| 1 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | LotusFord | 54 | 1:41:21.570 | 1 | 9 1:41:21.570 |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | TyrrellFord | 54 | +47.440 | 13 | 6 +47.440 |
| 3 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 54 | +1:39.760 | 11 | 4 +1:39.760 |
| 4 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 53 | +1 lap | 6 | 3 +1 lap |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 53 | +1 lap | 5 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | SurteesFord | 53 | +1 lap | 21 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 2 | John Watson | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 53 | +1 lap | 10 | +1 lap |
| 8 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLarenFord | 52 | +2 laps | 17 | +2 laps |
| 9 | 31 | René Arnoux | MartiniFord | 52 | +2 laps | 26 | +2 laps |
| NC | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | ShadowFord | 50 | +4 laps | 22 | +4 laps |
| NC | 32 | Keke Rosberg | WolfFord | 49 | +5 laps | 25 | +5 laps |
| DSQ | 22 | Derek Daly | EnsignFord | 43 | Push start | 19 | Push start |
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 40 | Accident | 14 | Accident |
| DNF | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ShadowFord | 33 | Accident | 23 | Accident |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 31 | Gearbox | 3 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 1 | Niki Lauda | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 28 | Accident | 12 | Accident |
| DSQ | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 27 | Push start | 4 | Push start |
| DNF | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 20 | Accident | 9 | Accident |
| DNF | 7 | James Hunt | McLarenFord | 8 | Accident | 8 | Accident |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 7 | Accident | 15 | Accident |
| DNF | 23 | Harald Ertl | EnsignFord | 6 | Accident | 24 | Accident |
| DNF | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 6 | Accident | 16 | Accident |
| DNF | 20 | Jody Scheckter | WolfFord | 3 | Accident | 7 | Accident |
| DNF | 29 | Nelson Piquet | McLarenFord | 2 | Accident | 20 | Accident |
| DNF | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | LotusFord | 1 | Accident | 18 | Accident |
| DNF | 5 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 0 | Accident | 2 | Accident |
| DNQ | 37 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | Rupert Keegan | SurteesFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 10 | Hans Binder | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | ArrowsFord | | | – | |