French Grand Prix — R
| # | Driver | Team | Status | Time | Grid | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 AND Mario Andretti | Team Lotus | Finished | 1:38:51.920 | 2 | 54 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 PET Ronnie Peterson | Team Lotus | Finished | +2.930 | 5 | 54 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 HUN James Hunt | McLaren PU: Mercedes | Finished | +19.800 | 4 | 54 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 WAT John Watson | Brabham | Finished | +36.880 | 1 | 54 | 3 |
| 5 | 27 JON Alan Jones | Williams PU: Mercedes | Finished | +41.810 | 14 | 54 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 SCH Jody Scheckter | Wolf | Finished | +54.530 | 7 | 54 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | Finished | +54.740 | 10 | 54 | |
| 8 | 35 PAT Riccardo Patrese | Arrows | Finished | +1:24.880 | 12 | 54 | |
| 9 | 8 TAM Patrick Tambay | McLaren PU: Mercedes | Finished | +1:27.060 | 6 | 54 | |
| 10 | 3 PIR Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | Finished | +1:29.980 | 16 | 54 | |
| 11 | 16 STU Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | +1 Lap | — | 20 | 53 | |
| 12 | 12 VIL Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari PU: Ferrari | +1 Lap | — | 9 | 53 | |
| 13 | 9 MAS Jochen Mass | ATS | +1 Lap | — | 25 | 53 | |
| 14 | 31 ARN René Arnoux | Martini | +1 Lap | — | 18 | 53 | |
| 15 | 36 STO Rolf Stommelen | Arrows | +1 Lap | — | 21 | 53 | |
| 16 | 10 ROS Keke Rosberg | ATS | +2 Laps | — | 26 | 52 | |
| 17 | 19 BRA Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | +2 Laps | — | 19 | 52 | |
| 18 | 11 REU Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari PU: Ferrari | +5 Laps | — | 8 | 49 | |
| DNF | 1 LAU Niki Lauda | Brabham | Engine | — | 3 | 10 | |
| DNF | 4 DEP Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | Engine | — | 13 | 10 | |
| DNF | 14 FIT Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | Suspension | — | 15 | 43 | |
| DNF | 15 JAB Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | Engine | — | 11 | 1 | |
| DNF | 17 REG Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | Electrical | — | 17 | 4 | |
| DNF | 18 KEE Rupert Keegan | Surtees | Engine | — | 23 | 40 | |
| DNF | 30 LUN Brett Lunger | McLaren PU: Mercedes | Engine | — | 24 | 45 | |
| DNF | 33 GIA Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren PU: Mercedes | Engine | — | 22 | 28 |