| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 75 | 1:39:11.840 | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 8 | 75 | +20.940s | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 4 | 75 | +27.310s | 4 | |
| 4 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | 75 | +28.680s | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 12 | 75 | +30.390s | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | 75 | +48.430s | 1 | |
| 7 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 75 | +52.310s | ||
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 17 | 75 | +74.840s | ||
| 9 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 11 | 74 | +1 Lap | ||
| 10 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 74 | +1 Lap | ||
| 11 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 19 | 74 | +1 Lap | ||
| 12 | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 24 | 73 | +2 Laps | ||
| 13 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 20 | 72 | +3 Laps | ||
| 14 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 21 | 69 | +6 Laps | ||
| R | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 6 | 63 | Water leak | ||
| R | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 58 | Engine | ||
| R | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 13 | 54 | Gearbox | ||
| R | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 22 | 52 | Engine | ||
| R | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 14 | 32 | Engine | ||
| R | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | 15 | 26 | Brakes | ||
| R | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 9 | 21 | Turbo | ||
| R | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 18 | 21 | Engine | ||
| R | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 15 | Engine | ||
| R | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 7 | 15 | Injection |