| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 75 | 1:41:47.060 | 9 | |
| 2 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 2 | 75 | +19.560s | 6 | |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 75 | +37.240s | 4 | |
| 4 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 9 | 75 | +60.060s | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 7 | 75 | +65.930s | 2 | |
| 6 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 4 | 74 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 16 | 74 | +1 Lap | ||
| 8 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 18 | 74 | +1 Lap | ||
| 9 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 17 | 74 | +1 Lap | ||
| 10 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 5 | 74 | +1 Lap | ||
| 11 | 18 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 23 | 73 | +2 Laps | ||
| 12 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 13 | 71 | +4 Laps | ||
| 13 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 11 | 71 | +4 Laps | ||
| 14 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 19 | 71 | +4 Laps | ||
| 15 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 22 | 67 | Fuel pipe | ||
| R | 22 | Jacky Ickx | Ensign | 21 | 64 | Engine | ||
| R | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 15 | 62 | Throttle | ||
| R | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 3 | 57 | Accident | ||
| R | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 6 | 56 | Engine | ||
| R | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | 51 | Engine | ||
| R | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 24 | 45 | Suspension | ||
| R | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 8 | 21 | Engine | ||
| R | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 20 | 21 | Exhaust | ||
| R | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | 16 | Spun off |