| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1 | 53 | 1:36:03.210 | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 3 | 53 | +14.940s | 6 | |
| 3 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 6 | 53 | +88.810s | 4 | |
| 4 | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 2 | 53 | +101.720s | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 7 | 52 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 11 | 52 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 16 | 52 | +1 Lap | ||
| 8 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 14 | 51 | +2 Laps | ||
| 9 | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 15 | 51 | +2 Laps | ||
| 10 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 17 | 51 | +2 Laps | ||
| 11 | 22 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 24 | 51 | +2 Laps | ||
| R | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 10 | 48 | Engine | ||
| R | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 19 | 46 | Suspension | ||
| R | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 42 | Transmission | ||
| R | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | 18 | 41 | Electrical | ||
| R | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 4 | 15 | Engine | ||
| R | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 12 | 15 | Engine | ||
| R | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 23 | 8 | Fuel system | ||
| R | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 25 | 6 | Engine | ||
| R | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 5 | 0 | Collision | ||
| R | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 8 | 0 | Collision | ||
| R | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 9 | 0 | Collision | ||
| R | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 20 | 0 | Collision | ||
| R | 24 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 22 | 0 | Collision | ||
| W | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | 0 | Accident | ||
| W | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | PL | 0 | Withdrew |