| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:12,23 | - |
| 2 | James Hunt | McLaren | 1:12,39 | + 0,016 |
| 3 | John Watson | Brabham | 1:12,49 | + 0,026 |
| 4 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Brabham | 1:13,01 | + 0,978 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:13,08 | + 0,985 |
| 6 | Jody Scheckter | Wolf | 1:13,15 | + 0,992 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Ferrari | 1:13,32 | + 1,009 |
| 8 | Jochen Mass | McLaren | 1:13,37 | + 1,014 |
| 9 | Vittorio Brambilla | Surtees | 1:13,37 | + 1,014 |
| 10 | Clay Regazzoni | Ensign | 1:13,52 | + 1,029 |
| 11 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kojima | 1:13,55 | + 1,032 |
| 12 | Alan Jones | Shadow | 1:13,56 | + 1,033 |
| 13 | Ricardo Patrese | Shadow | 1:13,58 | + 1,035 |
| 14 | Gunnar Nilsson | Lotus | 1:13,66 | + 1,043 |
| 15 | Patrick Depailler | Tyrrell | 1:14,16 | + 1,993 |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Ensign | 1:14,22 | + 1,999 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Ligier | 1:14,25 | + 2,002 |
| 18 | Ronnie Peterson | Tyrrell | 1:14,26 | + 2,003 |
| 19 | Noritake Takahara | Kojima | 1:14,36 | + 2,013 |
| 20 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:14,51 | + 2,028 |
| 21 | Hans Binder | Surtees | 1:14,73 | + 2,050 |
| 22 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Tyrrell | 1:14,88 | + 2,065 |
| 23 | Alex-Dias Ribeiro | March | 1:15,01 | + 2,978 |
| 107% | 1:17,065 | |||