United States Grand Prix
Sebring International Raceway
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Phil Cade | Maserati |
| 1 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax |
| 2 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 3 | Harry Schell | Cooper-Climax |
| 4 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari |
| 5 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax |
| 6 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 8 | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 9 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus |
| 10 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 11 | Cliff Allison | Ferrari |
| 11 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Maserati |
| 12 | Alan Stacey | Team Lotus |
| 13 | Bob Said | Connaught |
| 14 | Alessandro de Tomaso | Cooper-OSCA |
| 15 | George Constantine | Cooper-Borgward |
| 16 | Harry Blanchard | Porsche |
| 17 | Fritz d'Orey | Tec-Mec |
| 19 | Rodger Ward | Kurtis Kraft |