| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 2 | 2:00:23.660 | 9 |
| 2 | JON Alan Jones | Williams | 3 | +4.440 | 6 |
| 3 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 4 | +1:03.080 | 4 |
| 4 | SUR Marc Surer FL | Ensign | 18 | +1:17.030 | 3 |
| 5 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 10 | +1:26.420 | 2 |
| 6 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 16 | +1:26.830 | 1 |
| 7 | JAR Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 23 | +1:30.250 | — |
| 8 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 15 | +1 lap | — |
| 9 | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 12 | +1 lap | — |
| 10 | TAM Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 19 | +1 lap | — |
| 11 | MAN Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 13 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | +2 laps | — |
| 13 | ZUN Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell | 24 | +5 laps | — |
| NC | CHE Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 14 | +13 laps | — |
| NC | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 6 | +22 laps | — |
| DNF | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | Turbo | — |
| DNF | REB Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | 11 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | PRO Alain Prost | Renault | 5 | Collision | — |
| DNF | STO Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 21 | Accident | — |
| DNF | PIR Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 17 | Collision | — |
| DNF | DEC Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 20 | Engine | — |
| DNF | SER Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 22 | Collision | — |
| DNF | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 8 | Collision | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 9 | Collision | — |
| DNQ | LAM Jan Lammers | ATS | — | — | — |
| DNQ | GAB Beppe Gabbiani | Osella | — | — | — |
| DNQ | GUE Miguel Ángel Guerra | Osella | — | — | — |
| DNQ | SAL Eliseo Salazar | March | — | — | — |
| DNQ | DAL Derek Daly | March | — | — | — |
| DNS | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier | — | Car raced by Jarier | — |
| DNP | LON Ricardo Londoño | Ensign | — | Car raced by Surer | — |