German Grand Prix
Nürburgring
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 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 3 | Jean Behra | Maserati |
| 4 | Peter Collins | Ferrari |
| 5 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall |
| 6 | Harry Schell | Maserati |
| 7 | Stirling Moss | Vanwall |
| 8 | Luigi Musso | Ferrari |
| 9 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall |
| 10 | Masten Gregory | Maserati |
| 11 | Hans Herrmann | Maserati |
| 12 | Edgar Barth | Porsche |
| 13 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati |
| 14 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper |
| 15 | Umberto Maglioli | Porsche |
| 16 | Bruce Halford | Maserati |
| 17 | Brian Naylor | Cooper |
| 18 | Jack Brabham | Cooper |
| 19 | Horace Gould | Maserati |
| 20 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche |
| 21 | Paco Godia | Maserati |
| 22 | Tony Marsh | Cooper |
| 23 | Paul England | Cooper |
| 24 | Dick Gibson | Cooper |