| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 45 | 1:25:55.600 | 6 | 9 1:25:55.600 |
| 2 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 45 | +11.520 | 1 | 6 +11.520 |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 45 | +1:04.600 | 7 | 4 +1:04.600 |
| 4 | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | BrabhamFord | 45 | +1:39.690 | 16 | 3 +1:39.690 |
| 5 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | TyrrellFord | 45 | +1:50.520 | 18 | 2 +1:50.520 |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 44 | +1 lap | 9 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 44 | +1 lap | 14 | +1 lap |
| 8 | 32 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | OsellaFord | 44 | +1 lap | 17 | +1 lap |
| 9 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 44 | +1 lap | 12 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 44 | +1 lap | 8 | +1 lap |
| 11 | 1 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 44 | +1 lap | 4 | +1 lap |
| 12 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | ArrowsFord | 44 | +1 lap | 24 | +1 lap |
| 13 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 44 | +1 lap | 2 | +1 lap |
| 14 | 33 | Marc Surer | TheodoreFord | 43 | Suspension | 22 | Suspension |
| 15 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 43 | +2 laps | 19 | +2 laps |
| NC | 14 | Eliseo Salazar | EnsignFord | 39 | +6 laps | 23 | +6 laps |
| DNF | 9 | Slim Borgudd | ATSFord | 35 | Engine | 20 | Engine |
| DNF | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 27 | Engine | 3 | Engine |
| DNF | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 27 | Engine | 13 | Engine |
| DNF | 25 | Patrick Tambay | LigierMatra | 27 | Transmission | 11 | Transmission |
| DNF | 17 | Derek Daly | MarchFord | 15 | Suspension | 21 | Suspension |
| DNF | 12 | Nigel Mansell | LotusFord | 12 | Fuel leak | 15 | Fuel leak |
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLarenFord | 4 | Collision | 10 | Collision |
| DNF | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1 | Electrical | 5 | Electrical |
| DNQ | 20 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 35 | Brian Henton | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Beppe Gabbiani | OsellaFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 36 | Derek Warwick | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 4 | Michele Alboreto | TyrrellFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 21 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |