| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:27,328 | - |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:28,164 | + 0,836 |
| 3 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 1:28,322 | + 0,994 |
| 4 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:28,575 | + 1,247 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:28,663 | + 1,335 |
| 6 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:28,702 | + 1,374 |
| 7 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:28,755 | + 1,427 |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:29,026 | + 1,698 |
| 9 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:29,130 | + 1,802 |
| 10 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:29,377 | + 2,049 |
| 11 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:29,400 | + 2,072 |
| 12 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:29,804 | + 2,476 |
| 13 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:29,932 | + 2,604 |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Osella | 1:29,937 | + 2,609 |
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:30,070 | + 2,742 |
| 16 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:30,294 | + 2,966 |
| 17 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:30,316 | + 2,988 |
| 18 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:30,559 | + 3,231 |
| 19 | Jan Lammers | Ensign | 1:30,668 | + 3,340 |
| 20 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:30,791 | + 3,463 |
| 21 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:30,831 | + 3,503 |
| 22 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:30,855 | + 3,527 |
| 23 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:30,912 | + 3,584 |
| 24 | Mike Thackwell | Tyrrell | 1:31,036 | + 3,708 |
| 107% | 1:33,441 | |||