| Pos | St | # | Driver | Team | Chass./Eng. | Laps | Status | Led | Pts |
|---|
| 3 | 4 | 1 |  Mario Andretti | Martini Racing Team Lotus | Lotus 80 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | +27.31 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 8 | 2 |  Carlos Reutemann | Martini Racing Team Lotus | Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | +20.94 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 10 | 3 |  Didier Pironi | Candy Tyrrell Team | Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | +48.43 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 12 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Candy Tyrrell Team | Tyrrell 009 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | +30.39 | 0 | 2 |
| ret | 6 | 5 |  Niki Lauda | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 | 63 | water leak | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 7 | 6 |  Nelson Piquet | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT48 / Alfa Romeo 1260 | 15 | injection | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 18 | 7 |  John Watson | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M28B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 21 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M28 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 72 | +3 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | 9 |  Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS Wheels | ATS D2 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 69 | +6 laps | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 11 |  Jody Scheckter | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 | 75 | +28.68 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 12 |  Gilles Villeneuve | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T4 / Ferrari 015 | 75 | +52.31 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F5A / Ford Cosworth DFV | 74 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 9 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RS10 / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 21 | turbo | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 16 | Rene Arnoux | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RS01 / Renault-Gordini EF1 | 74 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 24 | 17 |  Jan Lammers | Samson Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 73 | +2 laps | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 22 | 18 |  Elio de Angelis | Interscope Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN9 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 52 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 15 | 20 | James Hunt | Olympus Cameras Wolf Racing | Wolf WR7 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 26 | brakes | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | 1:39:11.84 | 75 | 9 |
| ret | 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS11 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 15 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 13 | 27 |  Alan Jones | Albilad-Saudia Racing Team | Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 54 | gearbox | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 14 | 28 |  Clay Regazzoni | Albilad-Saudia Racing Team | Williams FW07 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 32 | engine | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A1B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 74 | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A1B / Ford Cosworth DFV | 75 | +74.84 | 0 | 0 |
| ret | 23 | 31 |  Hector Rebaque | Team Rebaque | Lotus 79 / Ford Cosworth DFV | 58 | engine | 0 | 0 |
