| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 6 | 1:25:55.600 | 9 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1 | +11.520s | 6 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 7 | +1:04.600s | 4 |
| 4 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 16 | +1:39.690s | 3 |
| 5 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 18 | +1:50.520s | 2 |
| 6 | John Watson | McLaren | 9 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Team Lotus | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 17 | +1 lap | |
| 9 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 12 | +1 lap | |
| 10 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 8 | +1 lap | |
| 11 | Alan Jones | Williams | 4 | +1 lap | |
| 12 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 26 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | René Arnoux | Renault | 2 | +1 lap | |
| 14 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 22 | Suspension | |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +2 laps | |
| 16 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 23 | DNF | |
| 17 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 28 | DNF | |
| 18 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 3 | DNF | |
| 19 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | 13 | DNF | |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 11 | DNF | |
| 21 | Derek Daly | March | 21 | DNF | |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell | Team Lotus | 15 | DNF | |
| 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 10 | DNF | |
| 24 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 5 | DNF |