Swiss Grand Prix
Circuit Bremgarten
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati |
| 1 | Juan Fangio | Maserati |
| 2 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 3 | Nino Farina | Ferrari |
| 4 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
| 5 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati |
| 6 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari |
| 7 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 8 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati |
| 9 | Ken Wharton | Cooper |
| 10 | Juan Fangio | Maserati |
| 10 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati |
| 11 | Hermann Lang | Maserati |
| 12 | Jean Behra | Gordini |
| 13 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari |
| 14 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari |
| 15 | Lance Macklin | HWM |
| 16 | Paul Frère | HWM |
| 17 | Peter Hirt | Ferrari |
| 18 | Albert Scherrer | HWM |
| 19 | Max de Terra | Ferrari |
| 20 | Chico Landi | Maserati |