| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Alfa Romeo | 2:35,9 | - |
| 2 | Giuseppe Farina | Alfa Romeo | 2:37,8 | + 1,999 |
| 3 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 2:39,3 | + 3,994 |
| 4 | Consalvo Sanesi | Alfa Romeo | 2:40,3 | + 4,994 |
| 5 | Toulo de Graffenreid | Alfa Romeo | 2:41,8 | + 5,999 |
| 6 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 2:45,2 | + 9,993 |
| 7 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 2:46,0 | + 10,991 |
| 8 | Louis Rosier | Lago-Talbot | 2:52,7 | + 16,998 |
| 9 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari | 2:52,9 | + 17,000 |
| 10 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari | 2:54,1 | + 18,992 |
| 11 | Henri Louveau | Lago-Talbot | 2:56,2 | + 20,993 |
| 12 | Phillipe Étancelin | Lago-Talbot | 2:57,3 | + 21,994 |
| 13 | J. F. Gonzalez | Lago-Talbot | 2:57,3 | + 21,994 |
| 14 | Stirling Moss | HWM | 2:58,4 | + 22,995 |
| 15 | Yves G.-Cabantous | Lago-Talbot | 3:00,3 | + 24,994 |
| 16 | Peter Hirt | Veritas | 3:01,6 | + 25,997 |
| 17 | Harry Schell | Maserati | 3:02,4 | + 26,995 |
| 18 | Johnny Claes | Lago-Talbot | 3:02,5 | + 26,996 |
| 19 | Louis Chiron | Maserati | 3:03,1 | + 27,992 |
| 20 | George Abecassis | HWM | 3:03,8 | + 27,999 |
| 21 | Guy Mairesse | Lago-Talbot | 3:12,0 | + 36,991 |
| 107% | 2:45,860 | |||