| 1 | Jody David Scheckter | ZA |  | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312T5 | Ferrari 3.0 F12 | Michelin |
| 2 | Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve | CDN |  | Ferrari 312T5
Ferrari 126C | Ferrari 3.0 F12
Ferrari 1.5 V6T |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F |  | Candy Tyrrell Team | Tyrrell 009
Tyrrell 010 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 4 | Derek Patrick Daly | IRL |  |
| 43 | Michael Thackwell | NZ |  | Tyrrell 010 |
| 5 | Nélson Piquet Souto Maior | BR |  | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 6 | Ricardo Héctor Zunino | RA |  |
| 6 | Hector Alonso Rebaque | MEX |  |
| 7 | John Marshall Watson | GB |  | Marlboro Team McLaren | McLaren M29B
McLaren M29C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 8 | Alain Marie Pascal Prost | F | | McLaren M29B
McLaren M29C
McLaren M30 |
| 8 | Stephen South | GB | | McLaren M29C |
| 9 | Marc Surer | CH |  | Team ATS | ATS D3
ATS D4 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 9,10 | Johannes Lammers | NL |  | ATS D4
ATS D3 |
| 10 | Harald Ertl | A |  | ATS D4 |
| 11 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | USA |  | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 12 | Elio de Angelis | I |  |
| 43 | Nigel Ernest James Mansell | GB | | Lotus 81B |
| 14 | Gian-Claudio Giuseppe Regazzoni | CH | | Unipart Racing Team | Ensign N180 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 14 | Timothy Needell | GB | |
| 14 | Johannes Lammers | NL | |
| 41 | Geoffrey Lees | GB | |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille | F | | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE20 | Renault 1.5 V6T | Michelin |
| 16 | René Alexandre Arnoux | F | |
| 17 | Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson | S |  | Shadow Cars | Shadow DN11 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 17 | Geoffrey Lees | GB | | Shadow DN11
Shadow DN12 |
| 18 | David Kennedy | IRL | | Shadow DN11 |
| 17 | Geoffrey Lees | GB | | Theodore Shadow | Shadow DN12 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 18 | David Kennedy | IRL | | Shadow DN11
Shadow DN12 |
| 20 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BR | | Skol Fittipaldi Team | Fittipaldi F7
Fittipaldi F8 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 21 | Keijo Erik Rosberg | FIN |  |
| 22 | Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler | F | | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179 | Alfa Romeo 3.0 V12 | Goodyear |
| 22 | Vittorio Brambilla | I | |
| 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | I | |
| 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | I | |
| 25 | Didier Pironi | F | | Equipe Ligier Gitanes | Ligier JS11/15 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 26 | Jacques Henri Sabin Laffite | F | |
| 27 | Alan Stanley Jones | AUS |  | Albilad-Williams Racing Team | Williams FW07
Williams FW07B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 28 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA | | Williams FW07B |
| 29 | Riccardo Patrese | I | | Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 30 | Joachim Mass | D |  |
| 30 | Michael Thackwell | NZ | |
| 30 | Manfred Winkelhock | D | |
| 31 | Eddie McKay Cheever, Jr. | USA | | Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1
Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 43 | Desiré Randall Wilson | ZA | | Brands Hatch Racing | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 50 | Rupert Keegan | GB | | RAM/Williams Grand Prix Engineering | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 50 | Rupert Keegan | GB | | RAM/Penthouse-Rizla Racing | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 51 | Kevin Cogan | USA | | RAM/Rainbow Jeans Racing | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
| 51 | Geoffrey Lees | GB | | RAM/Theodore/Rainbow Jeans Racing | Williams FW07 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Goodyear |
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