| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 5 | 1:55:14.660 | 9 |
| 2 | LAU Niki Lauda FL | Brabham | 3 | +22.450 | 6 |
| 3 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 9 | +32.290 | 4 |
| 4 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 2 | +33.530 | 3 |
| 5 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 13 | +1:08.060 | 2 |
| 6 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | +1:08.770 | 1 |
| 7 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 11 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 20 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 12 | +4 laps | — |
| 11 | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 4 | +6 laps | — |
| DNF | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | Accident | — |
| DNF | PET Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 7 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 6 | Handling | — |
| DNF | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 19 | Unwell | — |
| DNF | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | Oil leak | — |
| DNF | ICK Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 16 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 17 | Accident | — |
| DNF | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 15 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 18 | Transmission | — |
| DNQ | MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | — | — | — |
| DNQ | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | — | — | — |
| DNQ | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | ROS Keke Rosberg | Theodore | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | DAL Derek Daly | Hesketh | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | ARN René Arnoux | Martini | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | REB Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | LUN Brett Lunger | McLaren | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:28.340 |
| 2 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 1:28.830 |
| 3 | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:28.840 |
| 4 | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:29.100 |
| 5 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:29.140 |
| 6 | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 1:29.220 |
| 7 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 1:29.230 |
| 8 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:29.400 |
| 9 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1:29.500 |
| 10 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 1:29.510 |
| 11 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:30.080 |
| 12 | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:30.180 |
| 13 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:30.550 |
| 14 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:30.590 |
| 15 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:30.600 |
| 16 | ICK Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 1:30.720 |
| 17 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 1:31.300 |
| 18 | KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 1:31.310 |
| 19 | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 1:31.310 |
| 20 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:31.360 |
| 21 | MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | 1:31.400 |
| 22 | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 1:31.610 |
| 23 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 1:32.110 |
| 24 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1:32.460 |