| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 1:24,813 | - |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:24,882 | + 0,069 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:25,202 | + 0,389 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:25,358 | + 0,545 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:25,510 | + 0,697 |
| 6 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:26,104 | + 1,291 |
| 7 | Patrick Depailler | Alfa Romeo | 1:26,210 | + 1,397 |
| 8 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:26,227 | + 1,414 |
| 9 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:26,369 | + 1,556 |
| 10 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:26,826 | + 2,013 |
| 11 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:26,828 | + 2,015 |
| 12 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:26,838 | + 2,025 |
| 13 | Jan Lammers | ATS | 1:26,883 | + 2,070 |
| 14 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:26,930 | + 2,117 |
| 15 | Jochen Mass | Arrows | 1:26,956 | + 2,143 |
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:27,099 | + 2,286 |
| 17 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:27,182 | + 2,369 |
| 18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:27,495 | + 2,682 |
| 19 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:27,514 | + 2,701 |
| 20 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:27,524 | + 2,711 |
| 107% | 1:30,750 | |||