| 1 | 1 | Niki LAUDA | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 40 | 1h 07m 04.54s ( 207.527 km/h ) | 9.00 |
| 2 | 2 | John WATSON | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 40 | 1h 07m 06.02s ( +01.48s ) | 6.00 |
| 3 | 11 | Carlos REUTEMANN | Ferrari | Ferrari | 40 | 1h 07m 25.01s ( +20.47s ) | 4.00 |
| 4 | 26 | Jacques LAFFITE | Ligier | Matra | 40 | 1h 07m 42.07s ( +37.53s ) | 3.00 |
| 5 | 8 | Patrick TAMBAY | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 07m 44.93s ( +40.39s ) | 2.00 |
| 6 | 5 | Mario ANDRETTI | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 07m 50.87s ( +46.33s ) | 1.00 |
| 7 | 12 | Gilles VILLENEUVE | Ferrari | Ferrari | 40 | 1h 07m 53.02s ( +48.48s ) | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | Emerson FITTIPALDI | Copersucar | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 07m 59.78s ( +55.24s ) | 0 |
| 9 | 29 | Nelson PIQUET | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 08m 11.37s ( +1m 06.83s ) | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | Derek DALY | Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 08m 13.65s ( +1m 09.11s ) | 0 |
| 11 | 4 | Patrick DEPAILLER | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 08m 21.11s ( +1m 16.57s ) | 0 |
| 12 | 20 | Jody SCHECKTER | Wolf | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | Alan JONES | Williams | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 14 | 33 | Bruno GIACOMELLI | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| nc | 17 | Clay REGAZZONI | Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 33 | | 0 |
| ab | 35 | Riccardo PATRESE | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 29 | Engine | 0 |
| ab | 7 | James HUNT | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 19 | Distributor | 0 |
| ab | 37 | Arturo MERZARIO | Merzario | Ford Cosworth | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| ab | 15 | Jean-Pierre JABOUILLE | Renault | Renault | 6 | Valve | 0 |
| ab | 6 | Ronnie PETERSON | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 0 | Fatal accident | 0 |
| ab | 19 | Vittorio BRAMBILLA | Surtees | Ford Cosworth | 0 | Pile-up | 0 |
| ab | 30 | Brett LUNGER | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 0 | Pile-up | 0 |
| ab | 3 | Didier PIRONI | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 0 | Pile-up | 0 |
| ab | 16 | Hans Joachim STUCK | Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 0 | Pile-up | 0 |
| | | | | | | | 0 |
| nq | 25 | Hector REBAQUE | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 10 | Harald ERTL | ATS | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 9 | Michael BLEEKEMOLEN | ATS | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 18 | GIMAX | Surtees | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| npq | 23 | Harald ERTL | Ensign | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| npq | 32 | Keke ROSBERG | Wolf | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| npq | 36 | Rolf STOMMELEN | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| npq | 34 | Alberto COLOMBO | Merzario | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |