| 1 | DEP Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 1:39:11.840 | 9 |
| 2 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 8 | +20.940 | 6 |
| 3 | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 4 | +27.310 | 4 |
| 4 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | +28.680 | 3 |
| 5 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | +30.390 | 2 |
| 6 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | +48.430 | 1 |
| 7 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve FL | Ferrari | 3 | +52.310 | — |
| 8 | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | +1:14.840 | — |
| 9 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | +2 laps | — |
| 13 | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | +3 laps | — |
| 14 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | +6 laps | — |
| DNF | LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | 6 | Water leak | — |
| DNF | REB Héctor Rebaque | Lotus | 23 | Engine | — |
| DNF | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | DEA Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | Engine | — |
| DNF | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | Engine | — |
| DNF | HUN James Hunt | Wolf | 15 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 18 | Engine | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | Turbo | — |
| DNF | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | Engine | — |
| DNF | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 7 | Injection | — |
| DNQ | DAL Derek Daly | Ensign | — | — | — |
| DNQ | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |
| DNQ | BRA Gianfranco Brancatelli | Kauhsen | — | — | — |