| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 53 | 1:34:32.740 | 1 | 9 1:34:32.740 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 53 | +26.610 | 4 | 6 +26.610 |
| 3 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 53 | +49.980 | 2 | 4 +49.980 |
| 4 | 1 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 53 | +1:07.880 | 3 | 3 +1:07.880 |
| 5 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 53 | +1:31.850 | 5 | 2 +1:31.850 |
| 6 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 52 | +1 lap | 10 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 52 | +1 lap | 9 | +1 lap |
| 8 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 52 | +1 lap | 17 | +1 lap |
| 9 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | ArrowsFord | 52 | +1 lap | 19 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 51 | Out of fuel | 22 | Out of fuel |
| 11 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLarenFord | 51 | +2 laps | 18 | +2 laps |
| 12 | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATSFord | 51 | +2 laps | 23 | +2 laps |
| 13 | 4 | Ricardo Zunino | TyrrellFord | 51 | +2 laps | 24 | +2 laps |
| DNF | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 40 | Transmission | 7 | Transmission |
| DNF | 33 | Patrick Tambay | TheodoreFord | 36 | Oil leak | 14 | Oil leak |
| DNF | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 36 | Transmission | 11 | Transmission |
| DNF | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | BrabhamFord | 32 | Electrical | 6 | Electrical |
| DNF | 21 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | 28 | Gearbox | 20 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 19 | Handling | 21 | Handling |
| DNF | 14 | Marc Surer | EnsignFord | 14 | Engine | 16 | Engine |
| DNF | 20 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 4 | Fuel system | 8 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 12 | Nigel Mansell | LotusFord | 3 | Engine | 15 | Engine |
| DNF | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 3 | Engine | 12 | Engine |
| DNF | 3 | Eddie Cheever | TyrrellFord | 1 | Clutch | 13 | Clutch |
| DNQ | 31 | Miguel Ángel Guerra | OsellaFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani | OsellaFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 17 | Derek Daly | MarchFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | LigierMatra | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | Eliseo Salazar | MarchFord | | | – | |