| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Mario Andretti | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 80 | 1:51:35.470 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 11 | Niki Lauda | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 | 80 | +0.773 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR1 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 80 | +4.857 | 76 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 80 | +74.487 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | 28 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD04 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 80 | +80.908 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | 34 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS Racing Team | Penske PC4 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 79 | +1 lap | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | 1 | James Hunt | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 79 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 78 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 79 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS7 / Matra MS76 | 78 | electrical | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 18 | 10 | Brian Henton | Team Rothmans International | March 761B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 77 | +3 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | 18 | Hans Binder | Durex Team Surtees | Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 77 | +3 laps | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 10 | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 62 | fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 13 | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Team Tissot Ensign | Ensign N177 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 57 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 17 | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Martini Racing | Brabham BT45B / Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 53 | brakes | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 14 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 40 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 15 | 2 | Jochen Mass | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M23 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 39 | handling | 0 | 0 |
| dsq | 6 | 7 | John Watson | Martini Racing | Brabham BT45B / Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 33 | disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 20 | 16 | Renzo Zorzi | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN8 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 27 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 22 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | Hollywood March Racing | March 761B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 15 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 4 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T2 / Ferrari 015 | 5 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 21 | 30 | Brett Lunger | Chesterfield Racing | March 761 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 4 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 11 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Beta Team Surtees | Surtees TS19 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | crash | 0 | 0 |