| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 1:52:17.734 | 9 |
| 2 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 7 | +48.787 | 6 |
| 3 | PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | +53.199 | 4 |
| 4 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | +1:30.512 | 3 |
| 5 | STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 14 | +1:41.259 | 2 |
| 6 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 13 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 23 | +5 laps | — |
| 8 | PIQ Nelson Piquet FL | Brabham | 2 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 15 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 16 | Tyre | — |
| DNF | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 19 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | Wheel | — |
| DNF | SUR Marc Surer | Ensign | 21 | Engine | — |
| DNF | REG Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 5 | Accident | — |
| DNF | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 9 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 8 | Engine | — |
| DNF | TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 22 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ROS Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 12 | Accident | — |
| DNF | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 11 | Accident | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 17 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | REU Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 6 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 4 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | ICK Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 24 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | Spun off | — |
| DNQ | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | — | — | — |
| DNQ | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | — | — | — |
| DNQ | LAM Jan Lammers | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | REB Héctor Rebaque | Rebaque | — | — | — |
| DNQ | RIB Alex Ribeiro | Fittipaldi | — | — | — |
| DNQ | MER Arturo Merzario | Merzario | — | — | — |