| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:05,095 | - |
| 2 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:06,036 | + 0,941 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:06,036 | + 0,941 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:06,091 | + 0,996 |
| 5 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1:07,003 | + 1,908 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:07,009 | + 1,914 |
| 7 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:07,042 | + 1,947 |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:07,052 | + 1,957 |
| 9 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:07,053 | + 1,958 |
| 10 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:07,056 | + 1,961 |
| 11 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:07,063 | + 1,968 |
| 12 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:07,068 | + 1,973 |
| 13 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:07,072 | + 1,977 |
| 14 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:08,009 | + 2,914 |
| 15 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:08,021 | + 2,926 |
| 16 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 1:08,047 | + 2,952 |
| 17 | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi | 1:09,035 | + 3,940 |
| 18 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:09,087 | + 3,992 |
| 19 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 1:09,088 | + 3,993 |
| 20 | Derek Daly | March | 1:09,094 | + 3,999 |
| 21 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 1:10,021 | + 4,926 |
| 22 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 1:10,050 | + 4,955 |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:10,064 | + 4,969 |
| 24 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:10,086 | + 4,991 |
| 107% | 1:09,652 | |||