| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Engine | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 6 | 45 | 1:25:55.600 | 9 | |
| 2 | 15 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | 45 | +11.520s | 6 | |
| 3 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | 45 | +64.600s | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 16 | 45 | +99.690s | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 18 | 45 | +110.520s | 2 | |
| 6 | 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 9 | 44 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 14 | 44 | +1 Lap | ||
| 8 | 32 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 17 | 44 | +1 Lap | ||
| 9 | 22 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 12 | 44 | +1 Lap | ||
| 10 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | 44 | +1 Lap | ||
| 11 | 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | 44 | +1 Lap | ||
| 12 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 26 | 44 | +1 Lap | ||
| 13 | 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | 44 | +1 Lap | ||
| 14 | 33 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 22 | 43 | Suspension | ||
| 15 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 43 | +2 Laps | ||
| N | 14 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 23 | 39 | Not classified | ||
| R | 9 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 28 | 35 | Engine | ||
| R | 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 3 | 27 | Engine | ||
| R | 29 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | 27 | Engine | ||
| R | 25 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 11 | 27 | Transmission | ||
| R | 17 | Derek Daly | March | 21 | 15 | Suspension | ||
| R | 12 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 15 | 12 | Fuel leak | ||
| R | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 10 | 4 | Collision | ||
| R | 28 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 5 | 1 | Electrical |