| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:11,080 | - |
| 2 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:12,004 | + 0,924 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:12,007 | + 0,927 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:12,012 | + 0,932 |
| 5 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 1:12,015 | + 0,935 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:12,026 | + 0,946 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:12,033 | + 0,953 |
| 8 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:12,036 | + 0,956 |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:12,055 | + 0,975 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:12,069 | + 0,989 |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:12,075 | + 0,995 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:13,007 | + 1,927 |
| 13 | James Hunt | Wolf | 1:14,038 | + 2,958 |
| 14 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:14,044 | + 2,964 |
| 15 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:14,044 | + 2,964 |
| 16 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:14,054 | + 2,974 |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:14,058 | + 2,978 |
| 18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:14,061 | + 2,981 |
| 19 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:14,064 | + 2,984 |
| 20 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:15,000 | + 3,920 |
| 21 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:15,035 | + 3,955 |
| 22 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:15,068 | + 3,988 |
| 23 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 1:16,015 | + 4,935 |
| 24 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:16,031 | + 4,951 |
| 107% | 1:16,056 | |||