| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 | 40 | 1:45:07.72 | 18 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | James Hunt | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 40 | +10.71 | 16 | 6 |
| 3 | 13 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 | 40 | +107.51 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD04 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 39 | +1 lap | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 39 | +1 lap | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | 17 | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN5B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 39 | +1 lap | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | 29 | Ingo Hoffmann | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD04 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 38 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 12 | 8 | Carlos Pace | Martini Racing | Brabham BT45 / Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 33 | crash | 6 | 0 |
| ret | 5 | 16 | Tom Pryce | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN5B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 33 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 20 | 18 | Hans Binder | Durex Team Surtees | Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 32 | suspension | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 7 | 7 | John Watson | Martini Racing | Brabham BT45 / Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 30 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 14 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS7 / Matra MS76 | 26 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 6 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 23 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 3 | 5 | Mario Andretti | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 19 | ignition | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 21 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | Hollywood March Racing | March 761B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 16 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 4 | 2 | Jochen Mass | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 12 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 8 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 12 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 9 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Team Tissot Ensign | Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 12 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 11 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Beta Team Surtees | Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 11 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 15 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR1 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 11 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 17 | 10 | Ian Scheckter | Team Rothmans International | March 761B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 1 | transmission | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 22 | 14 | Larry Perkins | Rotary Watches / Stanley BRM | BRM Stanley P207 / BRM P202 | 1 | overheating | 0 | 0 |