| 1 | 5 | Nelson PIQUET | Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 53 | 1h 34m 32.74s ( 200.731 km/h ) | 9.00 |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos REUTEMANN | Williams | Ford Cosworth | 53 | 1h 34m 59.35s ( +26.61s ) | 6.00 |
| 3 | 15 | Alain PROST | Renault | Renault | 53 | 1h 35m 22.72s ( +49.98s ) | 4.00 |
| 4 | 1 | Alan JONES | Williams | Ford Cosworth | 53 | 1h 35m 40.62s ( +1m 07.88s ) | 3.00 |
| 5 | 16 | René ARNOUX | Renault | Renault | 53 | 1h 36m 04.59s ( +1m 31.85s ) | 2.00 |
| 6 | 11 | Elio De ANGELIS | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 52 | | 1.00 |
| 7 | 29 | Riccardo PATRESE | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 52 | | 0 |
| 8 | 22 | Mario ANDRETTI | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 52 | | 0 |
| 9 | 30 | Siegfried STOHR | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 52 | | 0 |
| 10 | 23 | Bruno GIACOMELLI | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 51 | Kein Benzin mehr | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | Andrea De CESARIS | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 51 | | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | Jan LAMMERS | ATS | Ford Cosworth | 51 | | 0 |
| 13 | 4 | Ricardo ZUNINO | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 51 | | 0 |
| ab | 27 | Gilles VILLENEUVE | Ferrari | Ferrari | 40 | Antrieb | 0 |
| ab | 33 | Patrick TAMBAY | Theodore | Ford Cosworth | 36 | Motor | 0 |
| ab | 7 | John WATSON | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 36 | Antriebskegelrad | 0 |
| ab | 6 | Hector REBAQUE | Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 32 | Zündverteiler | 0 |
| ab | 21 | Chico SERRA | Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth | 28 | Getriebe | 0 |
| ab | 26 | Jacques LAFFITE | Ligier | Matra | 19 | Das Spurhalten | 0 |
| ab | 14 | Marc SURER | Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 14 | Überhitzung | 0 |
| ab | 20 | Keke ROSBERG | Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth | 4 | Benzinpumpe | 0 |
| ab | 12 | Nigel MANSELL | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 3 | Motor | 0 |
| ab | 28 | Didier PIRONI | Ferrari | Ferrari | 3 | Motor | 0 |
| ab | 3 | Eddie CHEEVER | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1 | Kupplung | 0 |
| | | | | | | | 0 |
| nq | 31 | Miguel Angel GUERRA | Osella | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 32 | Beppe GABBIANI | Osella | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 17 | Derek DALY | March | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 25 | Jean-Pierre JABOUILLE | Ligier | Matra | | | 0 |
| nq | 18 | Eliseo SALAZAR | March | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |