British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Lance Reventlow | Cooper-Climax |
| 1 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 2 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 3 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 4 | Jo Bonnier | BRM |
| 5 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus |
| 6 | Dan Gurney | BRM |
| 7 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 8 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus |
| 9 | Tony Brooks | Cooper-Climax |
| 10 | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 11 | John Surtees | Team Lotus |
| 12 | Olivier Gendebien | Cooper-Climax |
| 13 | Roy Salvadori | Aston Martin |
| 14 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Maserati |
| 15 | Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax |
| 16 | Henry Taylor | Cooper-Climax |
| 17 | Lucien Bianchi | Cooper-Climax |
| 18 | Brian Naylor | JBW |
| 19 | Chuck Daigh | Cooper-Climax |
| 20 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati |
| 21 | Maurice Trintignant | Aston Martin |
| 22 | Keith Greene | Cooper-Maserati |
| 24 | David Piper | Team Lotus |
| 25 | Gino Munaron | Cooper-Castellotti |