| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE20 / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 54 | 1:26:15.73 | 34 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | 27 | Alan Jones | Albilad-Williams Racing Team | Williams FW07B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 54 | +0.82 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | 28 | Carlos Reutemann | Albilad-Williams Racing Team | Williams FW07B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 54 | +19.36 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Equipe Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS11/15 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 54 | +42.02 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 54 | +62.81 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | 12 | Elio de Angelis | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 54 | +74.97 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 12 | 8 | Alain Prost | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M29C / Ford Cosworth DFV | 54 | +93.41 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T5 / Ferrari 015 | 53 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | 16 | Rene Arnoux | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE20 / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 53 | +1 lap | 18 | 0 |
| 10 | 14 | 6 | Hector Rebaque | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F8 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | 9 | Marc Surer | Team ATS | ATS D4 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | 1 | Jody Scheckter | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T5 / Ferrari 015 | 53 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A3 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 53 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 20 | 50 | Rupert Keegan | RAM / Williams GP Engineering | Williams FW07B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 52 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | 21 | Keke Rosberg | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F8 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 52 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 24 | 43 | Nigel Mansell | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 40 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 21 | 7 | John Watson | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M29C / Ford Cosworth DFV | 34 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 8 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179 / Alfa Romeo 1260 | 28 | wheel | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 6 | 25 | Didier Pironi | Equipe Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS11/15 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 25 | handling | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 13 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Candy Tyrrell Team | Tyrrell 010 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 25 | electrical | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 19 | 31 | Eddie Cheever, Jr. | Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 23 | wheel bearing | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 10 | 4 | Derek Daly | Candy Tyrrell Team | Tyrrell 010 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 12 | brakes | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 17 | 11 | Mario Andretti | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 6 | engine | 0 | 0 |