| 1 | 8 | Niki Lauda | McLarenFord | 75 | 1:58:25.318 | 2 | 9 1:58:25.318 |
| 2 | 6 | Keke Rosberg | WilliamsFord | 75 | +14.660 | 8 | 6 +14.660 |
| 3 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | BrabhamFord | 75 | +1:19.140 | 18 | 4 +1:19.140 |
| 4 | 3 | Michele Alboreto | TyrrellFord | 75 | +1:20.950 | 12 | 3 +1:20.950 |
| 5 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 74 | +1 lap | 16 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 74 | +1 lap | 11 | 1 +1 lap |
| 7 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | LotusFord | 73 | +2 laps | 17 | +2 laps |
| 8 | 17 | Jochen Mass | MarchFord | 73 | +2 laps | 21 | +2 laps |
| 9 | 18 | Raul Boesel | MarchFord | 70 | +5 laps | 23 | +5 laps |
| 10 | 4 | Slim Borgudd | TyrrellFord | 68 | +7 laps | 24 | +7 laps |
| DSQ | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 75 | Illegal rear wing | 7 | Illegal rear wing |
| DNF | 25 | Eddie Cheever | LigierMatra | 59 | Gearbox | 13 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 33 | Accident | 1 | Accident |
| DNF | 29 | Brian Henton | ArrowsFord | 32 | Spun off | 20 | Spun off |
| DNF | 14 | Roberto Guerrero | EnsignFord | 27 | Accident | 19 | Accident |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 26 | Spun off | 15 | Spun off |
| DNF | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | OsellaFord | 26 | Transmission | 10 | Transmission |
| DNF | 1 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamFord | 25 | Accident | 6 | Accident |
| DNF | 33 | Derek Daly | TheodoreFord | 23 | Spun off | 22 | Spun off |
| DNF | 5 | Mario Andretti | WilliamsFord | 19 | Suspension | 14 | Suspension |
| DNF | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 10 | Suspension | 4 | Suspension |
| DNF | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 6 | Accident | 9 | Accident |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 5 | Collision | 3 | Collision |
| DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 5 | Collision | 5 | Collision |
| DNF | 10 | Eliseo Salazar | ATSFord | 3 | Accident | 26 | Accident |
| DNF | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATSFord | 1 | Accident | 25 | Accident |
| DNQ | 36 | Teo Fabi | TolemanHart | | | – | |
| DNQ | 32 | Riccardo Paletti | OsellaFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 20 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 30 | Mauro Baldi | ArrowsFord | | | – | |
| DNPQ | 35 | Derek Warwick | TolemanHart | | | – | |