| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:33,988 | - |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Renault | 1:34,339 | + 0,351 |
| 3 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:34,686 | + 0,698 |
| 4 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:34,912 | + 0,924 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:34,960 | + 0,972 |
| 6 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:35,109 | + 1,121 |
| 7 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:35,618 | + 1,630 |
| 8 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:35,751 | + 1,763 |
| 9 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:35,872 | + 1,884 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Lotus | 1:36,084 | + 2,096 |
| 11 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:36,091 | + 2,103 |
| 12 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Tyrrell | 1:36,181 | + 2,193 |
| 13 | Didier Pironi | Ligier | 1:36,422 | + 2,434 |
| 14 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:36,450 | + 2,462 |
| 15 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Fittipaldi | 1:36,758 | + 2,770 |
| 16 | Jody Scheckter | Ferrari | 1:36,827 | + 2,839 |
| 17 | Eddie Cheever | Osella | 1:36,884 | + 2,896 |
| 18 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:36,919 | + 2,931 |
| 19 | Vittorio Brambilla | Alfa Romeo | 1:36,929 | + 2,941 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:36,972 | + 2,984 |
| 21 | Rupert Keegan | Williams | 1:37,169 | + 3,181 |
| 22 | Derek Daly | Tyrrell | 1:37,215 | + 3,227 |
| 23 | Marc Surer | ATS | 1:37,270 | + 3,282 |
| 24 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:37,284 | + 3,296 |
| 107% | 1:40,567 | |||