| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 1:11,004 | - |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:11,395 | + 0,391 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:11,609 | + 0,605 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:11,629 | + 0,625 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:11,634 | + 0,630 |
| 6 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:12,128 | + 1,124 |
| 7 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:12,634 | + 1,630 |
| 8 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 1:13,189 | + 2,185 |
| 9 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:13,400 | + 2,396 |
| 10 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:13,469 | + 2,465 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:13,666 | + 2,662 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:13,717 | + 2,713 |
| 13 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:13,749 | + 2,745 |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:13,859 | + 2,855 |
| 15 | Marc Surer | ATS | 1:13,953 | + 2,949 |
| 16 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:13,967 | + 2,963 |
| 17 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:14,226 | + 3,222 |
| 18 | Rupert Keegan | Williams | 1:14,236 | + 3,232 |
| 19 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:14,296 | + 3,292 |
| 20 | Eddie Cheever | Osella | 1:14,517 | + 3,513 |
| 21 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:14,560 | + 3,556 |
| 22 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:14,580 | + 3,576 |
| 23 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:15,370 | + 4,366 |
| 24 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:15,423 | + 4,419 |
| 107% | 1:15,974 | |||