| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:11,000 | - |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:11,046 | + 0,046 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:11,952 | + 0,952 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:12,644 | + 1,644 |
| 5 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:12,712 | + 1,712 |
| 6 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1:12,728 | + 1,728 |
| 7 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:12,998 | + 1,998 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:13,311 | + 2,311 |
| 9 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:13,371 | + 2,371 |
| 10 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:13,762 | + 2,762 |
| 11 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:13,928 | + 2,928 |
| 12 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:14,119 | + 3,119 |
| 13 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:14,542 | + 3,542 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:14,798 | + 3,798 |
| 15 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 1:14,976 | + 3,976 |
| 16 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:15,165 | + 4,165 |
| 17 | Derek Daly | March | 1:15,189 | + 4,189 |
| 18 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 1:15,304 | + 4,304 |
| 19 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:15,850 | + 4,850 |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:15,898 | + 4,898 |
| 21 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 1:15,959 | + 4,959 |
| 22 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:15,971 | + 4,971 |
| 23 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 1:16,099 | + 5,099 |
| 24 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 1:16,155 | + 5,155 |
| 107% | 1:15,970 | |||