| 1 | 26 | Jacques LAFFITE | Ligier | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 40m 09.64s ( 188.673 km/h ) | 9.00 |
| 2 | 25 | Patrick DEPAILLER | Ligier | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 40m 14.92s ( +05.28s ) | 6.00 |
| 3 | 2 | Carlos REUTEMANN | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 40m 53.78s ( +44.14s ) | 4.00 |
| 4 | 3 | Didier PIRONI | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 40 | 1h 41m 35.52s ( +1m 25.88s ) | 3.00 |
| 5 | 12 | Gilles VILLENEUVE | Ferrari | Ferrari | 39 | | 2.00 |
| 6 | 11 | Jody SCHECKTER | Ferrari | Ferrari | 39 | | 1.00 |
| 7 | 30 | Jochen MASS | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | John WATSON | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 9 | 29 | Riccardo PATRESE | Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 10 | 15 | Jean-Pierre JABOUILLE | Renault | Renault | 39 | | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | Emerson FITTIPALDI | Copersucar | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | Elio De ANGELIS | Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | Derek DALY | Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 14 | 17 | Jan LAMMERS | Shadow | Ford Cosworth | 39 | | 0 |
| 15 | 28 | Clay REGAZZONI | Williams | Ford Cosworth | 38 | | 0 |
| ab | 27 | Alan JONES | Williams | Ford Cosworth | 33 | Pressão de gasolina | 0 |
| ab | 9 | Hans Joachim STUCK | ATS | Ford Cosworth | 31 | Direcção | 0 |
| ab | 16 | René ARNOUX | Renault | Renault | 28 | Rotação | 0 |
| ab | 8 | Patrick TAMBAY | McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 7 | Colisão | 0 |
| ab | 20 | James HUNT | Wolf | Ford Cosworth | 7 | Direcção | 0 |
| ab | 6 | Nelson PIQUET | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 5 | Colisão | 0 |
| ab | 5 | Niki LAUDA | Brabham | Alfa Romeo | 5 | Caixa de velocidades | 0 |
| ab | 1 | Mario ANDRETTI | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 2 | Incêndio | 0 |
| | | | | | | | 0 |
| np | 4 | Jean-Pierre JARIER | Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | tf | Ignição | 0 |
| nq | 31 | Hector REBAQUE | Lotus | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |
| nq | 24 | Arturo MERZARIO | Merzario | Ford Cosworth | | | 0 |