F1 qualifying stats
Qualifying results
| # | Driver | CHE | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | ESP | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.57 | 1 | |
| 2 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.71 | 2 | |
| 3 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.29 | 1 | |
| 4 | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi (Ferrari) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.29 | 3 | |
| 5 | (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (Talbot-Lago, Ferrari) | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4.83 | 1 | ||
| 6 | (ITA) Consalvo Sanesi (Alfa Romeo) | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.25 | 4 | ||||
| 7 | (ITA) Piero Taruffi (Ferrari) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6.00 | 5 | |||
| 8 | (ITA) Luigi Fagioli (Alfa Romeo) | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||||||
| 9 | (DEU) Paul Pietsch (Alfa Romeo) | 7 | 7.00 | 7 | |||||||
| 10 | (ITA) Felice Bonetto (Alfa Romeo) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8.00 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | (GBR) Bob Gerard (ERA) | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||||||
| 12 | (GBR) Ken Richardson (BRM) | 10 | 10.00 | 10 | |||||||
| 13 | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried (Alfa Romeo, Maserati) | 5 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 10.40 | 5 | |||
| 14 | (FRA) Henri Louveau (Talbot-Lago) | 11 | 11.00 | 11 | |||||||
| 15 | (BEL) Andre Pilette (Talbot-Lago) | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||||||
| 16 | (GBR) Brian Shawe-Taylor (Ferrari, ERA) | 12 | 12.00 | 12 | |||||||
| 17 | (FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous (Talbot-Lago) | 15 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12.17 | 8 | ||
| 18 | (GBR) Reg Parnell (Ferrari, BRM) | 9 | 20 | 8 | 12.33 | 8 | |||||
| 19 | (FRA) Louis Rosier (Talbot-Lago) | 8 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 12.43 | 7 | |
| 20 | (MCO) Louis Chiron (Maserati, Talbot-Lago) | 19 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 13.00 | 8 | |
| 21 | (FRA) Philippe Etancelin (Talbot-Lago) | 12 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 13.20 | 10 | |||
| 22 | (FRA) Robert Manzon (Simca-Gordini) | 23 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 13.50 | 9 | ||||
| 23 | (FRA) Andre Simon (Simca-Gordini) | 21 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13.50 | 10 | ||||
| 24 | (CHE) Rudi Fischer (Ferrari) | 10 | 8 | 23 | 13.67 | 8 | |||||
| 25 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (Simca-Gordini) | 18 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 13.75 | 11 | ||||
| 26 | (GBR) Peter Whitehead (Ferrari) | 9 | 20 | 8 | 19 | 14.00 | 8 | ||||
| 27 | (GBR) Stirling Moss (HWM) | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||||||
| 28 | (FRA) Eugene Chaboud (Talbot-Lago) | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||||||
| 29 | (ARG) Onofre Marimon (Maserati-Milano) | 15 | 15.00 | 15 | |||||||
| 30 | (GBR) Duncan Hamilton (Talbot-Lago) | 11 | 20 | 15.50 | 11 | ||||||
| 31 | (BEL) Johnny Claes (Talbot-Lago) | 18 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 15.57 | 11 | |
| 32 | (CHE) Peter Hirt (Veritas) | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||||||
| 33 | (GBR) Philip Fotheringham-Parker (Maserati) | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||||||
| 34 | (BRA) Chico Landi (Ferrari) | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||||||
| 35 | (FRA) Georges Grignard (Talbot-Lago) | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||||||
| 36 | (FRA) Aldo Gordini (Simca-Gordini) | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||||||
| 37 | (GBR) John James (Maserati) | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||||||
| 38 | (CHE) Toni Branca (Maserati) | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||||||
| 39 | (ESP) Francisco Godia (Maserati) | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||||||
| 40 | (FRA) Pierre Levegh (Talbot-Lago) | 13 | 19 | 20 | 17.33 | 13 | |||||
| 41 | (IRL) Joe Kelly (Alta) | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||||||
| 42 | (ITA) Franco Rol (OSCA) | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||||||
| 43 | (ESP) Juan Jover (Maserati) | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||||||
| 44 | (GBR) David Murray (Maserati) | 15 | 23 | 19.00 | 15 | ||||||
| 45 | (GBR) Peter Walker (BRM) | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||||||
| 46 | (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (Maserati) | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||||||
| 47 | (USA) Harry Schell (Maserati) | 17 | 22 | 19.50 | 17 | ||||||
| 48 | (FRA) Guy Mairesse (Talbot-Lago) | 21 | 19 | 20.00 | 19 | ||||||
| 49 | (GBR) George Abecassis (HWM) | 20 | 20.00 | 20 | |||||||
| 50 | (BEL) Jacques Swaters (Talbot-Lago) | 22 | 22 | 22.00 | 22 | ||||||
| 51 | (DEU) Hans Stuck (BRM) | 24 | 24.00 | 24 | |||||||
| # | Driver | CHE | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | ESP | Avg. | Best |