| 1 | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 53 | 1:43:24.380 | 1 | 9 1:43:24.380 |
| 2 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 53 | +24.590 | 4 | 6 +24.590 |
| 3 | 21 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 53 | +1:18.640 | 13 | 4 +1:18.640 |
| 4 | 4 | Derek Daly | TyrrellFord | 53 | +1:23.480 | 22 | 3 +1:23.480 |
| 5 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 52 | +1 lap | 20 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 8 | Alain Prost | McLarenFord | 52 | +1 lap | 12 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | BrabhamFord | 51 | +2 laps | 16 | +2 laps |
| DNF | 22 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 46 | Engine | 23 | Engine |
| DNF | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 45 | Engine | 11 | Engine |
| NC | 14 | Clay Regazzoni | EnsignFord | 44 | +9 laps | 15 | +9 laps |
| NC | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 37 | +16 laps | 24 | +16 laps |
| DNF | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 36 | Suspension | 8 | Suspension |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 30 | Engine | 2 | Engine |
| DNF | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 27 | Engine | 7 | Engine |
| DNF | 9 | Marc Surer | ATSFord | 27 | Fire | 21 | Fire |
| DNF | 11 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 20 | Fuel system | 6 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | 20 | Gearbox | 14 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 12 | Engine | 10 | Engine |
| DNF | 12 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 7 | Suspension | 5 | Suspension |
| DNF | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 5 | Gearbox | 17 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 3 | Gearbox | 9 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | Suspension | 19 | Suspension |
| DNF | 25 | Didier Pironi | LigierFord | 1 | Engine | 3 | Engine |
| DNF | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 1 | Collision | 18 | Collision |
| DNQ | 18 | David Kennedy | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 10 | Jan Lammers | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 17 | Stefan Johansson | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Eddie Cheever | OsellaFord | | | – | |