| 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 59 | 1:52:17.734 | 3 | 9 1:52:17.734 |
| 2 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 59 | +48.787 | 7 | 6 +48.787 |
| 3 | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 59 | +53.199 | 10 | 4 +53.199 |
| 4 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | ShadowFord | 59 | +1:30.512 | 20 | 3 +1:30.512 |
| 5 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATSFord | 59 | +1:41.259 | 14 | 2 +1:41.259 |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 58 | +1 lap | 13 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 54 | +5 laps | 23 | +5 laps |
| 8 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 53 | Transmission | 2 | Transmission |
| DNF | 33 | Derek Daly | TyrrellFord | 52 | Spun off | 15 | Spun off |
| DNF | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 48 | Tyre | 16 | Tyre |
| DNF | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 44 | Suspension | 19 | Suspension |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 36 | Wheel | 1 | Wheel |
| DNF | 22 | Marc Surer | EnsignFord | 32 | Engine | 21 | Engine |
| DNF | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | WilliamsFord | 29 | Accident | 5 | Accident |
| DNF | 5 | Ricardo Zunino | BrabhamFord | 25 | Spun off | 9 | Spun off |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 24 | Engine | 8 | Engine |
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 20 | Engine | 22 | Engine |
| DNF | 20 | Keke Rosberg | WolfFord | 20 | Accident | 12 | Accident |
| DNF | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 18 | Accident | 11 | Accident |
| DNF | 1 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 16 | Gearbox | 17 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | LotusFord | 6 | Spun off | 6 | Spun off |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 3 | Spun off | 4 | Spun off |
| DNF | 25 | Jacky Ickx | LigierFord | 2 | Spun off | 24 | Spun off |
| DNF | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 0 | Spun off | 18 | Spun off |
| DNQ | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | | | – | |
| DNQ | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 17 | Jan Lammers | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | RebaqueFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 19 | Alex Ribeiro | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | | | – | |