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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Luigi Piotti | Arzani-Volpini |
| 1 | Juan Fangio | Mercedes |
| 2 | Stirling Moss | Mercedes |
| 3 | Karl Kling | Mercedes |
| 4 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari |
| 5 | Nino Farina | Ferrari |
| 6 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 7 | Roberto Mieres | Maserati |
| 8 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari |
| 9 | Piero Taruffi | Mercedes |
| 10 | Luigi Musso | Maserati |
| 11 | Peter Collins | Maserati |
| 12 | Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari |
| 13 | Harry Schell | Vanwall |
| 14 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 15 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 16 | Carlos Menditeguy | Maserati |
| 17 | Ken Wharton | Vanwall |
| 18 | Hernando da Silva Ramos | Gordini |
| 19 | Jacques Pollet | Gordini |
| 20 | John Fitch | Maserati |
| 21 | Horace Gould | Maserati |
| 22 | Jean Lucas | Gordini |