British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Bill Aston | Aston Butterworth |
| 1 | Nino Farina | Ferrari |
| 2 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 3 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari |
| 4 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 5 | Ken Downing | Connaught |
| 6 | Reg Parnell | Cooper |
| 7 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper |
| 8 | Dennis Poore | Connaught |
| 9 | Eric Thompson | Connaught |
| 10 | Prince Bira | Gordini |
| 11 | Duncan Hamilton | HWM |
| 12 | Graham Whitehead | Alta |
| 13 | Alan Brown | Cooper |
| 14 | Peter Collins | HWM |
| 15 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari |
| 16 | Stirling Moss | ERA |
| 17 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught |
| 18 | Eric Brandon | Cooper |
| 19 | Roy Salvadori | Ferrari |
| 20 | Peter Whitehead | Ferrari |
| 21 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
| 22 | David Murray | Cooper |
| 23 | Johnny Claes | Simca |
| 24 | Peter Hirt | Ferrari |
| 25 | Tony Crook | Frazer Nash |
| 26 | Tony Gaze | HWM |
| 27 | Eitel Cantoni | Maserati |
| 28 | Gino Bianco | Maserati |
| 29 | Lance Macklin | HWM |
| 31 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati |
| 32 | Harry Schell | Maserati |