| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:15,461 | - |
| 2 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:15,646 | + 0,185 |
| 3 | Clay Regazzoni | Williams | 1:16,228 | + 0,767 |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:16,304 | + 0,843 |
| 5 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:16,392 | + 0,931 |
| 6 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:16,939 | + 1,478 |
| 7 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:17,129 | + 1,668 |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg | Wolf | 1:17,280 | + 1,819 |
| 9 | Niki Lauda | Brabham | 1:17,495 | + 2,034 |
| 10 | Didier Pironi | Tyrrell | 1:17,625 | + 2,164 |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:17,667 | + 2,206 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:17,750 | + 2,289 |
| 13 | Carlos Reutemann | Lotus | 1:18,001 | + 2,540 |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay | McLaren | 1:13,147 | - 2,314 |
| 15 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | ATS | 1:18,256 | + 2,795 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:18,430 | + 2,969 |
| 17 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:18,452 | + 2,991 |
| 18 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:18,606 | + 3,145 |
| 19 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:18,629 | + 3,168 |
| 20 | Jacky Ickx | Ligier | 1:18,706 | + 3,245 |
| 21 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:19,443 | + 3,982 |
| 22 | Elio de Angelis | Shadow | 1:20,709 | + 5,248 |
| 23 | Jan Lammers | Shadow | 1:21,084 | + 5,623 |
| 24 | Hector Rebaque | Lotus | 1:21,344 | + 5,883 |
| 107% | 1:20,743 | |||