| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | 27 | Alan Jones | Albilad-Williams Racing Team | Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | 1:43:24.38 | 41 | 9 |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | +24.59 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 13 | 21 | Keke Rosberg | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F7 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | +78.64 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | 4 | Derek Daly | Candy Tyrrell Team | Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | +83.48 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179 / Alfa Romeo 1260 | 52 | +1 lap | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | 8 | Alain Prost | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M29B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 52 | +1 lap | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | 6 | Ricardo Zunino | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 51 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 23 | 22 | Patrick Depailler | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179 / Alfa Romeo 1260 | 46 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 11 | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T5 / Ferrari 015 | 45 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| nc | 15 | 14 | Clay Regazzoni | Unipart Racing Team | Ensign N180 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 44 | +9 laps | 0 | 0 |
| nc | 24 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F7 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 37 | +16 laps | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 8 | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T5 / Ferrari 015 | 36 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 2 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Equipe Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS11/15 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 30 | engine | 12 | 0 |
| ret | 7 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A3 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 27 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 21 | 9 | Marc Surer | Team ATS | ATS D3 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 27 | fire | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 6 | 11 | Mario Andretti | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 20 | fuel system | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 14 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A3 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 20 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 10 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | Albilad-Williams Racing Team | Williams FW07B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 12 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 5 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 7 | suspension | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 17 | 7 | John Watson | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M29B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 5 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 9 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE20 / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 3 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 19 | 16 | Rene Arnoux | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE20 / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 2 | suspension | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 3 | 25 | Didier Pironi | Equipe Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS11/15 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 1 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 18 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Candy Tyrrell Team | Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 1 | crash | 0 | 0 |