| 1 | 1 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 80 | 1:50:41.330 | 2 | 9 1:50:41.330 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 80 | +9.190 | 3 | 6 +9.190 |
| 3 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 80 | +34.920 | 4 | 4 +34.920 |
| 4 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 80 | +49.310 | 6 | 3 +49.310 |
| 5 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | TyrrellFord | 80 | +1:06.700 | 8 | 2 +1:06.700 |
| 6 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | TheodoreFord | 79 | +1 lap | 17 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 21 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | 78 | +2 laps | 18 | +2 laps |
| 8 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 77 | +3 laps | 20 | +3 laps |
| DNF | 14 | Marc Surer | EnsignFord | 70 | Fuel system | 19 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 67 | Fuel system | 11 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | LigierMatra | 64 | Fuel pump | 10 | Fuel pump |
| DNF | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | BrabhamFord | 49 | Accident | 15 | Accident |
| DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 41 | Collision | 9 | Collision |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 41 | Collision | 12 | Collision |
| DNF | 20 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 41 | Engine | 16 | Engine |
| DNF | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATSFord | 41 | Collision | 21 | Collision |
| DNF | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 33 | Fuel system | 1 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani | OsellaFord | 26 | Accident | 24 | Accident |
| DNF | 12 | Nigel Mansell | LotusFord | 25 | Accident | 7 | Accident |
| DNF | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 17 | Halfshaft | 5 | Halfshaft |
| DNF | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 16 | Brakes | 23 | Brakes |
| DNF | 11 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 13 | Accident | 13 | Accident |
| DNF | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 0 | Collision | 14 | Collision |
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLarenFord | 0 | Collision | 22 | Collision |
| DNQ | 4 | Kevin Cogan | TyrrellFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 17 | Derek Daly | MarchFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Miguel Ángel Guerra | OsellaFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | ArrowsFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | Eliseo Salazar | MarchFord | | | – | |