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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Fangio | Mercedes |
| 2 | José Froilán González | Ferrari |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 4 | Stirling Moss | Maserati |
| 5 | Jean Behra | Gordini |
| 6 | Karl Kling | Mercedes |
| 7 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati |
| 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 9 | Ken Wharton | Maserati |
| 10 | Ron Flockhart | Maserati |
| 10 | Prince Bira | Maserati |
| 11 | Peter Collins | Vanwall |
| 12 | André Pilette | Gordini |
| 13 | Clemar Bucci | Gordini |
| 14 | Reg Parnell | Ferrari |
| 15 | Robert Manzon | Ferrari |
| 16 | Harry Schell | Maserati |
| 17 | Don Beauman | Connaught |
| 18 | Bob Gerard | Cooper |
| 19 | Bill Whitehouse | Connaught |
| 20 | Horace Gould | Cooper |
| 21 | John Riseley-Prichard | Connaught |
| 22 | Leslie Marr | Connaught |
| 23 | Leslie Thorne | Connaught |
| 24 | Peter Whitehead | Cooper |
| 25 | Eric Brandon | Cooper |
| 26 | Alan Brown | Cooper |
| 27 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati |
| 27 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati |
| 28 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati |
| 29 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper |
| 30 | Alberto Ascari | Maserati |
| 31 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari |
| 32 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati |