| 1 | 18 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mercedes | 50 | 2:25:04.400 | 1 | 8 2:25:04.400 |
| 2 | 14 | Piero Taruffi | Mercedes | 50 | +0.700 | 9 | 6 +0.700 |
| 3 | 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari | 50 | +46.200 | 4 | 4 +46.200 |
| 4 | 36 | Jean Behra | Maserati | 50 | +3:57.500 | 6 | 3 +3:57.500 |
| 5 | 34 | Carlos Menditéguy | Maserati | 49 | +1 lap | 16 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 12 | Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari | 49 | +1 lap | 12 | +1 lap |
| 7 | 28 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati | 48 | +2 laps | 7 | +2 laps |
| 8 | 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari | 47 | +3 laps | 15 | +3 laps |
| 9 | 40 | John Fitch | Maserati | 46 | +4 laps | 20 | +4 laps |
| 10 | 6 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 38 | Gearbox | 14 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 20 | Karl Kling | Mercedes | 32 | Gearbox | 3 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 30 | Luigi Musso | Maserati | 31 | Gearbox | 10 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 38 | Horace Gould | Maserati | 31 | Suspension | 21 | Suspension |
| DNF | 16 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes | 27 | Engine | 2 | 1 Engine |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini | 26 | Engine | 19 | Engine |
| DNF | 22 | Hermano da Silva Ramos | Gordini | 23 | Fuel system | 18 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 32 | Peter Collins | Maserati | 22 | Suspension | 11 | Suspension |
| DNF | 42 | Harry Schell | Vanwall | 7 | Suspension | 13 | Suspension |
| DNF | 24 | Jean Lucas | Gordini | 7 | Engine | 22 | Engine |
| DNF | 44 | Ken Wharton | Vanwall | 0 | Injection | 17 | Injection |
| DNS | 2 | Nino Farina | Lancia | | Tyre | 5 | Tyre |
| DNS | 10 | Luigi Villoresi | Lancia | | Tyre | 8 | Tyre |
| DNS | 46 | Luigi Piotti | Arzani-VolpiniMaserati | | Engine | – | Engine |