| Fin | St | Driver | # | Owner | Car | Laps | Money | Status | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mario Andretti | 5 | Colin Chapman | Lotus 78 R3/Ford Cosworth DFV | 80 | 55,670 | running | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | Niki Lauda | 11 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312T2 030/Ferrari 015 | 80 | 55,059 | running | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | Jody Scheckter | 20 | Wolf Racing | Wolf WR1/Ford Cosworth DFV | 80 | 44,475 | running | 76 |
| 4 | 12 | Patrick Depailler | 4 | Ken Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 2/Ford Cosworth DFV | 80 | running | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | Emerson Wojciechowska Fittipaldi | 28 | Wilson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD04 3/Ford Cosworth | 80 | running | 0 | |
| 6 | 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | 34 | Günter Schmid | Penske PC4 002/Ford Cosworth DFV | 79 | running | 0 | |
| 7 | 8 | James Hunt | 1 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M23 11/Ford Cosworth | 79 | running | 0 | |
| 8 | 16 | Gunnar Nilsson | 6 | Colin Chapman | Lotus 78 R2/Ford Cosworth DFV | 79 | running | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | Jacques Laffite | 26 | Guy Ligier | Ligier JS7 01/Matra MS76 | 78 | electrical | 0 | |
| 10 | 18 | Brian Henton | 10 | March Engineering | March 761B 1/Ford Cosworth DFV | 77 | running | 0 | |
| 11 | 19 | Hans Binder | 18 | John Surtees | Surtees TS19 01/Ford Cosworth | 77 | running | 0 | |
| 12 | 10 | Ronnie Peterson | 3 | Ken Tyrrell | Tyrrell P34 5/Ford Cosworth DFV | 62 | fuel system | 0 | |
| 13 | 13 | Clay Regazzoni | 22 | Morris Nunn | Ensign N177 MN-06/Ford Cosworth | 57 | gearbox | 0 | |
| 14 | 17 | Hans Joachim Stuck | 8 | Bernie Ecclestone | Brabham BT45 1/Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 53 | brakes | 0 | |
| 15 | 14 | Alan Jones | 17 | Shadow Racing | Shadow DN8 3A/Ford Cosworth DFV | 40 | gearbox | 0 | |
| 16 | 15 | Jochen Mass | 2 | McLaren Racing | McLaren M23 12/Ford Cosworth | 39 | vibration | 0 | |
| 17 | 6 | John Watson | 7 | Bernie Ecclestone | Brabham BT45 3/Alfa Romeo 115-12 | 33 | disqualified | 0 | |
| 18 | 20 | Renzo Zorzi | 16 | Shadow Racing | Shadow DN8 1A/Ford Cosworth DFV | 27 | gearbox | 0 | |
| 19 | 22 | Alex Dias Ribeiro | 9 | March Engineering | March 761B 3/Ford Cosworth DFV | 15 | 8,887 | gearbox | 0 |
| 20 | 4 | Carlos Reutemann | 12 | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 312T2 029/Ferrari 015 | 5 | 23,809 | accident | 0 |
| 21 | 21 | Brett Lunger | 30 | BS Fabrications | McLaren M23 2/Ford Cosworth | 4 | 0 | accident | 0 |
| 22 | 11 | Vittorio Brambilla | 19 | John Surtees | Surtees TS19 06/Ford Cosworth | 0 | 0 | accident | 0 |