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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ . George Abecassis GBR HWM . Bill Aston GBR Aston-Butterworth . Marcel Balsa FRA BMW . Elie Bayol FRA Osca . Gino Bianco BRA Maserati . Prince Bira THA Gordini . Eric Brandon GBR Cooper-Bristol . Adolf Brudes GER Veritas . Eitel Cantoni URU Maserati . Piero Carini ITA Ferrari . Johnny Claes BEL Gordini/HWM . Peter Collins GBR HWM . Gianfranco Comotti ITA Ferrari . Anthony Crook GBR Frazer-Nash . Emmanuel de Graffenried SUI Maserati . Max de Terra BEL Simca-Gordini . Charles de Tornaco BEL Ferrari . Ken Downing GBR Connaught . Philippe Etancelin FRA Maserati . Jan Flinterman HOL Maserati . Toni Gaze AUS HWM . Yves Giraud-Cabantous FRA HWM . Duncan Hamilton GBR HWM . Willi Heeks GER AFM . Theo Helfrich GER Veritas . Peter Hirt SUI Ferrari . Hans Klenk GER Veritas-Meteor . Ernst Klodwig GER BMW-Heck . Rudolf Krause GER BMW-Reif . Chico Landi BRA Maserati . Roger Laurent BEL HWM/Ferrari . Arthur Legat BEL Veritas-Meteor . Lance Maclin GBR HWM . Ken McAlpine GBR Connaught . Robin Montgomerie-Charrington GBR Aston-Butterworth . Stirling Moss GBR HWM/ERA/Connaught . David Murray GBR Cooper-Bristol . Bernhard Nacke GER BMW . Helmut Niedermayr GER AMF-BMW . Robert O'Brian USA Gordini . Reg Parnell GBR Cooper . Josef Peters GER Veritas . Paul Pietsch GER Veritas-Meteor . Fritz Riess GER Veritas . Franco Rol ITA Maserati . Louis Rosier FRA Ferrari . Roy Salvadori GBR Ferrari . Harry Schell USA Maserati . Rudolf Schoeller SUI Ferrari . Andre Simon FRA Ferrari . Hans Stuck AUT AFM . Toni Ulmen GER Veritas-Meteor . Andre van der Lof HOL HWM . Graham Whitehead GBR Alta . Peter Whitehead GBR Alta 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