| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:35,615 | - |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:36,914 | + 1,299 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:36,948 | + 1,333 |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:37,066 | + 1,451 |
| 5 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:37,128 | + 1,513 |
| 6 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:37,872 | + 2,257 |
| 7 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:38,195 | + 2,580 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:38,218 | + 2,603 |
| 9 | Ricardo Zunino | Brabham | 1:38,509 | + 2,894 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:38,823 | + 3,208 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:38,823 | + 3,208 |
| 12 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 1:39,035 | + 3,420 |
| 13 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:39,233 | + 3,618 |
| 14 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:39,329 | + 3,714 |
| 15 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:39,468 | + 3,853 |
| 16 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:39,576 | + 3,961 |
| 17 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:40,144 | + 4,529 |
| 18 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:40,277 | + 4,662 |
| 19 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:40,337 | + 4,722 |
| 20 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:40,625 | + 5,010 |
| 21 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 1:40,645 | + 5,030 |
| 22 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:40,731 | + 5,116 |
| 23 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:40,741 | + 5,126 |
| 24 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 1:40,745 | + 5,130 |
| 107% | 1:42,308 | |||