| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:18,825 | - |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:18,886 | + 0,061 |
| 3 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:18,911 | + 0,086 |
| 4 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 1:19,025 | + 0,200 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:19,032 | + 0,207 |
| 6 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:19,454 | + 0,629 |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:19,580 | + 0,755 |
| 8 | James Hunt | Wolf | 1:19,643 | + 0,818 |
| 9 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:19,727 | + 0,902 |
| 10 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:20,173 | + 1,348 |
| 11 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:20,041 | + 1,216 |
| 12 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:20,546 | + 1,721 |
| 13 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:20,803 | + 1,978 |
| 14 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:21,088 | + 2,263 |
| 15 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:20,768 | + 1,943 |
| 16 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:21,033 | + 2,208 |
| 17 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:21,192 | + 2,367 |
| 18 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:21,304 | + 2,479 |
| 19 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:21,411 | + 2,586 |
| 20 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:21,961 | + 3,136 |
| 21 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:22,828 | + 4,003 |
| 22 | Arturo Merzario | Merzario | 1:22,938 | + 4,113 |
| 23 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 1:22,990 | + 4,165 |
| 24 | Derek Daly | Ensign | 1:23,888 | + 5,063 |
| 107% | 1:24,343 | |||