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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 2 | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 3 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 4 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus |
| 5 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 6 | Dan Gurney | BRM |
| 7 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 8 | Jo Bonnier | BRM |
| 9 | Olivier Gendebien | Cooper-Climax |
| 10 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus |
| 11 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari |
| 12 | Henry Taylor | Cooper-Climax |
| 13 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall |
| 14 | Ron Flockhart | Team Lotus |
| 15 | Bruce Halford | Cooper-Climax |
| 15 | Lucien Bianchi | Cooper-Climax |
| 17 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Maserati |
| 18 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati |
| 19 | Gino Munaron | Cooper-Castellotti |
| 20 | Richie Ginther | Scarab |
| 21 | David Piper | Team Lotus |
| 22 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati |
| 23 | Chuck Daigh | Scarab |