French Grand Prix
Reims-Gueux
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Azdrubal Fontes | Maserati |
| 1 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari |
| 2 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 3 | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 4 | Stirling Moss | BRM |
| 5 | Jean Behra | Ferrari |
| 6 | Jo Bonnier | BRM |
| 7 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax |
| 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax |
| 9 | Harry Schell | BRM |
| 10 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 11 | Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari |
| 12 | Dan Gurney | Ferrari |
| 13 | Ron Flockhart | BRM |
| 14 | Graham Hill | Team Lotus |
| 15 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus |
| 16 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Maserati |
| 17 | Colin Davis | Cooper-Maserati |
| 18 | Fritz d'Orey | Maserati |
| 19 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati |
| 20 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Maserati |
| 21 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati |