| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARN René Arnoux FL | Renault | 6 | 1:40:01.330 | 9 |
| 2 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 7 | +21.860 | 6 |
| 3 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 10 | +1:06.110 | 4 |
| 4 | PIR Didier Pironi | Ligier | 2 | +1:40.130 | 3 |
| 5 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 13 | +2:25.410 | 2 |
| 6 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 14 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | SUR Marc Surer | ATS | 20 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 18 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 15 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 16 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 23 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 22 | +1 lap | — |
| 13 | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +1 lap | — |
| 14 | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 24 | +2 laps | — |
| 15 | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | +2 laps | — |
| 16 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | Throttle | — |
| DNF | DEP Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 21 | Electrical | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | Turbo | — |
| DNF | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 9 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | REG Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 12 | Engine | — |
| DNF | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | Electrical | — |
| DNF | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 8 | Engine | — |
| DNF | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 4 | Halfshaft | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 11 | Spun off | — |
| DNQ | LAM Jan Lammers | ATS | — | — | — |
| DNQ | KEN David Kennedy | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | JOH Stefan Johansson | Shadow | — | — | — |
| DNQ | CHE Eddie Cheever | Osella | — | — | — |