| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:37,520 | - |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:37,866 | + 0,346 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:37,930 | + 0,410 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:38,215 | + 0,695 |
| 5 | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | 1:38,256 | + 0,736 |
| 6 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:38,271 | + 0,751 |
| 7 | John Watson | Brabham | 1:38,610 | + 1,090 |
| 8 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:38,917 | + 1,397 |
| 9 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1:38,937 | + 1,417 |
| 10 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:38,938 | + 1,418 |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:38,959 | + 1,439 |
| 12 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:39,717 | + 2,197 |
| 13 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:39,421 | + 1,901 |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:39,531 | + 2,011 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Shadow | 1:39,621 | + 2,101 |
| 16 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:30,630 | - 6,890 |
| 17 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Shadow | 1:39,701 | + 2,181 |
| 18 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 1:40,075 | + 2,555 |
| 19 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:40,173 | + 2,653 |
| 20 | Bruno Giacomelli | McLaren | 1:40,199 | + 2,679 |
| 21 | Brett Lunger | McLaren | 1:40,302 | + 2,782 |
| 22 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 1:40,702 | + 3,182 |
| 23 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1:40,805 | + 3,285 |
| 24 | Nelson Piquet | McLaren | 1:40,846 | + 3,326 |
| 107% | 1:44,346 | |||