| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:47,050 | - |
| 2 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:47,096 | + 0,046 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:48,043 | + 0,993 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:48,049 | + 0,999 |
| 5 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:49,000 | + 1,950 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:49,003 | + 1,953 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:49,028 | + 1,978 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:49,044 | + 1,994 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:49,052 | + 2,002 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1:49,058 | + 2,008 |
| 11 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 1:50,000 | + 2,950 |
| 12 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:50,064 | + 3,014 |
| 13 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:50,065 | + 3,015 |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:50,074 | + 3,024 |
| 15 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:50,086 | + 3,036 |
| 16 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:51,017 | + 3,967 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:52,019 | + 4,969 |
| 18 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 1:52,019 | + 4,969 |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:52,021 | + 4,971 |
| 20 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 1:52,054 | + 5,004 |
| 21 | Derek Daly | March | 1:52,065 | + 5,015 |
| 22 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 1:52,085 | + 5,035 |
| 23 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 1:53,016 | + 5,966 |
| 24 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 1:53,019 | + 5,969 |
| 107% | 1:54,544 | |||