| 1 | FAN Juan Manuel Fangio FL | Maserati | 2 | 2:49:45.900 | 9 |
| 2 | FAR Nino Farina | Ferrari | 3 | +1.400 | 6 |
| 3 | VIL Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 5 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 4 | HAW Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 6 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | TRI Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 8 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | MIE Roberto Mieres | Gordini | 16 | +3 laps | — |
| 7 | MAN Sergio Mantovani | Maserati | 12 | +4 laps | — |
| 7 | MUS Luigi Musso | Maserati | — | — | — |
| 8 | MAG Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari | 11 | +5 laps | — |
| 9 | SCH Harry Schell | Gordini | 15 | +5 laps | — |
| 10 | CHI Louis Chiron | O.S.C.A. | 25 | +8 laps | — |
| 11 | BIR Birabongse Bhanudej | Maserati | 23 | +8 laps | — |
| 12 | BRO Alan Brown | Cooper | 24 | +10 laps | — |
| 13 | MOS Stirling Moss | Cooper | 10 | +10 laps | — |
| 14 | STU Hans Stuck | AFM | 29 | +13 laps | — |
| 15 | CAB Yves Giraud-Cabantous | HWM | 28 | +13 laps | — |
| 16 | ROS Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 17 | +15 laps | — |
| DNF | ASC Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 1 | Accident | — |
| DNF | BON Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 7 | Out of fuel | — |
| DNF | MAR Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 4 | Accident | — |
| DNF | DEG Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | 9 | Engine | — |
| NC | FAI Jack Fairman | Connaught | 22 | +19 laps | — |
| NC | WHA Ken Wharton | Cooper | 19 | +23 laps | — |
| NC | MCA Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught | 18 | +24 laps | — |
| DNF | CAR Piero Carini | Ferrari | 20 | Engine | — |
| DNF | SAL Roy Salvadori | Connaught | 14 | Throttle | — |
| DNF | LAN Chico Landi | Maserati | 21 | Engine | — |
| DNF | BAY Élie Bayol | O.S.C.A. | 13 | Engine | — |
| DNF | FIT John Fitch | HWM | 26 | Engine | — |
| DNF | CLA Johnny Claes | Connaught | 30 | Fuel system | — |
| DNF | MAC Lance Macklin | HWM | 27 | Engine | — |