| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 75 | 1:41:04.230 | 1 | 9 1:41:04.230 |
| 2 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | LotusFord | 75 | +0.320 | 2 | 6 +0.320 |
| 3 | 1 | Niki Lauda | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 75 | +12.210 | 3 | 4 +12.210 |
| 4 | 2 | John Watson | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 75 | +20.920 | 8 | 3 +20.920 |
| 5 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 75 | +21.500 | 10 | 2 +21.500 |
| 6 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 75 | +45.950 | 5 | 1 +45.950 |
| 7 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 75 | +1:00.500 | 4 | +1:00.500 |
| 8 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 74 | +1 lap | 6 | +1 lap |
| 9 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 74 | +1 lap | 14 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 7 | James Hunt | McLarenFord | 74 | +1 lap | 7 | +1 lap |
| 11 | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | LotusFord | 74 | +1 lap | 20 | +1 lap |
| 12 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | WolfFord | 73 | +2 laps | 15 | +2 laps |
| DNF | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLarenFord | 60 | Spun off | 19 | Spun off |
| DNF | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ShadowFord | 56 | Transmission | 18 | Transmission |
| DNF | 31 | René Arnoux | MartiniFord | 40 | Chassis | 23 | Chassis |
| DNF | 37 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | 40 | Engine | 26 | Engine |
| DSQ | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | SurteesFord | 37 | Push start | 22 | Push start |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 35 | Engine | 9 | Engine |
| DNF | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLarenFord | 35 | Engine | 21 | Engine |
| DNF | 32 | Keke Rosberg | WolfFord | 21 | Accident | 24 | Accident |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 17 | Throttle | 11 | Throttle |
| DNF | 29 | Nelson Piquet | McLarenFord | 16 | Transmission | 25 | Transmission |
| DNF | 4 | Patrick Depailler | TyrrellFord | 13 | Engine | 12 | Engine |
| DNF | 22 | Derek Daly | EnsignFord | 10 | Transmission | 16 | Transmission |
| DNF | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 0 | Accident | 13 | Accident |
| DNF | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 0 | Accident | 17 | Accident |
| DNS | 18 | Rupert Keegan | SurteesFord | | Injury | – | Injury |
| DNQ | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 10 | Michael Bleekemolen | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 23 | Harald Ertl | EnsignFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 39 | Danny Ongais | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | ArrowsFord | | | – | |