| POS | DRIVER | TEAM | TIME | POINTS | Pol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:49:59.860 | 9.00 | 4 |
| 2 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | -00:49.130 | 6.00 | 7 |
| 3 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | -00:57.020 | 4.00 | 10 |
| 4 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | -01:33.120 | 3.00 | 3 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | -1 lap | 2.00 | 15 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | -1 lap | 1.00 | 19 |
| 7 | Jochen Mass | ATS | -1 lap | 20 | |
| 8 | John Watson | Brabham | -2 laps | 21 | |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | -2 laps | 14 | |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | -4 laps | 18 | |
| 11 | Alan Jones | Williams | -5 laps | 8 | |
| 12 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 40 laps | 22 | |
| 13 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 35 laps | 6 | |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 34 laps | 5 | |
| 15 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 25 laps | 9 | |
| 16 | James Hunt | McLaren | 25 laps | 2 | |
| 17 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 16 laps | 12 | |
| 18 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 15 laps | 1 | |
| 19 | Danny Ongais | Ensign | 13 laps | 23 | |
| 20 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 11 laps | 13 | |
| 21 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 8 laps | 11 | |
| 22 | Rupert Keegan | Surtees | 6 laps | 24 | |
| 23 | Lamberto Leoni | Ensign | 0 laps | 17 | |
| 24 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | ATS | DNS | 16 | |
| 25 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | DNQ | 0 | |
| 26 | Eddie Cheever | Theodore | DNQ | 0 | |
| 27 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | DNQ | 0 | |
| 28 | Divina Galica | Hesketh | DNQ | 0 |
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