| 1 | Masten Gregory | USA |  | Camoradi International | Behra-Porsche | Porsche 1.5 F4 | |
| 2 | Frederick K. Gamble | USA |  |
| 3 | Edgar Barth | DDR |  | Dr Ing F Porsche KG | Porsche 718 | Porsche 1.5 F4 | |
| 4 | Hans Herrmann | D |  | Porsche System Engineering | Porsche 718 | Porsche 1.5 F4 | |
| 5 | Roberto Wenceslao Bonomi Oliva | RA |  | Scuderia Centro Sud | Cooper T51 | Maserati 2.5 L4 | |
| 6 | Carlos Alberto Menditeguy | RA |  |
| 7 | Masten Gregory | USA |  |
| 8 | Ian Burgess | GB |  |
| 9 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  |
| 10 | Mário Veloso de Araújo Cabral | P |  |
| 11 | Alfonso Thiele | USA |  |
| 12 | Giorgio Scarlatti | I |  |
| 13 | Wolfgang Graf Alexander Berghe von Trips | D |  |
| 14 | Nasif Moisés Estéfano | RA |  | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 |
| 15 | Oscar Cabalén | RA |  |
| 16 | Pedro J. Llano | RA |  |
| 17 | Leslie Bruce McLaren | NZ |  | Cooper Car Co | Cooper T45 Cooper T53 | Climax 2.5 L4 | Dunlop |
| 18 | John Arthur Brabham | AUS |  | Cooper T53 Cooper T51 |
| 19 | Charles H. Daigh | USA |  | Cooper T51 | |
| 20 | Williams Ronald Flockhart | GB |  |
| 21 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  | Ecurie Bleue | Cooper T51 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 22 | Bruce Henley Halford | GB |  | Fred Tuck Cars | Cooper T45 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 23 | Luciano Bianchi | B |  |
| 24 | Luciano Bianchi | B |  | Equipe Nationale Belge | Cooper T45 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 25 | Roy Francesco Salvadori | GB |  | High Efficiency Motors | Cooper T51 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 26 | Christopher Bristow | GB |  | Yeoman Credit Racing Team | Cooper T51 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 27 | Charles Anthony Standish Brooks | GB |  |
| 28 | Henry Taylor | GB |  |
| 29 | Olivier Gendebien | B |  |
| 30 | Bruce Henley Halford | GB |  |
| 31 | Philip Toll Hill Jr. | USA |  |
| 32 | Giorgio Scarlatti | I |  | Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti | Cooper T51 | Castellotti 2.5 L4 | |
| 33 | Gino Munaron | I |  |
| 34 | Giulio Cabianca | I |  |
| 35 | Jonkheer Carel Pieter Anthonie Jan Hubertus Godin de Beaufort | NL |  | Ecurie Maarsbergen | Cooper T51 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 36 | John Fairman | GB |  | C T Atkins | Cooper T51 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 37 | Keith Greene | GB |  | Gilby Engineering | Cooper T45 | Maserati 2.5 L4 | |
| 38 | Arthur Owen | GB |  | Arthur Owen | Cooper T45 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 39 | Wolfgang Seidel | D |  | Wolfgang Seidel | Cooper T45 | Climax 1.5 L4 | |
| 40 | Piero Drogo | I |  | Scuderia Colonia | Cooper T43 | Climax 1.5 L4 | |
| 41 | Victor Wilson | GB |  | Equipe Frideaux/Dick Gibson | Cooper T43 | Climax 1.5 L4 | |
| 42 | Gerard Carlton Lovely | USA |  | Fred Armbruster | Cooper T51 | Ferrari | |
| 43 | Charles Anthony Standish Brooks | GB |  | Vandervell Products | Vanwall | Vanwall 2.5 L4 | |
| 44 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  | Rob Walker Racing Team | Lotus 18 Cooper T51 | Climax 2.5 L4 | Dunlop |
| 45 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  | Cooper T51 |
| 46 | Robert McGregor Innes Ireland | GB |  | Team Lotus | Lotus 18 | Climax 2.5 L4 | Dunlop |
| 47 | John Surtees | GB |  |
| 48 | James Clark | GB |  |
| 49 | Williams Ronald Flockhart | GB |  | |
| 50 | Alan Stacey | GB |  | Lotus 18 Lotus 16 | Dunlop |
| 51 | Alberto Rodríguez Larreta | RA |  | Lotus 16 | |
| 52 | David Piper | GB |  | Robert Bodle Ltd | Lotus 16 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 53 | James Ellis Hall | USA |  | Jim Hall | Lotus 18 | Climax 2.5 L4 | |
| 54 | Henry Clifford Allison | GB |  | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 246 | Ferrari 2.4 V6 | Dunlop |
| 55 | Philip Toll Hill Jr. | USA |  |
| 56 | José Froilán González | RA |  |
| 57 | Willy Mairesse | B |  |
| 58 | Paul Richard Ginther | USA |  | Ferrari 246 Ferrari 246P |
| 59 | Wolfgang Graf Alexander Berghe von Trips | D |  | Ferrari 246 Ferrari 156 | Ferrari 2.4 V6 Ferrari 1.5 V6 |
| 60 | Joakim Bonnier | S |  | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM P48 BRM P25 | BRM 2.5 L4 | Dunlop |
| 61 | Norman Graham Hill | GB |  |
