British Grand Prix
Aintree
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes |
| 2 | Juan Fangio | Mercedes |
| 3 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 4 | Karl Kling | Mercedes |
| 5 | Piero Taruffi | Mercedes |
| 6 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati |
| 7 | Harry Schell | Vanwall |
| 8 | André Simon | Maserati |
| 9 | Luigi Musso | Maserati |
| 10 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari |
| 11 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 12 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari |
| 12 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 13 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 14 | Peter Walker | Connaught |
| 14 | Tony Rolt | Connaught |
| 15 | Harry Schell | Vanwall |
| 15 | Ken Wharton | Vanwall |
| 16 | Lance Macklin | Maserati |
| 17 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught |
| 18 | Hernando da Silva Ramos | Gordini |
| 19 | Leslie Marr | Connaught |
| 20 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati |
| 21 | Jack Fairman | Connaught |
| 22 | Horace Gould | Maserati |
| 23 | Mike Sparken | Gordini |
| 24 | Peter Collins | Maserati |
| 25 | Jack Brabham | Cooper |