| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
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| 1 | 3 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | 1:55:05.71 | 21 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 | 70 | +14.19 | 27 | 6 |
| 3 | 8 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | +19.95 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Beta Team Surtees | Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | +24.98 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | +75.47 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Martini Racing | Brabham BT45B / Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 69 | +1 lap | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | 1 | James Hunt | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M26 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 69 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 69 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 25 | 25 | Harald Ertl | Hesketh Racing | Hesketh 308E / Ford Cosworth DFV | 69 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 24 | 27 | Patrick Neve | Williams Grand Prix Engineering | March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 68 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 26 | 34 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS Racing Team | Penske PC4 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 68 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | 18 | Larry Perkins | Durex Team Surtees | Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 67 | +3 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | 31 | David Purley | LEC Refrigeration Racing | LEC CRP1 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 67 | +3 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Team Merzario | March 761B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 65 | +5 laps | 0 | 0 |
| nc | 27 | 33 | Boy Hayje | RAM Racing / F&S Properties | March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 63 | +7 laps | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 4 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR1 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 62 | engine | 16 | 0 |
| ret | 6 | 2 | Jochen Mass | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 39 | crash | 2 | 0 |
| ret | 10 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS7 / Matra MS76 | 32 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 13 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Team Tissot Ensign | Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 29 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 7 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 | 14 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 19 | 24 | Rupert Keegan | Penthouse Rizla Racing | Hesketh 308E / Ford Cosworth DFV | 14 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 15 | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 12 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 21 | 10 | Ian Scheckter | Team Rothmans International | March 761B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 8 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 16 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi F5 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 2 | electrical | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 2 | 7 | John Watson | Martini Racing | Brabham BT45B / Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 0 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| dns | 22 | 30 | Brett Lunger | Chesterfield Racing | McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | did not start | 0 | 0 |