| 1 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf-Ford WR-1 |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell-Ford |
| 3 | Jochen Mass | McLaren-Ford |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Shadow-Ford |
| 5 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign-Ford |
| 6 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees-Ford |
| 7 | Danny Ongais | Penske-Ford |
| 8 | Alex Ribeiro | March-Ford |
| 9 | Mario Andretti | Lotus-Ford |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Shadow-Ford |
| 11 | Brett Lunger | McLaren-Ford |
| 12 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari |
| 13 | James Hunt | McLaren-Ford |
| 14 | Patrick Neve | March-Ford |
| 15 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell-Ford |
| 16 | Rupert Keegan | Hesketh-Ford |
| 17 | Hans Binder | Surtees-Ford |
| 18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi-Ford |
| 19 | Ian Scheckter | March-Ford |
| 20 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari |
| 21 | Hans Stuck | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 22 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus-Ford |
| 23 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Matra |
| 24 | John Watson | Brabham-Alfa Romeo |
| 25 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign-Ford |
| 26 | Ian Ashley | Hesketh-Ford |