| 1 | 46 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 65 | 3:01:34.400 | 2 | 9 3:01:34.400 |
| 2 | 24 | Nino Farina | Ferrari | 65 | +1:12.930 | 3 | 6 +1:12.930 |
| 3 | 26 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 65 | +1:35.960 | 7 | 4 +1:35.960 |
| 4 | 32 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 64 | +1 lap | 1 | 1.5 +1 lap |
| 4 | 32 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | | | – | 1.5 |
| 5 | 34 | Hermann Lang | Maserati | 62 | +3 laps | 11 | 2 +3 laps |
| 6 | 28 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 62 | +3 laps | 6 | +3 laps |
| 7 | 20 | Ken Wharton | CooperBristol | 62 | +3 laps | 9 | +3 laps |
| 8 | 40 | Max de Terra | Ferrari | 51 | +14 laps | 19 | +14 laps |
| 9 | 18 | Albert Scherrer | HWMAlta | 49 | +16 laps | 18 | +16 laps |
| DNF | 4 | Chico Landi | Maserati | 54 | Gearbox | 20 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 42 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati | 48 | Transmission | 8 | Transmission |
| DNF | 36 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 46 | Engine | 5 | Engine |
| DNF | 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 43 | Axle | 4 | Axle |
| DNF | 6 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 37 | Oil pressure | 12 | Oil pressure |
| DNF | 30 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 29 | Engine | 10 | Engine |
| DNF | 16 | Lance Macklin | HWMAlta | 29 | Engine | 15 | Engine |
| DNF | 38 | Peter Hirt | Ferrari | 17 | Engine | 17 | Engine |
| DNF | 14 | Paul Frère | HWMAlta | 1 | Engine | 16 | Engine |
| DNF | 30 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | | | – | |
| DNF | 10 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 0 | Spun off | 14 | Spun off |
| DNF | 2 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari | 0 | Spun off | 13 | Spun off |
| DNS | 12 | Louis Chiron | O.S.C.A.OSCA | | | – | |
| DNS | 22 | Élie Bayol | O.S.C.A.OSCA | | | – | |
| DNS | 44 | Fred Wacker | Gordini | | | – | |