| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nelson Piquet Souto Maior | 5 | Bernie Ecclestone | Brabham BT49C 11/Ford Cosworth | 53 | 87,343 | running | 53 |
| 2 | 4 | Carlos Reutemann | 2 | Frank Williams | Williams FW07C 12/Ford Cosworth | 53 | 80,972 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | Alain Prost | 15 | Equipe Renault | Renault RE20 22B/Renault Gordini | 53 | 58,800 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | Alan Jones | 1 | Frank Williams | Williams FW07C 11/Ford Cosworth | 53 | 65,516 | running | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | René Arnoux | 16 | Equipe Renault | Renault RE20 26B/Renault Gordini | 53 | 42,999 | running | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | Elio de Angelis | 11 | Colin Chapman | Lotus 81B R3/Ford Cosworth DFV | 52 | 29,829 | running | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | Riccardo Patrese | 29 | Jackie Oliver | Arrows A3 3/Ford Cosworth DFV | 52 | 29,557 | running | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | Mario Andretti | 22 | Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179C 02/Alfa 1260 | 52 | 16,528 | running | 0 |
| 9 | 19 | Siegfried Stohr | 30 | Jackie Oliver | Arrows A3 6/Ford Cosworth DFV | 52 | 22,257 | running | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | Bruno Giacomelli | 23 | Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179C 03/Alfa 1260 | 51 | 9,269 | out of fuel | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | 8 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M29F 5/Ford Cosworth | 51 | 18,559 | running | 0 |
| 12 | 23 | Jan Lammers | 9 | Günter Schmid | ATS D4 03/Ford Cosworth DFV | 51 | 6,569 | running | 0 |
| 13 | 24 | Ricardo Zunino | 4 | Ken Tyrrell | Tyrrell 010 1/Ford Cosworth DFV | 51 | 15,780 | penalty | 0 |
| 14 | 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | 27 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F126CK 051/Ferrari 021 | 40 | 22,533 | driveshaft | 0 |
| 15 | 14 | Patrick Tambay | 33 | Teddy Yip | Theodore TY01 1/Ford Cosworth | 36 | 11,606 | oil leak | 0 |
| 16 | 11 | John Watson | 7 | McLaren Racing | McLaren MP4-1 01/Ford Cosworth | 36 | 20,919 | crown wheel | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | Héctor Alonso Rebaque | 6 | Bernie Ecclestone | Brabham BT49C 12/Ford Cosworth | 32 | 37,000 | distributor | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Chico Serra | 21 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi F8C 4/Ford Cosworth | 28 | 14,851 | gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | 21 | Jacques Laffite | 26 | Guy Ligier | Ligier JS17 02/Matra MS81 | 19 | 19,934 | vibration | 0 |
| 20 | 16 | Marc Surer | 14 | Morris Nunn | Ensign N180B MN-15/Ford Cosworth | 14 | 6,905 | engine | 0 |
| 21 | 8 | Keke Rosberg | 20 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi F8C 3/Ford Cosworth | 4 | 15,721 | fuel pump | 0 |
| 22 | 12 | Didier Pironi | 28 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F126CK 050/Ferrari 021 | 3 | 12,846 | engine | 0 |
| 23 | 15 | Nigel Mansell | 12 | Colin Chapman | Lotus 81B R2/Ford Cosworth DFV | 3 | 13,421 | engine | 0 |
| 24 | 13 | Eddie Cheever | 3 | Ken Tyrrell | Tyrrell 010 3/Ford Cosworth DFV | 1 | 13,628 | clutch | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | Miguel Ángel Guerra | 31 | Vincenzo Osella | Osella FA1B 004/Ford Cosworth | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | Beppe Gabbiani | 32 | Vincenzo Osella | Osella FA1B 003/Ford Cosworth | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | Derek Daly | 17 | March Engineering | March 811 1/Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 28 | 28 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 25 | Guy Ligier | Ligier JS17 03/Matra MS81 | 0 | 16,664 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela | 18 | March Engineering | March 811 3/Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | 0 | did not qualify | 0 |
| 7T | McLaren Racing | McLaren M29F 2/Ford Cosworth | 0 | backup car | 0 | ||||
| 11T | Colin Chapman | Lotus 88 R1/Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | failed tech | 0 | ||||
| 16T | Equipe Renault | Renault RE20 27B/Renault Gordini | 0 | backup car | 0 | ||||
| 20T | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi F8 2/Ford Cosworth | 0 | backup car | 0 | ||||
| 29T | Jackie Oliver | Arrows A3 2/Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | backup car | 0 | ||||
| 32T | Vincenzo Osella | Osella FA1B 002/Ford Cosworth | 0 | backup car | 0 | ||||
| Mario Andretti | 22T | Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179D 01/Alfa 1260 | 0 | practiced car | 0 | |||
| Alan Jones | 1T | Frank Williams | Williams FW07C 14/Ford Cosworth | 0 | practiced car | 0 | |||
| Jacques Laffite | 26T | Guy Ligier | Ligier JS17 01/Matra MS81 | 0 | practiced car | 0 | |||
| Nelson Piquet Souto Maior | 5T | Bernie Ecclestone | Brabham BT49C 9/Ford Cosworth | 0 | practiced car | 0 | |||
| Didier Pironi | 28T | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F126CK 049/Ferrari 021 | 0 | practiced car | 0 | |||
| Ricardo Zunino | 4T | Ken Tyrrell | Tyrrell 010 2/Ford Cosworth DFV | 0 | practiced car | 0 |