| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 1:50,000 | - |
| 2 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 1:50,000 | + 0,000 |
| 3 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari | 1:53,000 | + 3,000 |
| 4 | Robert Manzon | Gordini | 1:55,000 | + 5,000 |
| 5 | Ken Downing | Connaught | 1:56,000 | + 6,000 |
| 6 | Reg Parnell | Cooper | 1:56,000 | + 6,000 |
| 7 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper | 1:56,000 | + 6,000 |
| 8 | Dennis Poore | Connaught | 1:56,000 | + 6,000 |
| 9 | Eric Thompson | Connaught | 1:57,000 | + 7,000 |
| 10 | B. Bira | Gordini | 1:57,000 | + 7,000 |
| 11 | Duncan Hamilton | HWM | 1:57,000 | + 7,000 |
| 12 | Graham Whitehead | Alta | 1:58,000 | + 8,000 |
| 13 | Alan Brown | Cooper | 1:58,000 | + 8,000 |
| 14 | Peter Collins | HWM | 1:58,000 | + 8,000 |
| 15 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari | 1:58,000 | + 8,000 |
| 16 | Stirling Moss | Era | 1:59,000 | + 9,000 |
| 17 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught | 2:00,000 | + 10,000 |
| 18 | Eric Brandon | Cooper | 2:00,000 | + 10,000 |
| 19 | Roy Salvadori | Ferrari | 2:00,000 | + 10,000 |
| 20 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari | 2:00,000 | + 10,000 |
| 21 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 2:00,000 | + 10,000 |
| 22 | David Murray | Cooper | 2:02,000 | + 12,000 |
| 23 | Johnny Claes | Gordini | 2:02,000 | + 12,000 |
| 24 | Peter Hirt | Ferrari | 2:03,000 | + 13,000 |
| 25 | Anthony Crook | Frazer Nash | 2:03,000 | + 13,000 |
| 26 | Tony Gaze | HWM | 2:05,000 | + 15,000 |
| 27 | Heitel Cantoni | Maserati | 2:06,000 | + 16,000 |
| 28 | Gino Bianco | Maserati | 2:07,000 | + 17,000 |
| 29 | Lance Macklin | HWM | 2:08,000 | + 18,000 |
| 30 | Bill Aston | Aston | ||
| 31 | Toulo de Graffenreid | Maserati Platè | ||
| 32 | Harry Schell | Maserati Platè | ||
| 107% | 1:57,700 | |||