| 1 | 12 | Gilles VILLENEUVE | Ferrari | Ferrari | 70 | 1h 57m 49.196s ( 160.414 km/h ) | 9.00 |
| 2 | 20 | Jody SCHECKTER | Wolf | Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1h 58m 02.568s ( +13.372s ) | 6.00 |
| 3 | 11 | Carlos REUTEMANN | Ferrari | Ferrari | 70 | 1h 58m 08.604s ( +19.408s ) | 4.00 |
| 4 | 35 | Riccardo PATRESE | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1h 58m 13.863s ( +24.667s ) | 3.00 |
| 5 | 4 | Patrick DEPAILLER | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1h 58m 17.754s ( +28.558s ) | 2.00 |
| 6 | 22 | Derek DALY | Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1h 58m 43.672s ( +54.476s ) | 1.00 |
| 7 | 3 | Didier PIRONI | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1h 59m 10.446s ( +1m 21.250s ) | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | Patrick TAMBAY | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1h 59m 15.756s ( +1m 26.560s ) | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | Alan JONES | Williams | Ford Cosworth | 70 | 1h 59m 18.138s ( +1m 28.942s ) | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | Mario ANDRETTI | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 69 | | 0 |
| 11 | 66 | Nelson PIQUET | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 69 | | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | Jean-Pierre JABOUILLE | Renault | Renault | 65 | | 0 |
| nc | 10 | Keke ROSBERG | ATS | Ford Cosworth | 58 | | 0 |
| ab | 26 | Jacques LAFFITE | Ligier | Matra | 52 | Gearbox | 0 |
| ab | 7 | James HUNT | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 51 | Runway exit | 0 |
| ab | 55 | Jean-Pierre JARIER | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 49 | Oil leak | 0 |
| ab | 18 | René ARNOUX | Surtees | Ford Cosworth | 37 | Oil pressure | 0 |
| ab | 21 | Bobby RAHAL | Wolf | Ford Cosworth | 16 | Fuel injection | 0 |
| ab | 2 | John WATSON | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 8 | Accident | 0 |
| ab | 1 | Niki LAUDA | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 5 | Brakes | 0 |
| ab | 16 | Hans Joachim STUCK | Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 1 | Collision | 0 |
| ab | 14 | Emerson FITTIPALDI | Copersucar | Ford Cosworth | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| | | | | | | | 0 |
| nq | 17 | Clay REGAZZONI | Shadow | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 19 | Beppe GABBIANI | Surtees | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 37 | Arturo MERZARIO | Merzario | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 25 | Hector REBAQUE | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 36 | Rolf STOMMELEN | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 9 | Michael BLEEKEMOLEN | ATS | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |