| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIR Didier Pironi | Ligier | 2 | 1:38:46.510 | 9 |
| 2 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | +47.370 | 6 |
| 3 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 4 | +1:24.120 | 4 |
| 4 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 6 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 9 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 12 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 21 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 14 | +2 laps | — |
| 9 | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 11 | +2 laps | — |
| 10 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 8 | Spun off | — |
| 11 | LAF Jacques Laffite FL | Ligier | 3 | +4 laps | — |
| 12 | LAM Jan Lammers | ATS | 15 | Engine | — |
| NC | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 20 | +11 laps | — |
| DNF | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 17 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | DEP Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 10 | Exhaust | — |
| DNF | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 7 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 19 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 24 | Electrical | — |
| DNF | NEE Tiff Needell | Ensign | 23 | Engine | — |
| DNF | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 22 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 5 | Clutch | — |
| DNF | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 13 | Spun off | — |
| DNQ | LEE Geoff Lees | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | KEN David Kennedy | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | CHE Eddie Cheever | Osella | — | — | — |