Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco
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 | Alberto Ascari | Lancia |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes |
| 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | Lancia |
| 5 | Cesare Perdisa | Maserati |
| 5 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 6 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati |
| 7 | Luigi Villoresi | Lancia |
| 8 | Luigi Musso | Maserati |
| 9 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 10 | André Simon | Mercedes |
| 11 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 11 | Cesare Perdisa | Maserati |
| 12 | Mike Hawthorn | Vanwall |
| 13 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 14 | Nino Farina | Ferrari |
| 15 | Paul Frère | Ferrari |
| 15 | Piero Taruffi | Ferrari |
| 16 | Élie Bayol | Gordini |
| 17 | Louis Rosier | Maserati |
| 18 | Harry Schell | Ferrari |
| 19 | Louis Chiron | Lancia |
| 20 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini |