| 1 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 2 | Jean Marie Behra | F |  |
| 3 | Cesare Perdisa | I |  |
| 4 | Francisco Godia Sales | E |  |
| 5 | Carlos Alberto Menditeguy | RA |  |
| 6 | Luigi Piotti | I |  |
| 7 | Francisco Sacco Landi | BR |  |
| 8 | Gerino Antonio Achille Gerini | I |  |
| 9 | José Froilán González | RA |  |
| 10 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  |
| 11 | Pierino Taruffi | I |  |
| 12 | Joakim Bonnier | S |  |
| 13 | Umberto Maglioli | I |  |
| 14 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  |
| 15 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  | L Piotti | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 16 | Luigi Piotti | I |  |
| 17 | Umberto Maglioli | I |  | Scuderia Guastalla | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 18 | Gerino Antonio Achille Gerini | I |  |
| 19 | Alberto Uria | ROU |  | A Uria | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 20 | Óscar Mario 'Bocha' González | ROU |  |
| 21 | Louis Rosier | F |  | Ecurie Rosier | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 22 | Horace Harry Twigg Gould | GB |  | H H Gould | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 23 | Horace Harry Twigg Gould | GB |  | Goulds' Garage | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 24 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  | Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 25 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | CH |  |
| 26 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  |
| 27 | Alexandre Louis Chiron | MC |  |
| 28 | Giorgio Scarlatti | I |  | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Englebert |
| 29 | Andre Simon | F |  | A Simon | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 30 | Roy Francesco Salvadori | GB |  | Gilby Engineering | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 31 | Bruce Henley Halford | GB |  | B Halford | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 32 | John Arthur Brabham | AUS |  | J A Brabham | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 33 | Ottorino Volonterio | CH |  | Ottorino Volonterio | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 34 | Giorgio Scarlatti | I |  | Giorgio Scarlatti | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.0 L4 | Englebert |
| 35 | Juan Manuel Fangio | RA |  | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari D50 | Ferrari 2.5 V8 | Englebert |
| 36 | Eugenio Castellotti | I |  |
| 37 | Luigi Musso | I |  |
| 38 | Alfonso Antonio Vicente Eduardo Ángel Blas Francisco de Borja Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton | E |  |
| 39 | André Pilette | B |  |
| 40 | Paul Frère | B |  |
| 41 | Wolfgang Graf Alexander Berghe von Trips | D |  |
| 42 | Peter John Collins | GB |  | Ferrari D50 Ferrari 555 | Ferrari 2.5 V8 Ferrari 2.5 L4 |
| 43 | Olivier Gendebien | B |  | Ferrari 2.5 V8 |
| 44 | José Froilán González | RA |  | Vandervell Products Ltd | Vanwall | Vanwall 2.5 L4 | |
| 45 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  |
| 46 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  |
| 47 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  |
| 48 | Pierino Taruffi | I |  |
| 49 | Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman | GB |  |
| 50 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  | Owen Racing Organisation | Maserati 250F BRM P25 | Maserati 2.5 L6 BRM 2.5 L4 | Pirelli |
| 51 | Charles Anthony Standish Brooks | GB |  | BRM P25 | BRM 2.5 L4 | |
| 52 | Williams Ronald Flockhart | GB |  |
| 53 | Robert Manzon | F |  | Equipe Gordini | Gordini T16 Gordini T32 | Gordini 2.5 L6 Gordini 2.5 L8 | |
| 54 | André Pilette | B |  |
| 55 | Hermano João da Silva Ramos | BR |  |
| 56 | Andre Simon | F |  | Gordini T16 | Gordini 2.5 L6 |
| 57 | Elie Marcel Bayol | F |  | Gordini T32 | Gordini 2.5 L8 |
| 58 | Andre Milhoux | B |  |
| 59 | Piero Scotti | I |  | P Scotti | Connaught B | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 60 | Alfred Lazarus Fingleston | GB |  | Connaught Engineering | Connaught B | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 61 | Williams Ronald Flockhart | GB |  |
| 62 | John Fairman | GB |  |
| 63 | William Archibald Scott-Brown | GB |  |
| 64 | John Desmond Titterington | GB |  |
| 65 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  | Automobiles Bugatti | Bugatti T251 | Bugatti 2.5 L8 | Pirelli |
| 66 | Frederick Roberts Gerard | GB |  | F R Gerard Cars | Cooper T23 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 67 | Paul Rene Emery | GB |  | Emeryson Cars | Emeryson | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 68 | Robert Sweikert | USA |  | Racing Associates | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 69 | James Ernest Bryan | USA |  | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 70 | Samuel Hanks | USA |  | Cars Inc | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 71 | Andrew Linden | USA |  | H A Chapman | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 72 | Patrick O'Connor | USA |  | Ansted Rotary Corp | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 73 | George Francis Patrick Flaherty | USA |  | John Zink | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 74 | Troy Ruttman | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 500C |
| 75 | Edward Elisian | USA |  | Fred Somers | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 76 | Edward Russo | USA |  |
| 77 | Gerald Herman | USA |  | Pat Clancy | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 78 | Robert Veith | USA |  | Federal Auto Associates | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 79 | Frederick L. Agabashian | USA |  |
| 80 | John Boyd | USA |  | George Bignotti | Kurtis Kraft 500E | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 81 | Donald Freeland | USA |  | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 82 | Rodger Ward | USA |  | Ed Walsh | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 83 | Jim Rathmann | USA |  | Lindsey Hopkins | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 84 | James Reece | USA |  | Joseph Massaglia Jr | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 85 | Clifford Griffith | USA |  | Jim Robbins | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 86 | Paul Russo | USA |  | Novi Racing Corp | Kurtis Kraft | Novi 3.0 L8C | Firestone |
| 87 | John Tolan | USA |  | Carl L Anderson | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 88 | William Garrett | USA |  | E R Castle | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 89 | James Daywalt | USA |  | Chapman S Root | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 90 | Raymond Crawford | USA |  | Ray Crawford | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 91 | Jack Turner | USA |  | Ernest L Ruiz | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 92 | Alvah A. Keller | USA |  | Samuel W Traylor III | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 93 | Robert Christie | USA |  | H H Johnson | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 94 | J. Carlyle Dinsmore | USA |  | Shannon Bros | Kurtis Kraft 500A | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 95 | James Rathmann | USA |  | Kalamazoo Sports Inc | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 96 | Edward Johnson | USA |  | Pete Salemi | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 97 | Leslie Eugene Hartley | USA |  |
| 98 | John Thomson | USA |  | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 99 | Keith Andrews | USA |  | Harry Dunn | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 100 | John Parsons | USA |  | J C Agajanian | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 101 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  | Murrell Belanger | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |