| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 10 | 7 | John Watson | Marlboro McLaren International | McLaren MP4-1B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | 1:35:41.995 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Keke Rosberg | TAG Williams Team | Williams FW08 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | +7.268 | 64 | 6 |
| 3 | 14 | 25 | Eddie Cheever, Jr. | Equipe Talbot Gitanes | Ligier JS17 / Matra MS81 | 69 | +1 lap | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 91 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 68 | +2 laps | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT50 / BMW M12 | 67 | +3 laps | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 23 | 20 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F8D / Ford Cosworth DFV | 67 | +3 laps | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 22 | 29 | Marc Surer | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A4 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 66 | +4 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 24 | 18 | Raul Boesel | March Grand Prix | March 821 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 66 | +4 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 17 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Equipe Talbot Gitanes | Ligier JS17 / Matra MS81 | 66 | +4 laps | 0 | 0 |
| dsq | 4 | 8 | Niki Lauda | Marlboro McLaren International | McLaren MP4-1B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 13 | 5 | Derek Daly | TAG Williams Team | Williams FW08 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 60 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 25 | 17 | Jochen Mass | March Grand Prix | March 821 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 60 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 1 | 15 | Alain Prost | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE30B / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 59 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 9 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT50 / BMW M12 | 52 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 26 | 30 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A4 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 51 | throttle | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 14 | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1C / Ford Cosworth DFV | 37 | broken wing | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 6 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 182 / Alfa Romeo 890T | 34 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 20 | 4 | Brian Henton | Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 011 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 33 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 5 | 3 | Michele Alboreto | Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 011 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 29 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 19 | 35 | Derek Warwick | Candy Toleman Motorsport | Toleman TG181C / Hart 415T | 29 | transmission | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 21 | 36 | Teo Fabi | Candy Toleman Motorsport | Toleman TG181C / Hart 415T | 13 | brakes | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 7 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 91 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 9 | clutch | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 2 | 16 | Rene Arnoux | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE30B / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 7 | turbo | 4 | 0 |
| ret | 12 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | Team ATS | ATS D5 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | clutch | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 15 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 182 / Alfa Romeo 890T | 0 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 18 | 10 | Eliseo Salazar | Team ATS | ATS D5 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| dns | 27 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 126C2 / Ferrari 021 | 0 | did not start | 0 | 0 |
| dns | 28 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 126C2 / Ferrari 021 | 0 | did not start | 0 | 0 |