| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 80 | 1:50:18.550 | 9 | |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 80 | +49.212 | 6 | |
| 3 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford | 80 | +1:18.563 | 4 | |
| 4 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 79 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 79 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Ligier-Ford | 79 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Jochen Mass | Arrows-Ford | 79 | |||
| 8 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell-Ford | 79 | |||
| 9 | René Arnoux | Renault | 78 | |||
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 71 | |||
| DNF | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | 58 | Overheating | ||
| DNF | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford | 50 | Career-Ending Accident | ||
| DNF | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 49 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 47 | Collision | ||
| DNF | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 46 | Transmission | ||
| DNF | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 40 | Suspension | ||
| DNF | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Ford | 36 | Puncture | ||
| DNF | Eddie Cheever | Osella-Ford | 11 | Transmission | ||
| DNF | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | 3 | Transmission | ||
| DNF | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell-Ford | 3 | Accident | ||
| DNF | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | 3 | Accident | ||
| DNF | Jan Lammers | ATS-Ford | 0 | Transmission | ||
| DNF | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford | 0 | Accident | ||
| DNF | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 0 | Accident | ||
| DNQ | David Kennedy | Shadow-Ford | 0 | |||
| DNQ | Geoff Lees | Shadow-Ford | 0 | |||
| DNQ | Stephen South | McLaren-Ford | 0 |
| 1 | René Arnoux | 18 | 0,9,9,0 | |
| ▲ | Nelson Piquet | 18 | 6,0,3,9 | |
| ▼ | 3 | Alan Jones | 13 | 9,4,0,0 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | 8 | 0,3,4,1 | |
| ▲ | 5 | Riccardo Patrese | 7 | 0,1,0,6 |
| ▼ | 6 | Jacques Laffite | 6 | 0,0,6,0 |
| ▼ | Elio de Angelis | 6 | 0,6,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 8 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 4 | 0,0,0,4 |
| ▼ | Keke Rosberg | 4 | 4,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | 10 | Derek Daly | 3 | 3,0,0,0 |
| ▲ | John Watson | 3 | 0,0,0,3 | |
| ▼ | Alain Prost | 3 | 1,2,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 13 | Jody Scheckter | 2 | 0,0,0,2 |
| ▼ | Bruno Giacomelli | 2 | 2,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Carlos Reutemann | 2 | 0,0,2,0 | |
| ▼ | 16 | Jochen Mass | 1 | 0,0,1,0 |
| 1 | Renault | 18 | 0,9,9,0 | |
| ▲ | Brabham-Ford | 18 | 6,0,3,9 | |
| ▼ | 3 | Williams-Ford | 15 | 9,4,2,0 |
| ▼ | 4 | Ligier-Ford | 14 | 0,3,10,1 |
| ▲ | 5 | Arrows-Ford | 8 | 0,1,1,6 |
| ▲ | Fittipaldi-Ford | 8 | 4,0,0,4 | |
| ▼ | 7 | Lotus-Ford | 6 | 0,6,0,0 |
| McLaren-Ford | 6 | 1,2,0,3 | ||
| ▼ | 9 | Tyrrell-Ford | 3 | 3,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | 10 | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 2,0,0,0 |
| ▲ | Ferrari | 2 | 0,0,0,2 |