WDC Decider WCC Decider
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | 1:22:00.220 | 9 |
| 2 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 5 | +0.460 | 6 |
| 3 | REG Clay Regazzoni FL | Williams | 6 | +4.780 | 4 |
| 4 | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 9 | +54.400 | 3 |
| 5 | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 10 | +59.700 | 2 |
| 6 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 16 | +1:01.550 | 1 |
| 7 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 13 | +1:24.140 | — |
| 8 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 20 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 12 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 15 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 22 | +1 lap | — |
| 13 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 17 | +3 laps | — |
| 14 | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | Engine | — |
| DNF | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ROS Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 23 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ICK Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 11 | Engine | — |
| DNF | DEA Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 24 | Clutch | — |
| DNF | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 19 | Accident | — |
| DNF | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | Engine | — |
| DNF | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | Engine | — |
| DNF | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 21 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 8 | Accident | — |
| DNQ | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | SUR Marc Surer | Ensign | — | — | — |
| DNQ | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
| DNQ | REB Héctor Rebaque | Rebaque | — | — | — |