Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Connaught |
| 2 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari |
| 2 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught |
| 3 | Nino Farina | Ferrari |
| 4 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
| 5 | José Froilán González | Maserati |
| 6 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari |
| 7 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 8 | André Simon | Ferrari |
| 10 | Élie Bayol | OSCA |
| 11 | Jean Behra | Gordini |
| 12 | Alan Brown | Cooper |
| 12 | Mike Hawthorn | Cooper |
| 13 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati |
| 15 | Ken Wharton | Cooper |
| 16 | Franco Rol | Maserati |
| 16 | Rudi Fischer | Ferrari |
| 17 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari |
| 18 | Chico Landi | Maserati |
| 19 | Dennis Poore | Connaught |
| 20 | Eric Brandon | Cooper |
| 23 | Eitel Cantoni | Maserati |
| 25 | Gino Bianco | Maserati |