Drivers

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.

Three scores were dropped.^[2] Dropped scores are shown in parentheses.

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	THR	HOC	NÜR	PAU	MUG	VLL	ROU	DON	NOG	ENN	MIS	HOC	Points
1	Bruno Giacomelli	March Racing	March	BMW	9	9	-	9	(4)	6	9	-	9	9	9	9	78 (82)
2	Marc Surer	March Racing	March	BMW	6	6	(3)	4	6	-	4	4	6	-	6	6	48 (51)
3	Derek Daly	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	1	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	4	4	-	-	27
4	Eddie Cheever	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	3	-	4	2	-	-	6	-	-	6	1	-	22
5	Keke Rosberg	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	16
6	Piero Necchi	Astra Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	13
	Ingo Hoffmann	Project Four Racing	March	BMW	-	4	1	-	3	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	13
8	Alex Ribeiro	Alex Ribeiro [3]	March	BMW	-	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
	Alberto Colombo	San Remo Racing	March	BMW	-	3	-	-	2	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	11
	Manfred Winkelhock	March Racing	March	BMW	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	4	11
11	Eje Elgh	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	8
12	Ricardo Zunino	March Racing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	-	2	7
13	Rad Dougall	Toleman Motorsport	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5
14	Elio de Angelis	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
	Geoff Lees	Team Kallay	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	4
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Team Euroracing	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
	Brian Henton	Brian Henton [3]	March	Hart	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
	Arturo Merzario	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3
	Stephen South	Raven Racing	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
20	Giuseppe Gabbiani	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
21	Roberto Marazzi	Team Benelli	March	BMW	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers who were not graded were able to score points.