| 1 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | BrabhamBMW | 70 | 1:46:39.577 | 4 | 9 1:46:39.577 |
| 2 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | BrabhamFord | 70 | +13.800 | 8 | 6 +13.800 |
| 3 | 7 | John Watson | McLarenFord | 70 | +1:01.840 | 6 | 4 +1:01.840 |
| 4 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | LotusFord | 69 | +1 lap | 10 | 3 +1 lap |
| 5 | 29 | Marc Surer | ArrowsFord | 69 | +1 lap | 16 | 2 +1 lap |
| 6 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 68 | Out of fuel | 9 | 1 Out of fuel |
| 7 | 5 | Derek Daly | WilliamsFord | 68 | Out of fuel | 13 | Out of fuel |
| 8 | 30 | Mauro Baldi | ArrowsFord | 68 | +2 laps | 17 | +2 laps |
| 9 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 67 | +3 laps | 1 | +3 laps |
| 10 | 25 | Eddie Cheever | LigierMatra | 66 | Out of fuel | 12 | Out of fuel |
| 11 | 17 | Jochen Mass | MarchFord | 66 | +4 laps | 22 | +4 laps |
| NC | 4 | Brian Henton | TyrrellFord | 59 | +11 laps | 26 | +11 laps |
| DNF | 6 | Keke Rosberg | WilliamsFord | 52 | Gearbox | 7 | Gearbox |
| DNF | 18 | Raul Boesel | MarchFord | 47 | Engine | 21 | Engine |
| DNF | 3 | Michele Alboreto | TyrrellFord | 41 | Engine | 15 | Engine |
| DNF | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 30 | Engine | 3 | Engine |
| DNF | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 28 | Spun off | 2 | Spun off |
| DNF | 10 | Eliseo Salazar | ATSFord | 20 | Engine | 24 | Engine |
| DNF | 8 | Niki Lauda | McLarenFord | 17 | Clutch | 11 | Clutch |
| DNF | 26 | Jacques Laffite | LigierMatra | 8 | Fuel system | 19 | Fuel system |
| DNF | 14 | Roberto Guerrero | EnsignFord | 2 | Clutch | 20 | Clutch |
| DNF | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1 | Collision | 5 | Collision |
| DNF | 12 | Nigel Mansell | LotusFord | 1 | Collision | 14 | Collision |
| DNF | 33 | Geoff Lees | TheodoreFord | 0 | Collision | 25 | Collision |
| DNF | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | OsellaFord | 0 | Withdrew | 18 | Withdrew |
| DNF | 32 | Riccardo Paletti | OsellaFord | 0 | Fatal collision | 23 | Fatal collision |
| DNQ | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATSFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 19 | Emilio de Villota | MarchFord | | | – | |
| DNQ | 20 | Chico Serra | FittipaldiFord | | | – | |