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 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 1 | Juan Fangio | Ferrari |
| 1 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari |
| 2 | Eugenio Castellotti | Ferrari |
| 3 | Luigi Musso | Ferrari |
| 4 | Piero Taruffi | Vanwall |
| 5 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 6 | Stirling Moss | Maserati |
| 7 | Juan Fangio | Ferrari |
| 7 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 8 | Jo Bonnier | Maserati |
| 8 | Luigi Villoresi | Maserati |
| 9 | Alfonso de Portago | Ferrari |
| 10 | Harry Schell | Vanwall |
| 11 | Maurice Trintignant | Vanwall |
| 13 | Umberto Maglioli | Maserati |
| 13 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 14 | Roy Salvadori | Maserati |
| 15 | Luigi Piotti | Maserati |
| 16 | Jack Fairman | Connaught |
| 17 | Gerino Gerini | Maserati |
| 18 | Paco Godia | Maserati |
| 19 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati |
| 20 | Les Leston | Connaught |
| 21 | Hernando da Silva Ramos | Gordini |
| 22 | Bruce Halford | Maserati |
| 23 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 25 | André Simon | Gordini |
| 26 | Ron Flockhart | Connaught |