| 1 | 15 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 85 | 2:44:11.000 | 2 | 9 2:44:11.000 |
| 2 | 17 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 84 | +1 lap | 3 | 6 +1 lap |
| 3 | 9 | Mike Hawthorn | CooperBristol | 83 | +2 laps | 7 | 4 +2 laps |
| 4 | 6 | Dennis Poore | ConnaughtLea Francis | 83 | +2 laps | 8 | 3 +2 laps |
| 5 | 5 | Eric Thompson | ConnaughtLea Francis | 82 | +3 laps | 9 | 2 +3 laps |
| 6 | 16 | Nino Farina | Ferrari | 82 | +3 laps | 1 | +3 laps |
| 7 | 8 | Reg Parnell | CooperBristol | 82 | +3 laps | 6 | +3 laps |
| 8 | 14 | Roy Salvadori | Ferrari | 82 | +3 laps | 19 | +3 laps |
| 9 | 4 | Ken Downing | ConnaughtLea Francis | 82 | +3 laps | 5 | +3 laps |
| 10 | 21 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari | 81 | +4 laps | 20 | +4 laps |
| 11 | 26 | Birabongse Bhanudej | Gordini | 81 | +4 laps | 10 | +4 laps |
| 12 | 1 | Graham Whitehead | Alta | 80 | +5 laps | 12 | +5 laps |
| 13 | 19 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari | 80 | +5 laps | 15 | +5 laps |
| 14 | 27 | Johnny Claes | Simca-GordiniGordini | 79 | +6 laps | 23 | +6 laps |
| 15 | 31 | Lance Macklin | HWMAlta | 79 | +6 laps | 29 | +6 laps |
| 16 | 3 | Kenneth McAlpine | ConnaughtLea Francis | 79 | +6 laps | 17 | +6 laps |
| 17 | 33 | Harry Schell | MaseratiPlaté | 78 | +7 laps | 32 | +7 laps |
| 18 | 34 | Gino Bianco | Maserati | 77 | +8 laps | 28 | +8 laps |
| 19 | 32 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | MaseratiPlaté | 76 | +9 laps | 31 | +9 laps |
| 20 | 10 | Eric Brandon | CooperBristol | 76 | +9 laps | 18 | +9 laps |
| 21 | 23 | Tony Crook | Frazer-NashBMW | 75 | +10 laps | 25 | +10 laps |
| 22 | 11 | Alan Brown | CooperBristol | 69 | +16 laps | 13 | +16 laps |
| DNF | 29 | Peter Collins | HWMAlta | 73 | Ignition | 14 | Ignition |
| DNF | 30 | Duncan Hamilton | HWMAlta | 44 | Engine | 11 | Engine |
| DNF | 12 | Stirling Moss | ERABristol | 36 | Engine | 16 | Engine |
| DNF | 25 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 21 | Gearbox | 21 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 28 | Tony Gaze | HWMAlta | 20 | Engine | 26 | Engine |
| DNF | 7 | David Murray | CooperBristol | 14 | Engine | 22 | Engine |
| DNF | 24 | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 9 | Clutch | 4 | Clutch |
| DNF | 20 | Peter Hirt | Ferrari | 3 | Brakes | 24 | Brakes |
| DNF | 35 | Eitel Cantoni | Maserati | 1 | Brakes | 27 | Brakes |
| DNS | 2 | Bill Aston | Aston ButterworthButterworth | | | – | |