French Grand Prix
Rouen-Les-Essarts
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 | Maserati |
| 2 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 3 | Luigi Musso | Ferrari |
| 4 | Harry Schell | Maserati |
| 5 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 6 | Roy Salvadori | Vanwall |
| 7 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 9 | Carlos Menditeguy | Maserati |
| 10 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall |
| 11 | Ron Flockhart | BRM |
| 12 | Herbert MacKay-Fraser | BRM |
| 13 | Jack Brabham | Cooper |
| 14 | Horace Gould | Maserati |
| 15 | Jack Brabham | Cooper |
| 15 | Mike MacDowel | Cooper |