| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PET Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 11 | 1:42:15.767 | 9 |
| 2 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | +0.466 | 6 |
| 3 | WAT John Watson | Brabham | 10 | +4.442 | 4 |
| 4 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 18 | +38.990 | 3 |
| 5 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 14 | +1:09.220 | 2 |
| 6 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 13 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | AND Mario Andretti FL | Lotus | 2 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 17 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 21 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | REB Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 22 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | LUN Brett Lunger | McLaren | 19 | +2 laps | — |
| 12 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 20 | +2 laps | — |
| DNF | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 7 | Engine | — |
| DNF | SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 4 | Accident | — |
| DNF | REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 9 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | Oil leak | — |
| DNF | KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | Engine | — |
| DNF | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | Engine | — |
| DNF | MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | 16 | Engine | — |
| DNF | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 26 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ROS Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 24 | Clutch | — |
| DNF | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | CHE Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 25 | Oil leak | — |
| DNF | HUN James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | Engine | — |
| DNQ | ARN René Arnoux | Martini | — | — | — |
| DNQ | REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | LEO Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | — | — | — |
| DNQ | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | — | — | — |