| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | RA |  | Daimler Benz AG | Mercedes W196 | Mercedes 2.5 L8 | Continental |
| 2 | Karl Kling | D |  |
| 3 | Stirling Crawford Moss | GB |  |
| 4 | Hans Herrmann | D |  |
| 5 | Andre Simon | F |  |
| 6 | Pierino Taruffi | I |  |
| 7 | Emilio Giuseppe Farina | I |  | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari D50 Ferrari 625 | Ferrari 2.5 V8 Ferrari 2.5 L4 | Englebert |
| 8 | Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant | F |  | Ferrari 625 Ferrari 555 | Ferrari 2.5 L4 |
| 9 | Umberto Maglioli | I |  |
| 10 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  |
| 11 | Eugenio Castellotti | I |  |
| 12 | José Froilán González | RA |  | Ferrari 625 |
| 13 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  | Ferrari 555 |
| 14 | Pierino Taruffi | I |  |
| 15 | Paul Frère | B |  |
| 16 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  | Ferrari D50 | Ferrari 2.5 V8 |
| 17 | Octave John Claes | B |  | Equipe Nationale Belge | Ferrari 500 | Ferrari 2.5 L4 | Englebert |
| 18 | Jean Marie Behra | F |  | Officine Alfieri Maserati | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 19 | Roberto Mieres | RA |  |
| 20 | Sergio Mantovani | I |  |
| 21 | Luigi Musso | I |  |
| 22 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  |
| 23 | Carlos Alberto Menditeguy | RA |  |
| 24 | Clemar Bucci | RA |  |
| 25 | Andre Simon | F |  |
| 26 | Cesare Perdisa | I |  |
| 27 | Horace Harry Twigg Gould | GB |  |
| 28 | Peter John Collins | GB |  |
| 29 | Alberto Uria | ROU |  | A Uria | Maserati A6GCM | Maserati 2.5 L6 | |
| 30 | Louis Rosier | F |  | Ecurie Rosier | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 31 | Francis Boel Lancelot Campbell Macklin | GB |  | Stirling Moss Ltd | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 32 | Octave John Claes | B |  |
| 33 | Peter Douglas Conyers Walker | GB |  |
| 34 | John Cooper Fitch | USA |  |
| 35 | Horace Harry Twigg Gould | GB |  | Goulds' Garage | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 36 | Peter John Collins | GB |  | Owen Racing Organisation | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 37 | Roy Francesco Salvadori | GB |  | Gilby Engineering | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 L6 | Pirelli |
| 38 | Alberto Ascari | I |  | Scuderia Lancia | Lancia D50 | Lancia 2.5 V8 | Pirelli |
| 39 | Luigi Villoresi | I |  |
| 40 | Eugenio Castellotti | I |  |
| 41 | Alexandre Louis Chiron | MC |  |
| 42 | Elie Marcel Bayol | F |  | Equipe Gordini | Gordini T16 | Gordini 2.5 L6 | |
| 43 | Pablo Américo Birger | RA |  |
| 44 | Jesús Ricardo Iglesias | RA |  |
| 45 | Michael Poberejsky | F |  |
| 46 | Robert Manzon | F |  |
| 47 | Jacques Pollet | F |  |
| 48 | Hermano Joćo da Silva Ramos | BR |  |
| 49 | Jean Lucas | F |  | Gordini T32 | Gordini 2.5 L8 |
| 50 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  | Vandervell Products | Vanwall | Vanwall 2.5 L4 | Pirelli |
| 51 | John Michael Hawthorn | GB |  | Vandervell Products Ltd | Vanwall | Vanwall 2.5 L4 | |
| 52 | Henry O'Reilly Schell | USA |  |
| 53 | Kenneth Albert Wharton | GB |  |
| 54 | Edward Whiteaway | GB |  | E N Whiteaway | HWM | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 55 | Kenneth McAlpine | GB |  | Connaught Engineering | Connaught B | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 56 | John Fairman | GB |  |
| 57 | Anthony Rolt | GB |  | R R C Walker Racing Team | Connaught B | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 58 | Peter Douglas Conyers Walker | GB |  |
| 59 | Leslie Marr | GB |  | L Marr | Connaught B | Alta 1.5 L4 | |
| 60 | John Arthur Brabham | AUS |  | Cooper Car Co | Cooper T40 | Bristol 2.0 L6 | |
| 61 | James Ernest Bryan | USA |  | A E Dean | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 62 | John McGrath | USA |  | Jack B Hinkle | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 63 | William Vukovich | USA |  | Lindsey Hopkins | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 64 | James Reece | USA |  | Emmett J Malloy | Pankratz | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 65 | Robert Sweikert | USA |  | John Zink | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 66 | Samuel Hanks | USA |  | Cars Inc | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 67 | Melvin Eugene Bettenhausen | USA |  | H A Chapman | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 68 | Paul Russo | USA |  |
| 69 | Donald Freeland | USA |  | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 70 | Frederick L. Agabashian | USA |  | Federal Auto Associates | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 71 | Chuck Weyant | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft 3000 |
| 72 | James Davies | USA |  | Pat Clancy | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 73 | John Parsons | USA |  | Carl L Anderson | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 74 | Andrew Linden | USA |  | Joseph Massaglia Jr | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 75 | Calvin Niday | USA |  | Racing Associates | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 76 | Gerald F. Hoyt | USA |  | Jim Robbins | Stevens | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 77 | Rodger Ward | USA |  | E R Casale | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 78 | Patrick O'Connor | USA |  | Rotary Engineering Corp | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 79 | Keith Andrews | USA |  | John L McDaniel | Schroeder | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 80 | Jim Rathmann | USA |  | South California Muffler Co | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 81 | Edward Russo | USA |  | R N Sabourin | Pawl | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 82 | John Boyd | USA |  | Chapman S Root | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 83 | James Daywalt | USA |  | Kurtis Kraft |
| 84 | Alvah A. Keller | USA |  | Samual W Traylor III | Kurtis Kraft 2000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 85 | John Thomson | USA |  | Peter Schmidt | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 86 | Raymond Crawford | USA |  | Ray Crawford | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 87 | Edward Elisian | USA |  | M Pete Wales | Kurtis Kraft 4000 | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 88 | Gerald Herman | USA |  | T W & W T Martin | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 89 | Walter Faulkner | USA |  | Merz Engineering Inc | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 90 | William Homeier | USA |  |
| 91 | Clark Templeman | USA |  | Pete Salemi | Trevis | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 92 | Edward Johnson | USA |  | Kalamazoo Sports Inc | Trevis | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 93 | George Francis Patrick Flaherty | USA |  | Harry Dunn | Kurtis Kraft 500B | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 94 | Duane Claude Carter | USA |  | J C Agajanian | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |
| 95 | Arthur Francis Cross | USA |  | Murrell Belanger | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 L4 | Firestone |