| 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 40 | 1:40:09.640 | 1 | 9 1:40:09.640 |
| 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | LigierFord | 40 | +5.280 | 2 | 6 +5.280 |
| 3 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | LotusFord | 40 | +44.140 | 3 | 4 +44.140 |
| 4 | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 40 | +1:25.880 | 8 | 3 +1:25.880 |
| 5 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 5 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 39 | +1 lap | 6 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | 39 | +1 lap | 19 | +1 lap |
| 8 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 39 | +1 lap | 14 | +1 lap |
| 9 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 39 | +1 lap | 16 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 39 | +1 lap | 7 | +1 lap |
| 11 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 39 | +1 lap | 9 | +1 lap |
| 12 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | ShadowFord | 39 | +1 lap | 20 | +1 lap |
| 13 | 22 | Derek Daly | EnsignFord | 39 | +1 lap | 23 | +1 lap |
| 14 | 17 | Jan Lammers | ShadowFord | 39 | +1 lap | 21 | +1 lap |
| 15 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | WilliamsFord | 38 | +2 laps | 17 | +2 laps |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 33 | Fuel system | 13 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATSFord | 31 | Steering | 24 | Steering |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 28 | Spun off | 11 | Spun off |
| DNF | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 7 | Collision | 18 | Collision |
| DNF | 20 | James Hunt | WolfFord | 7 | Steering | 10 | Steering |
| DNF | 6 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 5 | Accident | 22 | Accident |
| DNF | 5 | Niki Lauda | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 5 | Gearbox | 12 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 1 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 2 | Fuel leak | 4 | Fuel leak |
| DNF | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 0 | Electrical | 15 | Electrical |
| DNQ | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | LotusFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | | | – | |