| 1 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 40 | 1:40:01.330 | 6 | 9 1:40:01.330 |
| 2 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 40 | +21.860 | 7 | 6 +21.860 |
| 3 | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 40 | +1:06.110 | 10 | 4 +1:06.110 |
| 4 | 25 | Didier Pironi | LigierFord | 40 | +1:40.130 | 2 | 3 +1:40.130 |
| 5 | 8 | Alain Prost | McLarenFord | 40 | +2:25.410 | 13 | 2 +2:25.410 |
| 6 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 39 | +1 lap | 14 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 9 | Marc Surer | ATSFord | 39 | +1 lap | 20 | +1 lap |
| 8 | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | BrabhamFord | 39 | +1 lap | 18 | +1 lap |
| 9 | 21 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 39 | +1 lap | 15 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | 39 | +1 lap | 16 | +1 lap |
| 11 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 39 | +1 lap | 23 | +1 lap |
| 12 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 39 | +1 lap | 22 | +1 lap |
| 13 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 39 | +1 lap | 17 | +1 lap |
| 14 | 4 | Derek Daly | TyrrellFord | 38 | +2 laps | 24 | +2 laps |
| 15 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 38 | +2 laps | 19 | +2 laps |
| 16 | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 36 | Throttle | 3 | Throttle |
| DNF | 22 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 33 | Electrical | 21 | Electrical |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 25 | Turbo | 1 | Turbo |
| DNF | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 14 | Suspension | 9 | Suspension |
| DNF | 14 | Clay Regazzoni | EnsignFord | 13 | Engine | 12 | Engine |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 13 | Electrical | 5 | Electrical |
| DNF | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 10 | Engine | 8 | Engine |
| DNF | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 1 | Halfshaft | 4 | Halfshaft |
| DNF | 11 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 1 | Spun off | 11 | Spun off |
| DNQ | 10 | Jan Lammers | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | David Kennedy | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 17 | Stefan Johansson | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Eddie Cheever | OsellaFord | | | – | |