| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:47,947 | - |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:48,890 | + 0,943 |
| 3 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:49,256 | + 1,309 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:49,415 | + 1,468 |
| 5 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 1:49,570 | + 1,623 |
| 6 | Ricardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:49,760 | + 1,813 |
| 7 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:52,625 | + 4,678 |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:52,786 | + 4,839 |
| 9 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:52,892 | + 4,945 |
| 10 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:53,073 | + 5,126 |
| 11 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:53,887 | + 5,940 |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 1:54,211 | + 6,264 |
| 13 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:54,476 | + 6,529 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 1:54,594 | + 6,647 |
| 15 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:54,982 | + 7,035 |
| 16 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:55,223 | + 7,276 |
| 17 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell | 1:55,474 | + 7,527 |
| 18 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:55,866 | + 7,919 |
| 19 | Derek Daly | Williams | 1:55,876 | + 7,929 |
| 20 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:56,250 | + 8,303 |
| 21 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | 1:56,489 | + 8,542 |
| 22 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 1:56,537 | + 8,590 |
| 23 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 1:56,680 | + 8,733 |
| 24 | Raul Boesel | March | 1:57,245 | + 9,298 |
| 25 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:57,337 | + 9,390 |
| 26 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 1:57,402 | + 9,455 |
| 27 | Tommy Byrne | Theodore | 1:59,007 | DNQ |
| 28 | Rupert Keegan | March | 1:59,951 | DNQ |
| 29 | Niki Lauda | Mclaren | 1:52,683 | DNS |
| 30 | Theo Fabi | Toleman | DNQ | |
| 107% | 1:55,503 | |||