| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | James Hunt | McLaren | 2 | 73 | 1:31:51.680 | 9 | |
| 2 | 12 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 7 | 73 | +62.450s | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 15 | 73 | +66.390s | 4 | |
| 4 | 17 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 12 | 73 | +66.610s | 3 | |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 5 | 72 | Out of fuel | 2 | |
| 6 | 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow | 13 | 72 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 4 | 72 | +1 Lap | ||
| 8 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 9 | 71 | +2 Laps | ||
| 9 | 50 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 22 | 71 | +2 Laps | ||
| 10 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 6 | 71 | +2 Laps | ||
| 11 | 52 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 11 | 71 | +2 Laps | ||
| 12 | 9 | Alex Ribeiro | March | 23 | 69 | +4 Laps | ||
| R | 6 | Gunnar Nilsson | Team Lotus | 14 | 63 | Gearbox | ||
| R | 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 10 | 43 | Engine | ||
| R | 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 3 | 29 | Gearbox | ||
| R | 2 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 8 | 28 | Engine | ||
| R | 23 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 16 | 14 | Engine | ||
| R | 3 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 18 | 5 | Accident | ||
| R | 11 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 20 | 5 | Accident | ||
| R | 27 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 17 | 3 | Engine | ||
| R | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 1 | Collision | ||
| R | 51 | Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 19 | 1 | Collision | ||
| R | 18 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 21 | 1 | Collision |