| 1 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | LigierFord | 75 | 1:39:11.840 | 2 | 9 1:39:11.840 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | LotusFord | 75 | +20.940 | 8 | 6 +20.940 |
| 3 | 1 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 75 | +27.310 | 4 | 4 +27.310 |
| 4 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 75 | +28.680 | 5 | 3 +28.680 |
| 5 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 75 | +30.390 | 12 | 2 +30.390 |
| 6 | 3 | Didier Pironi | TyrrellFord | 75 | +48.430 | 10 | 1 +48.430 |
| 7 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 75 | +52.310 | 3 | +52.310 |
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | 75 | +1:14.840 | 17 | +1:14.840 |
| 9 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 74 | +1 lap | 11 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 74 | +1 lap | 16 | +1 lap |
| 11 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 74 | +1 lap | 19 | +1 lap |
| 12 | 17 | Jan Lammers | ShadowFord | 73 | +2 laps | 24 | +2 laps |
| 13 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLarenFord | 72 | +3 laps | 20 | +3 laps |
| 14 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATSFord | 69 | +6 laps | 21 | +6 laps |
| DNF | 5 | Niki Lauda | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 63 | Water leak | 6 | Water leak |
| DNF | 31 | Héctor Rebaque | LotusFord | 58 | Engine | 23 | Engine |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 54 | Gearbox | 13 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 18 | Elio de Angelis | ShadowFord | 52 | Engine | 22 | Engine |
| DNF | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | WilliamsFord | 32 | Engine | 14 | Engine |
| DNF | 20 | James Hunt | WolfFord | 26 | Brakes | 15 | Brakes |
| DNF | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 21 | Engine | 18 | Engine |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 21 | Turbo | 9 | Turbo |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 15 | Engine | 1 | Engine |
| DNF | 6 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamAlfa Romeo | 15 | Injection | 7 | Injection |
| DNQ | 22 | Derek Daly | EnsignFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 24 | Arturo Merzario | MerzarioFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 36 | Gianfranco Brancatelli | KauhsenFord | | | – | |