| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 2 | 1:54:23.380 | 9 |
| 2 | JON Alan Jones FL | Williams | 7 | +39.910 | 6 |
| 3 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 8 | +1:29.240 | 4 |
| 4 | PIR Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 17 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 15 | +2 laps | 2 |
| 6 | SUR Marc Surer | Ensign | 19 | +2 laps | 1 |
| 7 | TAM Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 16 | +4 laps | — |
| DNF | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 10 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ALB Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 20 | Collision | — |
| DNF | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | Collision | — |
| DNF | PRO Alain Prost | Renault | 9 | Engine | — |
| DNF | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 4 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 6 | Engine | — |
| DNF | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 13 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 5 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | MAN Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 3 | Suspension | — |
| DNF | STO Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 14 | Fuel system | — |
| DNF | DEC Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 11 | Collision | — |
| DNF | AND Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 12 | Collision | — |
| DNQ | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | — | — | — |
| DNQ | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier | — | — | — |
| DNQ | REB Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | — | — | — |
| DNQ | SER Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | — | — | — |
| DNQ | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | — | — | — |
| DNQ | GAB Beppe Gabbiani | Osella | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | BOR Slim Borgudd | ATS | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | DAL Derek Daly | March | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | SAL Eliseo Salazar | March | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | HEN Brian Henton | Toleman | — | — | — |
| DNPQ | WAR Derek Warwick | Toleman | — | — | — |