| 1 | Emerson Fittipaldi | BR |  | Marlboro Team Texaco | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 2 | Joachim Mass | D |  |
| 3 | Jody David Scheckter | ZA |  | Elf Team Tyrrell | Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 4 | Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler | F |  |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Alain Jabouille | F | |
| 15 | Michel Leclère | F | |
| 5 | Bengt Ronnie Peterson | S |  | John Player Team Lotus | Lotus 72E | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 6 | Jacques-Bernard Ickx | B |  |
| 6 | James Crawford | GB |  |
| 6 | John Marshall Watson | GB | |
| 6,15 | Brian Henton | GB | |
| 7 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann | RA |  | Martini Racing | Brabham BT44B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 8 | José Carlos Pace | BR | |
| 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | I |  | Beta Team March | March 741
March 751 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 10 | Maria Grazia Lombardi | I | | March Engineering | March 741 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 10,29 | Maria Grazia Lombardi | I | | Lavazza March | March 751 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 10 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | D | |
| 11 | Gian-Claudio Giuseppe Regazzoni | CH |  | Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Ferrari 312B3
Ferrari 312T | Ferrari 3.0 F12 | |
| 12 | Andreas Nikolaus Lauda | A |  | Ferrari 312B3 |
| 14 | Michael Wilds | GB | | Stanley BRM | BRM P201 | BRM 3.0 V12 | |
| 14 | Robert Evans | GB | |
| 16 | Thomas Maldwyn Pryce | GB | | UOP Shadow Racing | Shadow DN3
Shadow DN5 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jacques Paul Jarier | F | | Shadow DN5
Shadow DN7 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
Matra 3.0 V121 |
| 18 | John Marshall Watson | GB | | Team Surtees | Surtees TS16 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 19 | David Morgan | GB | | National Organs - Team Surtees | Surtees TS16 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 19,31 | Gijsbert van Lennep | NL |  | HB Bewaking Team Ensign | Ensign N175
Ensign N174 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 31,33 | Roelof Wunderink | NL | | Ensign N174
Ensign N175 |
| 31,32 | Christopher Arthur Amon | NZ |  | Ensign N175 |
| 20 | Arturo Francesco Merzario | I | | Frank Williams Racing Cars | Williams FW01 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 20 | Damien Magee | GB | |
| 20,21 | Ian Scheckter | ZA | |
| 20 | Francois Migault | F | |
| 20 | Ian Hugh Gordon Ashley | GB | |
| 20 | Joseph Vonlanthen | CH | | Williams FW03 |
| 20 | Renzo Zorzi | I | |
| 20 | Maria Grazia Lombardi | I | |
| 21 | Jacques Henri Sabin Laffite | F | | Williams FW01
Williams FW03 |
| 21 | Anthony William Brise | GB | | Williams FW01 |
| 22,23 | Norman Graham Hill | GB | | Embassy Racing with Graham Hill | Lola T370
Hill GH1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 22,23 | Rolf-Johann Stommelen | D | | Hill GH1
Lola T370 |
| 22,23 | Francois Migault | F | | Hill GH1 |
| 22 | Vernon Schuppan | AUS |  |
| 22 | Alan Jones | AUS | |
| 23 | Anthony William Brise | GB | |
| 24 | James Simon Wallis Hunt | GB | | Hesketh Racing | Hesketh 308B
Hesketh 308C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 25 | Robert Brett Lunger | USA |  | Hesketh 308B |
| 25,26 | Alan Jones | AUS | | Custom Made Harry Stiller Racing | Hesketh 308B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 25,32 | Torsten Palm | S | | Polar Caravans | Hesketh 308B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 25,32,34 | Harald Ertl | A | | Warsteiner Brewery | Hesketh 308B | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 27 | Mario Gabriele Andretti | USA | | Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing | Parnelli VPJ4 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 28 | Mark Neary Donohue | USA | | Penske Cars | Penske PC1
March 751 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 28 | John Marshall Watson | GB | | Penske PC1 |
| 30 | Wilson Fittipaldi Jr. | BR | | Copersucar-Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi FD01 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 30 | Arturo Francesco Merzario | I | |
| 31 | David Charlton | ZA | | Lucky Strike Racing | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 32 | Ian Scheckter | ZA | | Lexington Racing | Tyrrell 007 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 32 | John Nicholson | NZ | | Pinch Plant | Lyncar 006 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 33 | Edward Keizan | ZA | | Team Gunston | Lotus 72D | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 34 | Percival Guy Tunmer | ZA | |
| 35 | Hiroshi Fushida | J |  | Maki Engineering | Maki F101-02 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | |
| 35 | Anthony Trimmer | GB | |
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