| 1 | Alan Stanley Jones | AUS |  | Albilad-Williams Racing Team | Williams FW07C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin |
| 2 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA |  |
| 1 | Alan Stanley Jones | AUS | | TAG Williams Racing Team | Williams FW07C
Williams FW07D | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin
Goodyear |
| 2 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA | | Williams FW07C |
| 3 | Eddie McKay Cheever, Jr. | USA |  | Tyrrell Racing Team | Tyrrell 010
Tyrrell 011 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin
Avon
Goodyear |
| 4 | Kevin Cogan | USA | | Tyrrell 010 | Michelin |
| 4 | Ricardo Héctor Zunino | RA | |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | I |  | Tyrrell 010
Tyrrell 011 | Michelin
Avon
Goodyear |
| 5 | Nélson Piquet Souto Maior | BR |  | Parmalat Racing Team | Brabham BT49C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin
Goodyear |
| 6 | Hector Alonso Rebaque | MEX |  |
| 7 | John Marshall Watson | GB |  | Marlboro McLaren International | McLaren M29C
McLaren MP4/1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | I | | McLaren M29C
McLaren M29F
McLaren MP4/1 |
| 9 | Johannes Lammers | NL |  | Team ATS | ATS D4
ATS HGS | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin |
| 9,10 | Karl Edward Tommy Borgudd | S |  | Michelin
Avon |
| 11 | Elio de Angelis | I | | Team Essex Lotus | Lotus 81
Lotus 87 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin |
| 12 | Nigel Ernest James Mansell | GB | |
| 11 | Elio de Angelis | I | | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 87 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin
Goodyear |
| 12 | Nigel Ernest James Mansell | GB | |
| 14 | Marc Surer | CH |  | Ensign Racing Team | Ensign N180B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin |
| 14 | Ricardo Londoņo-Bridge | CO |  |
| 14 | Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela | RCH |  | Michelin
Avon |
| 15 | Alain Marie Pascal Prost | F |  | Equipe Renault Elf | Renault RE20B
Renault RE30 | Renault 1.5 V6T | Michelin |
| 16 | René Alexandre Arnoux | F | |
| 17,18 | Derek Patrick Daly | IRL |  | March Grand Prix Team | March 811 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin
Avon |
| 17,18 | Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela | RCH | | Michelin |
| 20 | Keijo Erik Rosberg | FIN |  | Fittipaldi Automotive | Fittipaldi F8C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin
Avon
Pirelli |
| 21 | Francisco Adolpho Serra | BR | |
| 22 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | USA | | Marlboro Team Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 179B
Alfa Romeo 179C
Alfa Romeo 179D | Alfa Romeo 3.0 V12 | Michelin |
| 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | I | | Alfa Romeo 179B
Alfa Romeo 179C |
| 25 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | | Equipe Talbot Gitanes | Ligier JS17 | Matra 3.0 V12 | Michelin |
| 25 | Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille | F | |
| 25 | Patrick Tambay | F | |
| 26 | Jacques Henri Sabin Laffite | F | |
| 27 | Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve | CDN |  | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 126CK | Ferrari 1.5 V6T | Michelin |
| 28 | Didier Pironi | F | |
| 29 | Riccardo Patrese | I | | Ragno Arrows Beta Racing Team | Arrows A3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin
Pirelli |
| 30 | Siegfried Stohr | I | |
| 30 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr. | CDN | | Pirelli |
| 31 | Miguel Ángel Guerra | RA | | Osella Squadra Corse | Osella FA1B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin |
| 31,32 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | I | |
| 31,32 | Giuseppe Gabbiani | I | |
| 32 | Giorgio Francia | I | |
| 32 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | | Osella FA1B
Osella FA1C |
| 33 | Patrick Tambay | F | | Theodore Racing Team | Theodore TY01 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | Michelin |
| 33 | Marc Surer | CH | | Michelin
Avon |
| 35 | Brian Henton | GB | | Candy Toleman Motorsport | Toleman TG181 | Hart 1.5 L4T | Pirelli |
| 36 | Derek Warwick | GB | |
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