| 1 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 7 | 1:39:59.530 | 9 |
| 2 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | +15.360 | 6 |
| 3 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 12 | +35.170 | 4 |
| 4 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 10 | +46.490 | 3 |
| 5 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +1:04.310 | 2 |
| 6 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 19 | +1:05.850 | 1 |
| 7 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve FL | Ferrari | 6 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 20 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 23 | +2 laps | — |
| 10 | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | +2 laps | — |
| 11 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 11 | +3 laps | — |
| DNF | DEP Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | Accident | — |
| DNF | HUN James Hunt | Wolf | 9 | Accident | — |
| DNF | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | Electrical | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 5 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 3 | Engine | — |
| DNF | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 13 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 18 | Turbo | — |
| DNF | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 14 | Collision | — |
| DNF | DEA Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 24 | Collision | — |
| DNF | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 22 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | REB Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 15 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 17 | Turbo | — |
| DNF | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 8 | Collision | — |
| DNQ | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | — | — | — |
| DNQ | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
| DNQ | DAL Derek Daly | Ensign | — | — | — |
| DNQ | BRA Gianfranco Brancatelli | Kauhsen | — | — | — |