| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 12 | 78 | 1:42:15.767 | 9 | |
| 2 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 11 | 78 | +0.466s | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 10 | 78 | +4.442s | 4 | |
| 4 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 18 | 78 | +30.986s | 3 | |
| 5 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 13 | 78 | +69.218s | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 14 | 77 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 2 | 77 | +1 Lap | ||
| 8 | 10 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | 17 | 77 | +1 Lap | ||
| 9 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 22 | 77 | +1 Lap | ||
| 10 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 21 | 77 | +1 Lap | ||
| 11 | 30 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 20 | 76 | +2 Laps | ||
| 12 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 19 | 76 | +2 Laps | ||
| R | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 7 | 63 | Engine | ||
| R | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 5 | 59 | Spun off | ||
| R | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 4 | 56 | Accident | ||
| R | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | 55 | Oil leak | ||
| R | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 9 | 55 | Spun off | ||
| R | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1 | 52 | Engine | ||
| R | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | 52 | Engine | ||
| R | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 15 | 43 | Engine | ||
| R | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 26 | 39 | Suspension | ||
| R | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 6 | 38 | Engine | ||
| R | 32 | Keke Rosberg | Theodore | 24 | 15 | Clutch | ||
| R | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 16 | 9 | Transmission | ||
| R | 24 | Eddie Cheever | Hesketh | 25 | 8 | Oil leak | ||
| R | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 3 | 5 | Engine |