| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 1:22:59.730 | 9 |
| 2 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 4 | +3.190 | 6 |
| 3 | JON Alan Jones FL | Williams | 1 | +43.530 | 4 |
| 4 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 6 | +44.480 | 3 |
| 5 | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 19 | +1:16.490 | 2 |
| 6 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 16 | +1:28.720 | 1 |
| 7 | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 9 | +1:33.010 | — |
| 8 | MAS Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | +1:47.750 | — |
| 9 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 10 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 22 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 14 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | SUR Marc Surer | ATS | 13 | +1 lap | — |
| 13 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 21 | +1 lap | — |
| 14 | LAM Jan Lammers | Ensign | 24 | +1 lap | — |
| 15 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 23 | +1 lap | — |
| 16 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 11 | Wheel bearing | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 20 | Engine | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 2 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 3 | Engine | — |
| DNF | CHE Eddie Cheever | Osella | 18 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | PIR Didier Pironi | Ligier | 7 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 12 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 8 | Wheel bearing | — |
| DNF | REB Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | 15 | Gearbox | — |
| DNQ | KEE Rupert Keegan | Williams | — | — | — |
| DNQ | ERT Harald Ertl | ATS | — | — | — |