| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:21,016 | - |
| 2 | Patrick Depailler | Ligier | 1:21,020 | + 0,004 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:21,035 | + 0,019 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:21,059 | + 0,043 |
| 5 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:21,083 | + 0,067 |
| 6 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:22,008 | + 0,992 |
| 7 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:22,008 | + 0,992 |
| 8 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:22,040 | + 1,024 |
| 9 | James Hunt | Wolf | 1:22,055 | + 1,039 |
| 10 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:22,056 | + 1,040 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:22,068 | + 1,052 |
| 12 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:22,085 | + 1,069 |
| 13 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:22,087 | + 1,071 |
| 14 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:23,015 | + 1,999 |
| 15 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 1:23,063 | + 2,047 |
| 16 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:23,092 | + 2,076 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:24,002 | + 2,986 |
| 18 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:24,033 | + 3,017 |
| 19 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:24,037 | + 3,021 |
| 20 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:24,062 | + 3,046 |
| 21 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:24,076 | + 3,060 |
| 22 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:25,008 | + 3,992 |
| 23 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:25,018 | + 4,002 |
| 24 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:25,048 | + 4,032 |
| 107% | 1:26,687 | |||