| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 45 | 1:28:00.900 | 1 | 9 1:28:00.900 |
| 2 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | WolfFord | 45 | +15.350 | 4 | 6 +15.350 |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 45 | +28.010 | 7 | 4 +28.010 |
| 4 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 45 | +36.880 | 10 | 3 +36.880 |
| 5 | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 45 | +57.260 | 16 | 2 +57.260 |
| 6 | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | LotusFord | 45 | +1:37.860 | 18 | 1 +1:37.860 |
| 7 | 2 | John Watson | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 45 | +1:39.530 | 5 | +1:39.530 |
| 8 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 45 | +1:56.870 | 15 | +1:56.870 |
| 9 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 44 | +1 lap | 14 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 32 | Keke Rosberg | WolfFord | 42 | +3 laps | 19 | +3 laps |
| 11 | 23 | Harald Ertl | EnsignFord | 41 | Engine | 23 | Engine |
| DSQ | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | ArrowsFord | 42 | Illegal pit stop | 17 | Illegal pit stop |
| DNF | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | LotusFord | 36 | Gearbox | 2 | Gearbox |
| DSQ | 7 | James Hunt | McLarenFord | 34 | Illegal pit stop | 8 | Illegal pit stop |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 31 | Fuel system | 6 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 22 | Nelson Piquet | EnsignFord | 31 | Engine | 21 | Engine |
| DNF | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | SurteesFord | 24 | Fuel system | 20 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 16 | Accident | 11 | Accident |
| DNF | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 14 | Fuel system | 12 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 1 | Niki Lauda | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 11 | Engine | 3 | Engine |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 5 | Engine | 9 | Engine |
| DNF | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ShadowFord | 1 | Accident | 24 | Accident |
| DNF | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATSFord | 1 | Accident | 22 | Accident |
| DNF | 4 | Patrick Depailler | TyrrellFord | 0 | Accident | 13 | Accident |
| DNQ | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | Rupert Keegan | SurteesFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 31 | René Arnoux | MartiniFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLarenFord | | | – | |