| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:16,356 | - |
| 2 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:16,786 | + 0,430 |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:17,646 | + 1,290 |
| 4 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 1:17,683 | + 1,327 |
| 5 | Ricardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:17,772 | + 1,416 |
| 6 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:17,886 | + 1,530 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Ferrari | 1:17,921 | + 1,565 |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 1:17,958 | + 1,602 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:17,986 | + 1,630 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 1:18,012 | + 1,656 |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:18,056 | + 1,700 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:18,275 | + 1,919 |
| 13 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:18,333 | + 1,977 |
| 14 | Derek Daly | Williams | 1:18,418 | + 2,062 |
| 15 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | 1:18,496 | + 2,140 |
| 16 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:18,622 | + 2,266 |
| 17 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 1:18,734 | + 2,378 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:18,761 | + 2,405 |
| 19 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell | 1:18,765 | + 2,409 |
| 20 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:19,302 | + 2,946 |
| 21 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:19,439 | + 3,083 |
| 22 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:19,767 | + 3,411 |
| 23 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 1:20,271 | + 3,915 |
| 24 | Raul Boesel | March | 1:20,766 | + 4,410 |
| 25 | Rupert Keegan | March | 1:21,180 | + 4,824 |
| 26 | Tommy Byrne | Theodore | 1:21,555 | + 5,199 |
| 27 | Theo Fabi | Toleman | 1:21,569 | DNQ |
| 28 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 1:21,583 | DNQ |
| 29 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:22,387 | DNQ |
| 30 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:19,222 | DNS |
| 107% | 1:21,701 | |||