| 1 | 1 | Niki Lauda | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 40 | 1:07:04.540 | 4 | 9 1:07:04.540 |
| 2 | 2 | John Watson | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 40 | +1.480 | 7 | 6 +1.480 |
| 3 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 40 | +20.470 | 11 | 4 +20.470 |
| 4 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 40 | +37.530 | 8 | 3 +37.530 |
| 5 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 40 | +40.390 | 19 | 2 +40.390 |
| 6 | 5 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 40 | +46.330 | 1 | 1 +46.330 |
| 7 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 40 | +48.480 | 2 | +48.480 |
| 8 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 40 | +55.240 | 13 | +55.240 |
| 9 | 29 | Nelson Piquet | McLarenFord | 40 | +1:06.830 | 24 | +1:06.830 |
| 10 | 22 | Derek Daly | EnsignFord | 40 | +1:09.110 | 18 | +1:09.110 |
| 11 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | TyrrellFord | 40 | +1:16.570 | 16 | +1:16.570 |
| 12 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | WolfFord | 39 | +1 lap | 9 | +1 lap |
| 13 | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 39 | +1 lap | 6 | +1 lap |
| 14 | 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLarenFord | 39 | +1 lap | 20 | +1 lap |
| NC | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | ShadowFord | 33 | +7 laps | 15 | +7 laps |
| DNF | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 29 | Engine | 12 | Engine |
| DNF | 7 | James Hunt | McLarenFord | 19 | Distributor | 10 | Distributor |
| DNF | 37 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | 14 | Engine | 22 | Engine |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | Engine | 3 | Engine |
| DNF | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | LotusFord | 0 | Fatal collision | 5 | Fatal collision |
| DNF | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | SurteesFord | 0 | Collision | 23 | Collision |
| DNF | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLarenFord | 0 | Collision | 21 | Collision |
| DNF | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 0 | Collision | 14 | Collision |
| DNF | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ShadowFord | 0 | Collision | 17 | Collision |
| DNQ | 25 | Héctor Rebaque | LotusFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 10 | Harald Ertl | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 9 | Michael Bleekemolen | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | Carlo Franchi | SurteesFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 23 | Harald Ertl | EnsignFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 32 | Keke Rosberg | WolfFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | ArrowsFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 38 | Alberto Colombo | MerzarioFord | | | – | |