ecurie Richmond | Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 55 | Alan Brown | GB | |
| 56 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB | | Leslie Hawthorn | Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 57 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB | | Archie Bryde | Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 58 | Reginald Parnell | GB | |
| 59 | David Murray | GB | | Ecurie Ecosse | Cooper T20 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 60 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB | | ERA | ERA G | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 61 | Hans Villiez von Stuck | D | | AFM | AFM | Kuchen 2.0 V8 | |
| 62 | Wilhelm Heeks | D | | Willi Heeks | AFM | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 63 | Helmut Niedermayr | D | | Helmut Niedermayr | AFM | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 64 | Ludwig Fischer | D | | Ludwig Fischer | AFM | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 65 | Willi Krakau | D | | Willi Krakau | AFM | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 66 | Harry Erich Merkel | D | | BMW |
| 67 | Anton Ulmen | D | | Toni Ulmen | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6
BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 68 | Arthur Legat | B | | Arthur Legat | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 69 | Friedrich Riess | D | | Fritz Riess | Veritas RS | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 70 | Theodor Helfrich | D | | Theo Helfrich | Veritas RS | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 71 | Adolf Brudes von Breslau | D | | Adolf Brudes | Veritas RS | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 72 | Paul Pietsch | D | | Motor Press Verlag | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 73 | Hans Klenk | D | | Hans Klenk | Veritas Meteor | Veritas 2.0 L6 | |
| 74 | Josef Peters | D | | Josef Peters | Veritas RS | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 75 | Robert Victor Campbell Montgomerie | GB | | Robin Montgomerie-Charrington | Aston | Butterworth 2.0 L4 | |
| 76 | William Aston | GB | | W S Aston | Aston | Butterworth 2.0 L4 | |
| 77 | Kenneth McAlpine | GB | | Connaught Engineering | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 78 | Kenneth Downing | GB | |
| 79 | Eric Thompson | GB | |
| 80 | Roger Dennistoun Poore | GB | |
| 81 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB | |
| 82 | Kenneth Downing | GB | | Ken Downing | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 83 | Marcel Lucien Balsa | F | | Marcel Balsa | BMW | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 84 | Karl-Günther Bechem | D | | Bernd Nacke | BMW | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 85 | Ernst Klodwig | DDR |  | Ernst Klodwig | BMW | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 86 | Eric Rudolf Krause | DDR | | Rudolf Krause | BMW | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 87 | Elie Marcel Bayol | F | | Edie Bayol | Osca 20 | Osca | |
| 88 | Piero Dusio | I | | Piero Dusio | Cisitalia D46 | BPM | |
| 89 | Duane Claude Carter | USA | | Murrell Belanger | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 90 | Henry Edwin Banks | USA | | Lindsey Hopkins | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 91 | Manuel Ayulo | USA | | Coast Grain Co | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 92 | John McGrath | USA | | Jack B Hinkle | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 93 | John Parsons | USA | | Jim Robbins | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 94 | Andrew Linden | USA | | Hart Fullerton | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 3.0 L4C | Firestone |
| 95 | Joseph James | USA | | Ed Walsh | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 96 | Samuel Hanks | USA | | Kurtis Kraft 3000 |
| 97 | Charles Stevenson | USA | | Bessie Lee Paoli | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 98 | Chester Miller | USA | | Lewis W Welch | Kurtis Kraft | Novi 3.0 L8C | Firestone |
| 99 | Dennis C. Nalon | USA | |
| 100 | Clifford Griffith | USA | | Tom Sarafoff | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 101 | William Vukovich | USA | | Howard Keck Co | Kurtis Kraft 500 A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 102 | Frederick L. Agabashian | USA | | Cummins Engine Co | Kurtis Kraft | Cummins 3.0 L6C | Firestone |
| 103 | John McDowell | USA | | Roger Wolcott | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 104 | Arthur Francis Cross | USA | | Ray T Brady | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 105 | Rodger Ward | USA | | Federal Auto Associates | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 106 | George Connor | USA | | Kurtis Kraft 3000 |
| 107 | James Reece | USA | | John Zink | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 108 | Jim Rathmann | USA | | Grancor Auto Specialists | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 109 | Leslie Eugene Hartley | USA | | Mel B Wiggers | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 110 | Robert Sweikert | USA | | Lee Elkins | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 111 | James Ernest Bryan | USA | | Peter Schmidt | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 112 | Robert Scott | USA | | Ludson D Morris | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 113 | William Schindler | USA | | H A Champman | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 114 | Robert K. Ball | USA | | Rotary Engineering Associates | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 115 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA | | Earl F Slick | Deidt | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 116 | James Rigsby | USA | | Bob Estes | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 117 | Travis Webb | USA | | Vincent Granatelli | Bromme | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 118 | George Fonder | USA | | George H Leitenberger | Sherman | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 119 | Edward Johnson | USA | | Pete Salemi | Trevis | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 120 | Troy Ruttman | USA | | J C Agajanian | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
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