Maurice Trintignant, in a Ferrari 625 thought to be uncompetitive, inherited the lead and scored his first Formula One victory.
Jo Bonnier, Les Leston in Wolfgang von Trips so odpeljali prvo dirko v karieri, Hernando da Silva Ramos, Toulo de Graffenried, Robert Manzon, Piero Taruffi in Luigi Villoresi pa svojo zadnjo.