| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIQ Nelson Piquet FL GS | Brabham | 1 | 1:34:32.740 | 9 |
| 2 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 4 | +26.610 | 6 |
| 3 | PRO Alain Prost | Renault | 2 | +49.980 | 4 |
| 4 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | +1:07.880 | 3 |
| 5 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 5 | +1:31.850 | 2 |
| 6 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 10 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 9 | +1 lap | — |
| 8 | AND Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | STO Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 19 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 22 | Out of fuel | — |
| 11 | DEC Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 18 | +2 laps | — |
| 12 | LAM Jan Lammers | ATS | 23 | +2 laps | — |
| 13 | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell | 24 | +2 laps | — |
| DNF | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | TAM Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 14 | Oil leak | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 11 | Transmission | — |
| DNF | REB Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | 6 | Electrical | — |
| DNF | SER Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 20 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 21 | Handling | — |
| DNF | SUR Marc Surer | Ensign | 16 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 8 | Fuel system | — |
| DNF | MAN Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 15 | Engine | — |
| DNF | PIR Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 12 | Engine | — |
| DNF | CHE Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 13 | Clutch | — |
| DNQ | GUE Miguel Ángel Guerra | Osella | — | — | — |
| DNQ | GAB Beppe Gabbiani | Osella | — | — | — |
| DNQ | DAL Derek Daly | March | — | — | — |
| DNQ | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier | — | — | — |
| DNQ | SAL Eliseo Salazar | March | — | — | — |