| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 1:46:35.010 | 9 |
| 2 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | +0.220 | 6 |
| 3 | WAT John Watson | McLaren | 4 | +0.580 | 4 |
| 4 | REU Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 3 | +1.010 | 3 |
| 5 | DEA Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 10 | +1.240 | 2 |
| 6 | MAN Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 11 | +28.580 | 1 |
| 7 | JON Alan Jones FL | Williams | 2 | +56.580 | — |
| 8 | AND Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 8 | +1:00.800 | — |
| 9 | ARN René Arnoux | Renault | 17 | +1:07.080 | — |
| 10 | GIA Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 6 | +1:13.650 | — |
| 11 | SER Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 21 | +1 lap | — |
| 12 | ROS Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 15 | +2 laps | — |
| 13 | TAM Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 16 | +2 laps | — |
| 14 | SAL Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 24 | +3 laps | — |
| 15 | PIR Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 13 | +4 laps | — |
| 16 | DAL Derek Daly | March | 22 | +5 laps | — |
| NC | CHE Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 20 | +19 laps | — |
| DNF | JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier | 19 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | REB Héctor Rebaque | Brabham | 18 | Gearbox | — |
| DNF | STO Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 23 | Ignition | — |
| DNF | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 9 | Accident | — |
| DNF | PRO Alain Prost | Renault | 5 | Spun off | — |
| DNF | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | DEC Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 14 | Accident | — |
| DNQ | ALB Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | — | — | — |
| DNQ | GAB Beppe Gabbiani | Osella | — | — | — |
| DNQ | BOR Slim Borgudd | ATS | — | — | — |
| DNQ | HEN Brian Henton | Toleman | — | — | — |
| DNQ | WAR Derek Warwick | Toleman | — | — | — |
| DNQ | FRA Giorgio Francia | Osella | — | — | — |