| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 60 | 1:51:23.970 | 5 | 9 1:51:23.970 |
| 2 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 60 | +4.580 | 9 | 6 +4.580 |
| 3 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 60 | +6.340 | 2 | 4 +6.340 |
| 4 | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | BrabhamFord | 60 | +22.890 | 13 | 3 +22.890 |
| 5 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 60 | +25.870 | 6 | 2 +25.870 |
| 6 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLarenFord | 60 | +1:06.610 | 14 | 1 +1:06.610 |
| 7 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 60 | +1:41.970 | 1 | +1:41.970 |
| 8 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 59 | +1 lap | 3 | +1 lap |
| 9 | 14 | Marc Surer | EnsignFord | 59 | +1 lap | 21 | +1 lap |
| 10 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 58 | +2 laps | 7 | +2 laps |
| 11 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | TheodoreFord | 58 | +2 laps | 16 | +2 laps |
| 12 | 1 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 58 | +2 laps | 8 | +2 laps |
| 13 | 10 | Slim Borgudd | ATSFord | 57 | +3 laps | 24 | +3 laps |
| NC | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | LigierMatra | 45 | +15 laps | 18 | +15 laps |
| DNF | 17 | Eliseo Salazar | MarchFord | 38 | Spun off | 23 | Spun off |
| DNF | 4 | Michele Alboreto | TyrrellFord | 31 | Collision | 17 | Collision |
| DNF | 32 | Beppe Gabbiani | OsellaFord | 31 | Collision | 20 | Collision |
| DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 28 | Collision | 11 | Collision |
| DNF | 3 | Eddie Cheever | TyrrellFord | 28 | Collision | 19 | Collision |
| DNF | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 26 | Gearbox | 12 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 20 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 14 | Engine | 15 | Engine |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 7 | Suspension | 10 | Suspension |
| DNF | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 3 | Gearbox | 4 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 31 | Miguel Ángel Guerra | OsellaFord | 0 | Accident | 22 | Accident |
| DNQ | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | ArrowsFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 18 | Derek Daly | MarchFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 9 | Jan Lammers | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 21 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 36 | Derek Warwick | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 35 | Brian Henton | TolemanHart | | | – | |