| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:34,406 | - |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:34,688 | + 0,282 |
| 3 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:35,790 | + 1,384 |
| 4 | Ricardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:35,811 | + 1,405 |
| 5 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 1:35,905 | + 1,499 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:36,359 | + 1,953 |
| 7 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:37,573 | + 3,167 |
| 8 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:37,705 | + 3,299 |
| 9 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:37,778 | + 3,372 |
| 10 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:37,780 | + 3,374 |
| 11 | Derek Daly | Williams | 1:38,767 | + 4,361 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:38,944 | + 4,538 |
| 13 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:39,118 | + 4,712 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 1:39,306 | + 4,900 |
| 15 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:39,330 | + 4,924 |
| 16 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:39,605 | + 5,199 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:39,909 | + 5,503 |
| 18 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:39,917 | + 5,511 |
| 19 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 1:40,187 | + 5,781 |
| 20 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 1:40,335 | + 5,929 |
| 21 | Theo Fabi | Toleman | 1:40,421 | + 6,015 |
| 22 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 1:40,673 | + 6,267 |
| 23 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell | 1:40,852 | + 6,446 |
| 24 | Geoff Lees | Lotus | 1:40,974 | + 6,568 |
| 25 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 1:40,997 | + 6,591 |
| 26 | Jochen Mass | March | 1:41,579 | + 7,173 |
| 27 | Jan Lammers | Theodore | 1:41,714 | DNQ |
| 28 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | 1:42,270 | DNQ |
| 29 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:42,414 | DNQ |
| 30 | Raul Boesel | March | 1:43,099 | DNQ |
| 107% | 1:41,014 | |||