| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 80 | 1:50:18.550 | 1 | 9 1:50:18.550 |
| 2 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 80 | +49.210 | 8 | 6 +49.210 |
| 3 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 80 | +1:18.560 | 24 | 4 +1:18.560 |
| 4 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 79 | +1 lap | 21 | 3 +1 lap |
| 5 | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 79 | +1 lap | 16 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 25 | Didier Pironi | LigierFord | 79 | +1 lap | 9 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | 79 | +1 lap | 17 | +1 lap |
| 8 | 4 | Derek Daly | TyrrellFord | 79 | +1 lap | 14 | +1 lap |
| 9 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 78 | +2 laps | 2 | +2 laps |
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 71 | +9 laps | 11 | +9 laps |
| DNF | 21 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 58 | Overheating | 22 | Overheating |
| DNF | 14 | Clay Regazzoni | EnsignFord | 50 | Accident | 23 | Accident |
| DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 49 | Collision | 6 | Collision |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 47 | Collision | 5 | Collision |
| DNF | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 46 | Transmission | 10 | Transmission |
| DNF | 22 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 40 | Suspension | 3 | Suspension |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 36 | Puncture | 13 | Puncture |
| DNF | 31 | Eddie Cheever | OsellaFord | 11 | Transmission | 19 | Transmission |
| DNF | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 3 | Transmission | 7 | Transmission |
| DNF | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 3 | Accident | 12 | Accident |
| DNF | 12 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 3 | Accident | 20 | Accident |
| DNF | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | BrabhamFord | 0 | Accident | 18 | Accident |
| DNF | 11 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 0 | Accident | 15 | Accident |
| DNF | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATSFord | 0 | Transmission | 4 | Transmission |
| DNQ | 18 | David Kennedy | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 17 | Geoff Lees | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 8 | Stephen South | McLarenFord | | | – | |