| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 1:57:49.196 | 9 |
| 2 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | +13.370 | 6 |
| 3 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | +19.410 | 4 |
| 4 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | +24.670 | 3 |
| 5 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | +28.560 | 2 |
| 6 | DAL Derek Daly | Ensign | 15 | +54.480 | 1 |
| 7 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | +1:21.250 | — |
| 8 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | +1:26.560 | — |
| 9 | JON Alan Jones FL | Williams | 5 | +1:28.940 | — |
| 10 | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 9 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | +5 laps | — |
| NC | ROS Keke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | +12 laps | — |
| DNF | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 19 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Lotus | 1 | Oil leak | — |
| DNF | ARN René Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | Engine | — |
| DNF | RAH Bobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | Fuel system | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 4 | Accident | — |
| DNF | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | Accident | — |
| DNF | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | Accident | — |
| DNQ | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | GAB Beppe Gabbiani | Surtees | — | — | — |
| DNQ | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
| DNQ | REB Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | — | — | — |
| DNQ | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | — | — | — |
| DNQ | BLE Michael Bleekemolen | ATS | — | — | — |