| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:33,291 | - |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:34,080 | + 0,789 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:34,111 | + 0,820 |
| 4 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:34,185 | + 0,894 |
| 5 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:34,216 | + 0,925 |
| 6 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:34,839 | + 1,548 |
| 7 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 1:34,971 | + 1,680 |
| 8 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:35,166 | + 1,875 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:35,202 | + 1,911 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:35,235 | + 1,944 |
| 11 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:35,343 | + 2,052 |
| 12 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:35,421 | + 2,130 |
| 13 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:35,988 | + 2,697 |
| 14 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:36,332 | + 3,041 |
| 15 | Rupert Keegan | Williams | 1:36,750 | + 3,459 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Osella | 1:36,908 | + 3,617 |
| 17 | Marc Surer | ATS | 1:37,001 | + 3,710 |
| 18 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:37,040 | + 3,749 |
| 19 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:37,088 | + 3,797 |
| 20 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:37,405 | + 4,114 |
| 21 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:37,923 | + 4,632 |
| 22 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:37,966 | + 4,675 |
| 23 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:38,149 | + 4,858 |
| 24 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:38,526 | + 5,235 |
| 25 | Jan Lammers | Ensign | 1:38,532 | + 5,241 |
| 107% | 1:39,821 | |||