| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:42,665 | - |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:42,981 | + 0,316 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:43,638 | + 0,973 |
| 4 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:43,935 | + 1,270 |
| 5 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:43,997 | + 1,332 |
| 6 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:44,100 | + 1,435 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:44,132 | + 1,467 |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:44,191 | + 1,526 |
| 9 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:45,008 | + 2,343 |
| 10 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:45,065 | + 2,400 |
| 11 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:45,073 | + 2,408 |
| 12 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:45,108 | + 2,443 |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 1:45,117 | + 2,452 |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 1:45,297 | + 2,632 |
| 15 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:45,369 | + 2,704 |
| 16 | Marc Surer | Ensign | 1:45,734 | + 3,069 |
| 17 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:46,059 | + 3,394 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1:46,387 | + 3,722 |
| 19 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 1:46,444 | + 3,779 |
| 20 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:46,706 | + 4,041 |
| 21 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:46,845 | + 4,180 |
| 22 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:46,918 | + 4,253 |
| 23 | Jan Lammers | ATS | 1:47,174 | + 4,509 |
| 24 | Ricardo Zunino | Tyrrell | 1:47,464 | + 4,799 |
| 107% | 1:49,852 | |||