| 1 | Andreas Nikolaus Lauda | A |  | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT45C
Brabham BT46
Brabham BT46B | Alfa Romeo 3.0 F12 | Goodyear |
| 2 | John Marshall Watson | GB |  |
| 66 | Nélson Piquet Souto Maior | BR |  | Brabham BT46 |
| 3 | Didier Pironi | F |  | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 008 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 4 | Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler | F | |
| 5 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | USA |  | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 78
Lotus 79 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 6 | Bengt Ronnie Peterson | S |  |
| 55 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | | Lotus 79 |
| 7 | James Simon Wallis Hunt | GB | | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | F | |
| 33 | Bruno Giacomelli | I |  |
| 9 | Joachim Mass | D |  | ATS Racing Team | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | |
| 10 | Alberto Colombo | I | |
| 10 | Keijo Erik Rosberg | FIN |  | ATS HS1
ATS D1 |
| 10 | Hans Binder | A | | ATS HS1 |
| 10 | Harald Ertl | A | |
| 9,10 | Michael Bleekemolen | NL |  | F&S Properties/ATS Racing Team | ATS HS1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 11 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA |  | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T2
Ferrari 312T3 | Ferrari 3.0 F12 | Michelin |
| 12 | Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve | CDN |  |
| 14 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BR | | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F5A | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille | F | | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RS01 | Renault 1.5 V6T | Michelin |
| 16 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | D | | Shadow Racing Team | Shadow DN8
Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 17 | Gian-Claudio Giuseppe Regazzoni | CH |  |
| 18 | Rupert Keegan | GB | | Durex Team Surtees | Surtees TS19
Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 18 | Carlo Virginio Franchi 'Gimax' Franchi | I | | Team Surtees | Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 18 | René Alexandre Arnoux | F | |
| 19 | Giuseppe Gabbiani | I | |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | I | | Beta Team Surtees | Surtees TS19
Surtees TS20 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 20 | Jody David Scheckter | ZA |  | Walter Wolf Racing | Wolf WR1
Wolf WR5 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 21 | Robert Woodward Rahal | USA | |
| 22 | Daniel Ongais | USA | | Team Tissot Ensign | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 22,23 | Lamberto Leoni | I | |
| 22 | Jacques-Bernard Ickx | B |  |
| 22 | Derek Patrick Daly | IRL |  |
| 22 | Nélson Piquet Souto Maior | BR | |
| 23 | Robert Brett Lunger | USA | |
| 23 | Geoffrey Lees | GB | | Mario Deliotti Racing | Ensign N175 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 23 | Harald Ertl | A | | Sachs Racing | Ensign N177 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 24 | Divina Mary Galica | GB | | Olympus Cameras/Hesketh Racing | Hesketh 308E | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 24 | Eddie McKay Cheever, Jr. | USA | |
| 24 | Derek Patrick Daly | IRL | |
| 25 | Hector Alonso Rebaque | MEX |  | Team Rebaque | Lotus 78 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 26 | Jacques Henri Sabin Laffite | F | | Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS7
Ligier JS7/9
Ligier JS9 | Matra 3.0 V12 | Goodyear |
| 27 | Alan Stanley Jones | AUS |  | Williams Grand Prix Engineering | Williams FW06 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 28 | Emilio de Villota Ruiz | E |  | Centro Aseguredor F1 | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 29 | Nélson Piquet Souto Maior | BR | | BS Fabrications | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 30 | Robert Brett Lunger | USA | | Liggett Group/B&S Fabrications | McLaren M23
McLaren M26 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 31 | René Alexandre Arnoux | F | | Automobiles Martini | Martini MK23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 32 | Eddie McKay Cheever, Jr. | USA | | Theodore Racing | Theodore TR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 32 | Keijo Erik Rosberg | FIN | | Theodore Racing Hong Kong | Theodore TR1
Wolf WR1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 35,36 | Riccardo Patrese | I | | Arrows Racing Team | Arrows FA1
Arrows A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 36 | Rolf-Johann Stommelen | D | |
| 37 | Arturo Francesco Merzario | I | | Team Merzario | Merzario A1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 38 | Alberto Colombo | I | |
| 39 | Daniel Ongais | USA | | Interscope Racing | Shadow DN9 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 40 | Anthony Trimmer | GB | | Melchester Racing | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
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