Driver points Pos Name Nat. Constructor-Engine Points (Wins) 1. Alberto Ascari ITA Ferrari 36 (6) 2. Giuseppe Farina ITA Ferrari 24 3. Piero Taruffi ITA Ferrari 22 (1) 4. Rudi Fischer SUI Ferrari 10 = Mike Hawthorn GBR Cooper-Bristol 10 6. Robert Manzon FRA Gordini 9 7. Luigi Villoresi ITA Ferrari 8 8. Froylan Gonzalez ARG Maserati 6,5 9. Jean Behra FRA Gordini 6 10. Dennes Poore GBR Connaught 3 = Ken Wharton GBR Cooper-Bristol/Frazer-Nash 3 12. Felice Bonetto ITA Maserati 2 = Alan Brown GBR Cooper-Bristol 2 = Paul Frere BEL HWM 2 = Eric Thompson GBR Connaught 2 = Maurice Trintignant FRA Ferrari/Gordini/Simca-Gordini 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17. George Abecassis GBR HWM 0 = Bill Aston GBR Aston-Butterworth 0 = Marcel Balsa FRA BMW 0 = Elie Bayol FRA Osca 0 = Gino Bianco BRA Maserati 0 = Prince Bira THA Gordini 0 = Eric Brandon GBR Cooper-Bristol 0 = Adolf Brudes GER Veritas 0 = Eitel Cantoni URU Maserati 0 = Piero Carini ITA Ferrari 0 = Johnny Claes BEL Gordini/HWM 0 = Peter Collins GBR HWM 0 = Gianfranco Comotti ITA Ferrari 0 = Anthony Crook GBR Frazer-Nash 0 = Emmanuel de Graffenried SUI Maserati 0 = Max de Terra BEL Simca-Gordini 0 = Charles de Tornaco BEL Ferrari 0 = Ken Downing GBR Connaught 0 = Philippe Etancelin FRA Maserati 0 = Jan Flinterman HOL Maserati 0 = Toni Gaze AUS HWM 0 = Yves Giraud-Cabantous FRA HWM 0 = Duncan Hamilton GBR HWM 0 = Willi Heeks GER AFM 0 = Theo Helfrich GER Veritas 0 = Peter Hirt SUI Ferrari 0 = Hans Klenk GER Veritas-Meteor 0 = Ernst Klodwig GER BMW-Heck 0 = Rudolf Krause GER BMW-Reif 0 = Chico Landi BRA Maserati 0 = Roger Laurent BEL HWM/Ferrari 0 = Arthur Legat BEL Veritas-Meteor 0 = Lance Maclin GBR HWM 0 = Ken McAlpine GBR Connaught 0 = Robin Montgomerie-Charrington GBR Aston-Butterworth 0 = Stirling Moss GBR HWM/ERA/Connaught 0 = David Murray GBR Cooper-Bristol 0 = Bernhard Nacke GER BMW 0 = Helmut Niedermayr GER AMF-BMW 0 = Robert O'Brian USA Gordini 0 = Reg Parnell GBR Cooper 0 = Josef Peters GER Veritas 0 = Paul Pietsch GER Veritas-Meteor 0 = Fritz Riess GER Veritas 0 = Franco Rol ITA Maserati 0 = Louis Rosier FRA Ferrari 0 = Roy Salvadori GBR Ferrari 0 = Harry Schell USA Maserati 0 = Rudolf Schoeller SUI Ferrari 0 = Andre Simon FRA Ferrari 0 = Hans Stuck AUT AFM 0 = Toni Ulmen GER Veritas-Meteor 0 = Andre van der Lof HOL HWM 0 = Graham Whitehead GBR Alta 0 = Peter Whitehead GBR Alta 0 8 Circuits driven GP Circuit Winner Switzerland GP Bremgarten Piero Taruffi Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Troy Ruttman Belgium GP Spa-Francorchamps Alberto Ascari France GP Rouen Alberto Ascari Great Britain GP Silverstone Alberto Ascari Germany GP Nürburg Alberto Ascari Holland GP Zandvoort Alberto Ascari Italy GP Monza Alberto Ascari