| 1 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 80 | 1:46:35.010 | 7 | 9 1:46:35.010 |
| 2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 80 | +0.220 | 1 | 6 +0.220 |
| 3 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 80 | +0.580 | 4 | 4 +0.580 |
| 4 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 80 | +1.010 | 3 | 3 +1.010 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 80 | +1.240 | 10 | 2 +1.240 |
| 6 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | LotusFord | 80 | +28.580 | 11 | 1 +28.580 |
| 7 | 1 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 80 | +56.580 | 2 | +56.580 |
| 8 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 80 | +1:00.800 | 8 | +1:00.800 |
| 9 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 80 | +1:07.080 | 17 | +1:07.080 |
| 10 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 80 | +1:13.650 | 6 | +1:13.650 |
| 11 | 21 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | 79 | +1 lap | 21 | +1 lap |
| 12 | 20 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 78 | +2 laps | 15 | +2 laps |
| 13 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | TheodoreFord | 78 | +2 laps | 16 | +2 laps |
| 14 | 14 | Eliseo Salazar | EnsignFord | 77 | +3 laps | 24 | +3 laps |
| 15 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 76 | +4 laps | 13 | +4 laps |
| 16 | 17 | Derek Daly | MarchFord | 75 | +5 laps | 22 | +5 laps |
| NC | 3 | Eddie Cheever | TyrrellFord | 61 | +19 laps | 20 | +19 laps |
| DNF | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | LigierMatra | 52 | Brakes | 19 | Brakes |
| DNF | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | BrabhamFord | 46 | Gearbox | 18 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | ArrowsFord | 43 | Ignition | 23 | Ignition |
| DNF | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 43 | Accident | 9 | Accident |
| DNF | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 28 | Spun off | 5 | Spun off |
| DNF | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 21 | Brakes | 12 | Brakes |
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLarenFord | 9 | Accident | 14 | Accident |
| DNQ | 4 | Michele Alboreto | TyrrellFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Beppe Gabbiani | OsellaFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 9 | Slim Borgudd | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 35 | Brian Henton | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 36 | Derek Warwick | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 32 | Giorgio Francia | OsellaFord | | | – | |