| 1 | ASC Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 2 | 2:48:30.300 | 8 |
| 2 | VIL Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 5 | +2:38.200 | 6 |
| 3 | MAR Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 6 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 4 | DEG Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | 9 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | TRI Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 8 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | HAW Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 7 | +1 lap | — |
| 7 | SCH Harry Schell | Gordini | 12 | +3 laps | — |
| 8 | ROS Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 13 | +3 laps | — |
| 9 | WAC Fred Wacker | Gordini | 15 | +4 laps | — |
| 10 | FRE Paul Frère | HWM | 11 | +6 laps | — |
| 11 | PIL André Pilette | Connaught | 18 | +7 laps | — |
| DNF | CLA Johnny Claes | Maserati | 10 | Accident | — |
| DNF | FAN Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | — | — | — |
| DNF | MAC Lance Macklin | HWM | 17 | Engine | — |
| DNF | FAR Nino Farina | Ferrari | 4 | Engine | — |
| DNF | FAN Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 1 | Engine | — |
| DNF | GON José Froilán González FL | Maserati | 3 | Throttle | 1 |
| DNF | BEH Jean Behra | Gordini | 14 | Engine | — |
| DNF | COL Peter Collins | HWM | 16 | Clutch | — |
| DNF | BER Georges Berger | Simca-Gordini | 20 | Engine | — |
| DNF | LEG Arthur Legat | Veritas | 19 | Transmission | — |
| DNS | SWA Jacques Swaters | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| DNS | DET Charles de Tornaco | Ferrari | — | — | — |