| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:06,351 | - |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:06,625 | + 0,274 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:07,106 | + 0,755 |
| 4 | Ricardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:07,398 | + 1,047 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:08,133 | + 1,782 |
| 6 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:08,360 | + 2,009 |
| 7 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:08,892 | + 2,541 |
| 8 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:09,306 | + 2,955 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:09,736 | + 3,385 |
| 10 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:10,037 | + 3,686 |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:10,241 | + 3,890 |
| 12 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 1:10,624 | + 4,273 |
| 13 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:10,681 | + 4,330 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 1:10,685 | + 4,334 |
| 15 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:10,685 | + 4,334 |
| 16 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:10,952 | + 4,601 |
| 17 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 1:11,005 | + 4,654 |
| 18 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:11,227 | + 4,876 |
| 19 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:11,285 | + 4,934 |
| 20 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:11,808 | + 5,457 |
| 21 | Raul Boesel | March | 1:12,077 | + 5,726 |
| 22 | Jochen Mass | March | 1:12,100 | + 5,749 |
| 23 | Slim Borgudd | Tyrrell | 1:12,366 | + 6,015 |
| 24 | Derek Daly | Theodore | 1:13,418 | + 7,067 |
| 25 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:13,467 | + 7,116 |
| 26 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:13,834 | + 7,483 |
| 27 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 1:13,976 | DNQ |
| 28 | Riccardo Paletti | Osella | 1:15,504 | DNQ |
| 29 | Brian Henton | Arrows | 1:16,653 | DNQ |
| 30 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | DNQ | |
| 31 | Theo Fabi | Toleman | DNQ | |
| 107% | 1:10,996 | |||