WCC Decider
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 5 | 1:38:07.520 | 9 |
| 2 | JON Alan Jones FL | Williams | 6 | +28.930 | 6 |
| 3 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 3 | +1:13.670 | 4 |
| 4 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 18 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 11 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | PIR Didier Pironi | Ligier | 13 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 24 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | SCH Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 16 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 20 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 1 | +2 laps | — |
| 11 | KEE Rupert Keegan | Williams | 21 | +2 laps | — |
| 12 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Osella | 17 | +3 laps | — |
| 13 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 2 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | SUR Marc Surer | ATS | 23 | Engine | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Lotus | 10 | Engine | — |
| DNF | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 7 | Engine | — |
| DNF | DAL Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 22 | Accident | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 14 | Wheel bearing | — |
| DNF | REB Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | 9 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | Accident | — |
| DNF | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | Puncture | — |
| DNF | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 4 | Puncture | — |
| DNF | BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 19 | Spun off | — |
| DNQ | MAN Nigel Mansell | Lotus | — | — | — |
| DNQ | WIN Manfred Winkelhock | Arrows | — | — | — |
| DNQ | LAM Jan Lammers | Ensign | — | — | — |
| DNQ | LEE Geoff Lees | Ensign | — | — | — |