| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:29,892 | - |
| 2 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:30,554 | + 0,662 |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:30,768 | + 0,876 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:30,775 | + 0,883 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:30,820 | + 0,928 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:31,941 | + 2,049 |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:32,103 | + 2,211 |
| 8 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:32,116 | + 2,224 |
| 9 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:32,280 | + 2,388 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:32,615 | + 2,723 |
| 11 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:32,682 | + 2,790 |
| 12 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:32,858 | + 2,966 |
| 13 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:33,065 | + 3,173 |
| 14 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:33,090 | + 3,198 |
| 15 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:33,297 | + 3,405 |
| 16 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 1:33,356 | + 3,464 |
| 17 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:33,362 | + 3,470 |
| 18 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 1:33,378 | + 3,486 |
| 19 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 1:33,511 | + 3,619 |
| 20 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:33,603 | + 3,711 |
| 21 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:34,102 | + 4,210 |
| 22 | Hector Rebaque | Rebaque | 1:34,129 | + 4,237 |
| 23 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:34,256 | + 4,364 |
| 24 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:34,301 | + 4,409 |
| 107% | 1:36,184 | |||