| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 59 | 1:52:17.734 | 9 | |
| 2 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 7 | 59 | +48.787s | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 10 | 59 | +53.199s | 4 | |
| 4 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 20 | 59 | +90.512s | 3 | |
| 5 | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 14 | 59 | +101.259s | 2 | |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 13 | 58 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 23 | 54 | +5 Laps | ||
| R | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 2 | 53 | Transmission | ||
| R | 33 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 15 | 52 | Spun off | ||
| R | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 16 | 48 | Tyre | ||
| R | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 19 | 44 | Suspension | ||
| R | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1 | 36 | Wheel | ||
| R | 22 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 21 | 32 | Engine | ||
| R | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 5 | 29 | Accident | ||
| R | 5 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham-Ford | 9 | 25 | Spun off | ||
| R | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 8 | 24 | Engine | ||
| R | 20 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 12 | 20 | Accident | ||
| R | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 22 | 20 | Engine | ||
| R | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 11 | 18 | Accident | ||
| R | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 17 | 16 | Gearbox | ||
| R | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 6 | 6 | Spun off | ||
| R | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 4 | 3 | Spun off | ||
| R | 25 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 24 | 2 | Spun off | ||
| R | 35 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 18 | 0 | Spun off |