| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | 1:31:51.680 | 9 |
| 2 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 7 | +1:02.450 | 6 |
| 3 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 15 | +1:06.390 | 4 |
| 4 | JON Alan Jones | Shadow | 12 | +1:06.610 | 3 |
| 5 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | Out of fuel | 2 |
| 6 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 13 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 4 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 9 | +2 laps | — |
| 9 | TAK Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 22 | +2 laps | — |
| 10 | SCH Jody Scheckter FL | Wolf | 6 | +2 laps | — |
| 11 | HOS Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 11 | +2 laps | — |
| 12 | RIB Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | +4 laps | — |
| DNF | NIL Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus | 14 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | REG Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 10 | Engine | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 3 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | MAS Jochen Mass | McLaren | 8 | Engine | — |
| DNF | TAM Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 16 | Engine | — |
| DNF | PET Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 18 | Accident | — |
| DNF | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 20 | Accident | — |
| DNF | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 17 | Engine | — |
| DNF | BIN Hans Binder | Surtees | 21 | Collision | — |
| DNF | TAK Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 19 | Collision | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1 | Collision | — |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:12.230 |
| 2 | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 1:12.390 |
| 3 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 1:12.490 |
| 4 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 1:13.010 |
| 5 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:13.080 |
| 6 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1:13.150 |
| 7 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:13.320 |
| 8 | MAS Jochen Mass | McLaren | 1:13.370 |
| 9 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1:13.370 |
| 10 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 1:13.520 |
| 11 | HOS Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 1:13.550 |
| 12 | JON Alan Jones | Shadow | 1:13.560 |
| 13 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 1:13.580 |
| 14 | NIL Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus | 1:13.660 |
| 15 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:14.160 |
| 16 | TAM Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 1:14.220 |
| 17 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 1:14.250 |
| 18 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 1:14.260 |
| 19 | TAK Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 1:14.360 |
| 20 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:14.510 |
| 21 | BIN Hans Binder | Surtees | 1:14.730 |
| 22 | TAK Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 1:14.880 |
| 23 | RIB Alex Ribeiro | March | 1:15.010 |