| 1 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 76 | 1:55:34.365 | 2 | 9 1:55:34.365 |
| 2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierFord | 76 | +1:13.629 | 5 | 6 +1:13.629 |
| 3 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 76 | +1:17.726 | 4 | 4 +1:17.726 |
| 4 | 30 | Jochen Mass | ArrowsFord | 75 | +1 lap | 15 | 3 +1 lap |
| 5 | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 75 | +1 lap | 6 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | FittipaldiFord | 74 | +2 laps | 18 | 1 +2 laps |
| 7 | 11 | Mario Andretti | LotusFord | 73 | +3 laps | 19 | +3 laps |
| 8 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 73 | +3 laps | 11 | +3 laps |
| 9 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 68 | Accident | 14 | Accident |
| NC | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATSFord | 64 | +12 laps | 13 | +12 laps |
| DNF | 25 | Didier Pironi | LigierFord | 54 | Accident | 1 | Accident |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 53 | Accident | 20 | Accident |
| DNF | 22 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 50 | Engine | 7 | Engine |
| DNF | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 27 | Handling | 17 | Handling |
| DNF | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 25 | Gearbox | 16 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 27 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 24 | Differential | 3 | Differential |
| DNF | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | TyrrellFord | 0 | Collision | 9 | Collision |
| DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 0 | Collision | 8 | Collision |
| DNF | 8 | Alain Prost | McLarenFord | 0 | Collision | 10 | Collision |
| DNF | 4 | Derek Daly | TyrrellFord | 0 | Collision | 12 | Collision |
| DNQ | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Eddie Cheever | OsellaFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 17 | Geoff Lees | ShadowFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 21 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | BrabhamFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 14 | Tiff Needell | EnsignFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | David Kennedy | ShadowFord | | | – | |