| 1 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 68 | 1:26:54.800 | 5 | 9 1:26:54.800 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | WilliamsFord | 68 | +40.650 | 9 | 6 +40.650 |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 67 | +1 lap | 14 | 4 +1 lap |
| 4 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | TyrrellFord | 67 | +1 lap | 23 | 3 +1 lap |
| 5 | 6 | Héctor Rebaque | BrabhamFord | 67 | +1 lap | 13 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 9 | Slim Borgudd | ATSFord | 67 | +1 lap | 21 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 17 | Derek Daly | MarchFord | 66 | +2 laps | 17 | +2 laps |
| 8 | 32 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | OsellaFord | 65 | +3 laps | 20 | +3 laps |
| 9 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 64 | Distributor | 1 | Distributor |
| 10 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | ArrowsFord | 64 | Engine | 10 | Engine |
| 11 | 33 | Marc Surer | TheodoreFord | 61 | Out of fuel | 24 | Out of fuel |
| DNF | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 59 | Throttle | 11 | Throttle |
| DNF | 20 | Keke Rosberg | FittipaldiFord | 56 | Suspension | 16 | Suspension |
| DSQ | 11 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 25 | Ignored yellow flags | 22 | Ignored yellow flags |
| DNF | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 17 | Distributor | 2 | Distributor |
| DNF | 25 | Patrick Tambay | LigierMatra | 15 | Clutch | 15 | Clutch |
| DNF | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 13 | Turbo | 4 | Turbo |
| DNF | 5 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 11 | Tyre | 3 | Tyre |
| DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 5 | Transmission | 12 | Transmission |
| DNF | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 4 | Spun off | 8 | Spun off |
| DNF | 1 | Alan Jones | WilliamsFord | 3 | Collision | 7 | Collision |
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLarenFord | 3 | Spun off | 6 | Spun off |
| DNF | 4 | Michele Alboreto | TyrrellFord | 0 | Clutch | 19 | Clutch |
| DNF | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | ArrowsFord | 0 | Spun off | 18 | Spun off |
| DNQ | 21 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 35 | Brian Henton | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 12 | Nigel Mansell | LotusFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 14 | Eliseo Salazar | EnsignFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 36 | Derek Warwick | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 31 | Beppe Gabbiani | OsellaFord | | | – | |