| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | RA |  | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 2 | Onofre Augustin Marimón | RA |  |
| 3 | Louis Rosier | F |  |
| 4 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  |
| 5 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  |
| 6 | Sergio Mantovani | I |  |
| 7 | Alberto Ascari | I |  |
| 8 | Roberto Mieres | RA |  |
| 9 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  |
| 10 | Francisco Godia Sales | E |  |
| 11 | Luigi Musso | I |  | Maserati A6GCM Maserati 250F |
| 12 | Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh | THA |  | Maserati A6GCM | |
| 13 | Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh | THA |  | Prince Bira | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 14 | Williams Ronald Flockhart | GB |  |
| 15 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  | Harry Schell | Maserati A6GCM Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 16 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | CH |  | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 17 | Ottorino Volonterio | CH |  |
| 18 | Roberto Mieres | RA |  | Roberto Mieres | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 19 | Jorge Daponte | RA |  | Jorge Daponte | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 20 | Carlos Alberto Menditeguy | RA |  | Onofre Marimon | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 21 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  | Equipe Moss | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 22 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  | A E Moss | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 23 | Kenneth Albert Wharton | GB |  | Owen Racing Organisation | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 24 | Roy Francesco Salvadori | GB |  | Gilby Engineering | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 25 | Giovanni de Riu | I |  | Giovanni de Riu | Maserati A6CGM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 26 | Emilio Giuseppe Farina | I |  | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 625 Ferrari 553 | Ferrari 2.5 L4 | Pirelli |
| 27 | José Froilán González | RA |  |
| 28 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  |
| 29 | Umberto Maglioli | I |  |
| 30 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  |
| 31 | Alberto Ascari | I |  | Ferrari 625 |
| 32 | Pierino Taruffi | I |  |
| 33 | Robert Manzon | F |  | Ferrari 553 |
| 34 | Jean Marie Behra | F |  | Equipe Gordini | Gordini T16 | Gordini 2.5 L6 | Englebert |
| 35 | Elie Marcel Bayol | F |  | |
| 36 | Roger Loyer | F |  |
| 37 | Paul Frère | B |  |
| 38 | André Pilette | B |  |
| 39 | Jacques Pollet | F |  |
| 40 | Clemar Bucci | RA |  |
| 41 | Frederick G. Wacker Jr. | USA |  |
| 42 | Georges Berger | B |  | Georges Berger | Gordini T16 | Gordini 2.5 L6 | |
| 43 | Louis Rosier | F |  | Ecurie Rosier | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.5 L4 | |
| 44 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  | Ferrari 625 |
| 45 | Robert Manzon | F |  | Pirelli |
| 46 | Jacques Swaters | B |  | Ecurie Francorchamps | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.5 L4 | |
| 47 | Reginald Parnell | GB |  | Scuderia Ambrosiana | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.5 L4 | |
| 48 | Juan Manuel Fangio | RA |  | Daimler Benz AG | Mercedes W196 | Mercedes 2.5 L8 | Continental |
| 49 | Karl Kling | D |  |
| 50 | Hans Herrmann | D |  |
| 51 | Hermann Lang | D |  |
| 52 | Alberto Ascari | I |  | Scuderia Lancia | Lancia D50 | Lancia 2.5 V8 | Pirelli |
| 53 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  |
| 54 | Francis Boel Lancelot Campbell Macklin | GB |  | HW Motors | HWM | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 55 | Theodor Helfrich | D |  | Hans Klenk | Klenk-Meteor | BMW 2.0 L6 | |
| 56 | Peter John Collins | GB |  | G A Vandervell | Vanwall Special | Vanwall 2.3 L4 | |
| 57 | Peter John Collins | GB |  | Vandervell Products Ltd. | Vanwall Special | Vanwall 2.3 L4 | |
| 58 | Peter N. Whitehead | GB |  | Peter Whitehead | Cooper T24 | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 59 | Alan Brown | GB |  | R J Chase | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 60 | Horace Harry Twigg Gould | GB |  | Gould's Garage | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 61 | Frederick Roberts Gerard | GB |  | F R Gerard | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 62 | Eric Brandon | GB |  | Ecurie Richmond | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 63 | William Whitehouse | GB |  | W J Whitehouse | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 64 | Leslie Marr | GB |  | L Marr | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 65 | John Henry Estlin Prichard | GB |  | R R C Walker Racing Team | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 66 | Donald Beauman | GB |  | Sir Jeremy Boles | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 67 | William Roberts Leslie Thorne | GB |  | Ecurie Ecosse | Connaught A | Francis 2.0 L4 | |
| 68 | Samuel Hanks | USA |  | Ed Walsh | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 69 | James Davies | USA |  |
| 70 | Arthur Francis Cross | USA |  |
| 71 | John Parsons | USA |  |
| 72 | Andrew Linden | USA |  |
| 73 | Jim Rathmann | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 4000 Kurtis Kraft 500C |
| 74 | George Francis Patrick Flaherty | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 500C |
| 75 | John McGrath | USA |  | Jack B Hinkle | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 76 | Paul Russo | USA |  | Hoosier Racing Team | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 77 | Gerald F. Hoyt | USA |  |
| 78 | Donald Freeland | USA |  | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 79 | James Ernest Bryan | USA |  | A E Dean | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 80 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  | Mel B Wiggers | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 81 | Rodger Ward | USA |  | R N Sabourin | Pawl | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 82 | Edward Johnson | USA |  |
| 83 | William Vukovich | USA |  | Howard Keck Co | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 84 | John Parsons | USA |  | South California Muffler Co | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 85 | Duane Claude Carter | USA |  | Eugene A Casaroll | Kurtis Kraft 4000 Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 86 | Marshall Teague | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 4000 |
| 87 | James Jackson | USA |  |
| 88 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  |
| 89 | Troy Ruttman | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 500A |
| 90 | Robert Sweikert | USA |  | Francis Bardazon | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 91 | James Daywalt | USA |  | Chapman S Root | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 92 | Calvin Niday | USA |  | Jim Robbins | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 93 | James Reece | USA |  | Emmett J Malloy | Pankratz | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 94 | Edward Elisian | USA |  | H A Chapman | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 95 | Robert Scott | USA |  |
| 96 | John Thomson | USA |  | Nichels |
| 97 | Andrew Linden | USA |  |
| 98 | William Homeier | USA |  |
| 99 | Larry Crockett | USA |  | Federal Auto Associates | Kurtis Kraft 3000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 100 | Leslie Eugene Hartley | USA |  | John Zink | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 101 | Marshall Teague | USA |  |
| 102 | Ernest McCoy | USA |  | Ray Crawford | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 103 | Leonard Duncan | USA |  | Ray T Brady | Schroeder | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 104 | George Fonder | USA |  |
| 105 | Patrick O'Connor | USA |  | Motor Racers Inc | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 106 | William Homeier | USA |  | Cars Inc | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 107 | Travis Webb | USA |  | Bruce Bromme | Bromme | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 108 | Daniel Kladis | USA |  |
| 109 | Frank Armi | USA |  | T W & W T Martin | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 110 | George Fonder | USA |  |
| 111 | Michael Nazaruk | USA |  | Lee Elkins | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 112 | Andrew Linden | USA |  | Brown Motor Co | Schroeder | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 113 | Robert Scott | USA |  |
| 114 | Frederick L. Agabashian | USA |  | Miklos Sperling | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 115 | Manuel Ayulo | USA |  | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 116 | Charles Stevenson | USA |  | J C Agajanian | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 117 | Walter Faulkner | USA |  |
| 118 | Gerald F. Hoyt | USA |  | Murrell Belanger | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |