| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:13,754 | - |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:14,024 | + 0,270 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:14,342 | + 0,588 |
| 4 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:14,657 | + 0,903 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:14,669 | + 0,915 |
| 6 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:14,897 | + 1,143 |
| 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:14,987 | + 1,233 |
| 8 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:15,159 | + 1,405 |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:15,355 | + 1,601 |
| 10 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:15,399 | + 1,645 |
| 11 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:15,562 | + 1,808 |
| 12 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:15,627 | + 1,873 |
| 13 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:15,715 | + 1,961 |
| 14 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1:15,850 | + 2,096 |
| 15 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:15,924 | + 2,170 |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Theodore | 1:16,355 | + 2,601 |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:16,406 | + 2,652 |
| 18 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:16,527 | + 2,773 |
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Ligier | 1:16,559 | + 2,805 |
| 20 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 1:16,641 | + 2,887 |
| 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:16,782 | + 3,028 |
| 22 | Derek Daly | March | 1:16,979 | + 3,225 |
| 23 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 1:17,294 | + 3,540 |
| 24 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 1:17,822 | + 4,068 |
| 107% | 1:18,917 | |||