| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 3 | 78 | 1:41:49.960 | 9 | |
| 2 | 11 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 2 | 78 | +3.420s | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 9 | 78 | +22.110s | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | 8 | 78 | +27.880s | 3 | |
| 5 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Team Lotus | 11 | 78 | +66.970s | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | Niki Lauda | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 4 | 77 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Alfa Romeo | 12 | 77 | +1 Lap | ||
| 8 | 20 | James Hunt | Wolf | 13 | 77 | +1 Lap | ||
| 9 | 28 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 22 | 76 | +2 Laps | ||
| 10 | 8 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 17 | 75 | +3 Laps | ||
| 11 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 16 | 75 | +3 Laps | ||
| 12 | 30 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 20 | 74 | +4 Laps | ||
| 13 | 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 18 | 74 | +4 Laps | ||
| R | 31 | Hector Rebaque | Team Lotus | 23 | 71 | Engine | ||
| R | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 10 | 67 | Tyre | ||
| R | 27 | Alan Jones | Williams | 19 | 63 | Suspension | ||
| R | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 14 | 61 | Ignition | ||
| R | 9 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 24 | 57 | Accident | ||
| R | 15 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1 | 47 | Engine | ||
| R | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 6 | 45 | Accident | ||
| R | 3 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 7 | 25 | Throttle | ||
| R | 18 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 15 | 16 | Accident | ||
| R | 25 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 5 | 4 | Accident | ||
| R | 17 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 21 | 2 | Accident |