| 62 | Daniel Sexton Gurney | USA |  | BRM P48 |
| 63 | Giorgio Scarlatti | I |  | Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 64 | Antonio Creus y Rubín de Celis | E |  | Antonio Creus | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 65 | Gino Munaron | I |  | Gino Munaron | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 66 | Ettore Muro Chimeri | YV |  | Ettore Chimeri | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 67 | Julio González-Pola Sicluna | RA |  |
| 68 | Horace Harry Twigg Gould | GB |  | H H Gould | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 69 | Robert Drake | USA |  | Joe Lubin | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 70 | John Brian Naylor | GB |  | J B Naylor | JBW | Maserati 2.5 L4 | |
| 71 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  | Reventlow Automobiles Inc | Scarab | Scarab 2.5 L4 | Goodyear |
| 72 | Charles H. Daigh | USA |  |
| 73 | Lance Haugwitz-Reventlow | USA |  |
| 74 | Paul Richard Ginther | USA |  | |
| 75 | Roy Francesco Salvadori | GB |  | David Brown Corporation | Aston Martin DBR4/250 Aston Martin DBR5/250 | Aston Martin 2.5 L6 | |
| 76 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  | Aston Martin DBR5/250 |
| 77 | Rodger Ward | USA |  | Leader Cards Inc | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 78 | Charles Stevenson | USA |  |
| 79 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  | Lindsey Hopkins | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 80 | John Thomson | USA |  | Racing Associates | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 81 | Donald Freeland | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft |
| 82 | Jim Rathmann | USA |  | Ken-Paul Inc | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 83 | Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. | USA |  | Bignotti-Bowes Racing | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 84 | John Boyd | USA |  | Epperly |
| 85 | Edward Sachs | USA |  | Dean Van Lines | Ewing | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 86 | Donald Branson | USA |  | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 87 | Leonard Sutton | USA |  | Peter Salemi & Nick Rini | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 88 | James Ernest Bryan | USA |  | George Salih | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 89 | Robert Grim | USA |  | William P Forbes | Meskowski | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 90 | James McWithey | USA |  | Hoover Motor Express Inc | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 91 | Duane Claude Carter | USA |  | J Ensley & S Murphy | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 92 | Bud Tingelstad | USA |  | Jim Robbins | Trevis | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 93 | Edward Johnson | USA |  |
| 94 | James Rathmann | USA |  | Watson |
| 95 | Dempsey Wilson | USA |  | J S Donaldson | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 96 | Clark Templeman | USA |  | Federal Auto Associates | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 97 | Robert Christie | USA |  |
| 98 | Richard Amick | USA |  | Leonard A Faas | Salih | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 99 | Troy Ruttman | USA |  | John Zink | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 100 | Wayne Weiler | USA |  | Ansted Rotary Corp | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 101 | Gene Force | USA |  | Roy McKay | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 102 | William Homeier | USA |  | Norman Hall | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 103 | Robert Veith | USA |  | Peter Schmid | Meskowski | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 104 | Edward Russo | USA |  | C O Prather | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 105 | Leslie Eugene Hartley | USA |  | Chapman S Root | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 106 | James Hurtubise | USA |  | Ernest L Ruiz | Christensen | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 107 | Gerald Herman | USA |  | Joe Hunt | Ewing | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 108 | Lloyd Ruby | USA |  | J C Agajanian | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 109 | Paul Goldsmith | USA |  | Norman C Demler | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |