| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:48,048 | - |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:48,075 | + 0,027 |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:49,043 | + 0,995 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:49,050 | + 1,002 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:50,000 | + 1,952 |
| 6 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:50,012 | + 1,964 |
| 7 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:50,037 | + 1,989 |
| 8 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:50,040 | + 1,992 |
| 9 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:50,041 | + 1,993 |
| 10 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:50,048 | + 2,000 |
| 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:50,068 | + 2,020 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:50,086 | + 2,038 |
| 13 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:50,094 | + 2,046 |
| 14 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 1:51,007 | + 2,959 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:51,047 | + 2,999 |
| 16 | Geoff Lees | Tyrrell | 1:51,050 | + 3,002 |
| 17 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 1:52,001 | + 3,953 |
| 18 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:52,074 | + 4,026 |
| 19 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:52,093 | + 4,045 |
| 20 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:53,059 | + 5,011 |
| 21 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:53,073 | + 5,025 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:54,001 | + 5,953 |
| 23 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:54,047 | + 5,999 |
| 24 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 1:55,086 | + 7,038 |
| 107% | 1:55,611 | |||