| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 70 | 1:57:49.196 | 9 | |
| 2 | 20 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 2 | 70 | +13.372s | 6 | |
| 3 | 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 11 | 70 | +19.408s | 4 | |
| 4 | 35 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 12 | 70 | +24.667s | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 13 | 70 | +28.558s | 2 | |
| 6 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 15 | 70 | +54.476s | 1 | |
| 7 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 18 | 70 | +81.250s | ||
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | 70 | +86.560s | ||
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 5 | 70 | +88.942s | ||
| 10 | 5 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 9 | 69 | +1 Lap | ||
| 11 | 66 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 14 | 69 | +1 Lap | ||
| 12 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 22 | 65 | +5 Laps | ||
| N | 10 | Keke Rosberg | ATS | 21 | 58 | +12 Laps | ||
| R | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 10 | 52 | Transmission | ||
| R | 7 | James Hunt | McLaren | 19 | 51 | Spun off | ||
| R | 55 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Team Lotus | 1 | 49 | Oil leak | ||
| R | 18 | René Arnoux | Surtees | 16 | 37 | Engine | ||
| R | 21 | Bobby Rahal | Wolf | 20 | 16 | Fuel system | ||
| R | 2 | John Watson | Brabham | 4 | 8 | Accident | ||
| R | 1 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 7 | 5 | Brakes | ||
| R | 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 8 | 1 | Accident | ||
| R | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 6 | 0 | Accident |