| 1 | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 72 | 1:52:06.892 | 1 | 9 1:52:06.892 |
| 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 72 | +1.080 | 2 | 6 +1.080 |
| 3 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | WilliamsFord | 72 | +1:13.656 | 3 | 4 +1:13.656 |
| 4 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 71 | +1 lap | 9 | 3 +1 lap |
| 5 | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 71 | +1 lap | 6 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 70 | +2 laps | 17 | 1 +2 laps |
| 7 | 5 | Ricardo Zunino | BrabhamFord | 68 | +4 laps | 19 | +4 laps |
| 8 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 67 | +5 laps | 15 | +5 laps |
| 9 | 17 | Jan Lammers | ShadowFord | 67 | +5 laps | 21 | +5 laps |
| 10 | 1 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 66 | Out of fuel | 10 | Out of fuel |
| DNF | 6 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 61 | Gearbox | 4 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 52 | Fuel system | 18 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 25 | Jacky Ickx | LigierFord | 47 | Gearbox | 16 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 33 | Engine | 13 | Engine |
| DNF | 33 | Derek Daly | TyrrellFord | 28 | Engine | 24 | Engine |
| DNF | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | RebaqueFord | 26 | Chassis | 22 | Chassis |
| DNF | 18 | Elio de Angelis | ShadowFord | 24 | Ignition | 23 | Ignition |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 24 | Brakes | 7 | Brakes |
| DNF | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | LotusFord | 23 | Suspension | 11 | Suspension |
| DNF | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 20 | Spun off | 14 | Spun off |
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 19 | Engine | 20 | Engine |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 14 | Accident | 8 | Accident |
| DNF | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATSFord | 14 | Accident | 12 | Accident |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 10 | Engine | 5 | Engine |
| DNQ | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 22 | Marc Surer | EnsignFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 20 | Keke Rosberg | WolfFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 19 | Alex Ribeiro | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | | | – | |