| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 3 | 50 | 1:22:00.220 | 9 | |
| 2 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 5 | 50 | +0.460s | 6 | |
| 3 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 6 | 50 | +4.780s | 4 | |
| 4 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 9 | 50 | +54.400s | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 10 | 50 | +59.700s | 2 | |
| 6 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 16 | 50 | +61.550s | 1 | |
| 7 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 13 | 50 | +84.140s | ||
| 8 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 20 | 49 | +1 Lap | ||
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | 49 | +1 Lap | ||
| 10 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 12 | 49 | +1 Lap | ||
| 11 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 15 | 49 | +1 Lap | ||
| 12 | 36 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 22 | 49 | +1 Lap | ||
| 13 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 17 | 47 | +3 Laps | ||
| 14 | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | 45 | Engine | ||
| R | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | 41 | Engine | ||
| R | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 23 | 41 | Engine | ||
| R | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 11 | 40 | Engine | ||
| R | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 24 | 33 | Clutch | ||
| R | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | 28 | Spun off | ||
| R | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | 13 | Engine | ||
| R | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 19 | 13 | Accident | ||
| R | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 14 | 3 | Engine | ||
| R | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 21 | 3 | Suspension | ||
| R | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 8 | 1 | Accident |