| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 8 | Niki Lauda | Marlboro McLaren International | McLaren MP4-1B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | 1:58:25.318 | 61 | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | 6 | Keke Rosberg | TAG Williams Team | Williams FW07D / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | 14.66 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 18 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49D / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | +79.143 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | 3 | Michele Alboreto | Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 011 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | +80.947 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 91 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 74 | +1 lap | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | 7 | John Watson | Marlboro McLaren International | McLaren MP4-1B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 74 | +1 lap | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 17 | 12 | Nigel Mansell | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 91 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 73 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 21 | 17 | Jochen Mass | March Grand Prix | March 821 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 73 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 23 | 18 | Raul Boesel | March Grand Prix | March 821 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 70 | +5 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 24 | 4 | Slim Borgudd | Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 011 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 68 | +7 laps | 0 | 0 |
| dsq | 7 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 126C2 / Ferrari 021 | 75 | disqualified | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 13 | 25 | Eddie Cheever, Jr. | Equipe Talbot Gitanes | Ligier JS17 / Matra MS81 | 59 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 1 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 182 / Alfa Romeo 890T | 33 | spun off | 14 | 0 |
| ret | 20 | 29 | Brian Henton | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A4 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 32 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 19 | 14 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign Racing | Ensign N181 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 27 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 15 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Equipe Talbot Gitanes | Ligier JS17 / Matra MS81 | 26 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 10 | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1C / Ford Cosworth DFV | 26 | transmission | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 6 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49D / BMW M12 | 25 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 22 | 33 | Derek Daly | Theodore Racing Team | Theodore TY02 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 23 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 14 | 5 | Mario Andretti | TAG Williams Team | Williams FW07D / Ford Cosworth DFV | 19 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 4 | 15 | Alain Prost | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE30B / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 10 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 9 | 28 | Didier Pironi | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 126C2 / Ferrari 021 | 6 | spun off | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 3 | 16 | Rene Arnoux | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE30B / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 5 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 5 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 182 / Alfa Romeo 890T | 5 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 26 | 10 | Eliseo Salazar | Team ATS | ATS D5 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 3 | crash | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 25 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock | Team ATS | ATS D5 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 1 | crash | 0 | 0 |