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 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall |
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Vanwall |
| 2 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 3 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | Vanwall |
| 4 | Juan Fangio | Maserati |
| 5 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 6 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall |
| 7 | Harry Schell | Maserati |
| 8 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 9 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 9 | Maurice Trintignant | Ferrari |
| 10 | Luigi Musso | Ferrari |
| 11 | Carlos Menditeguy | Maserati |
| 12 | Les Leston | BRM |
| 13 | Jack Brabham | Cooper |
| 14 | Horace Gould | Maserati |
| 15 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper |
| 16 | Jack Fairman | BRM |
| 17 | Jo Bonnier | Maserati |
| 18 | Bob Gerard | Cooper |
| 19 | Ivor Bueb | Maserati |