| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 3 | 70 | 1:41:00.606 | 9 | |
| 2 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 5 | 70 | +34.019s | 6 | |
| 3 | 6 | Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | 4 | 70 | +34.105s | 4 | |
| 4 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 15 | 69 | +1 Lap | 3 | |
| 5 | 17 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 16 | 69 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 13 | 69 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 11 | 69 | +1 Lap | ||
| 8 | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 14 | 69 | +1 Lap | ||
| 9 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 7 | 69 | +1 Lap | ||
| 10 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 8 | 69 | +1 Lap | ||
| 11 | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 20 | 68 | +2 Laps | ||
| 12 | 25 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 21 | 68 | +2 Laps | ||
| 13 | 9 | Jochen Mass | ATS | 19 | 68 | +2 Laps | ||
| 14 | 36 | Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | 24 | 67 | +3 Laps | ||
| 15 | 10 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 23 | 63 | +7 Laps | ||
| N | 37 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 62 | +8 Laps | ||
| R | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 1 | 46 | Engine | ||
| R | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 9 | 46 | Wheel | ||
| R | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 12 | 42 | Suspension | ||
| R | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 10 | 28 | Engine | ||
| R | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 2 | 19 | Spun off | ||
| R | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 6 | 16 | Overheating | ||
| R | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 17 | 8 | Accident | ||
| R | 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 18 | 7 | Accident |