| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:32,002 | - |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:32,032 | + 0,030 |
| 3 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:33,033 | + 1,031 |
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:34,040 | + 2,038 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:34,053 | + 2,051 |
| 6 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:34,065 | + 2,063 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:35,004 | + 3,002 |
| 8 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:34,087 | + 2,085 |
| 9 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:35,029 | + 3,027 |
| 10 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:35,044 | + 3,042 |
| 11 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:36,057 | + 4,055 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:35,098 | + 3,096 |
| 13 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:36,008 | + 4,006 |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:36,012 | + 4,010 |
| 15 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:36,015 | + 4,013 |
| 16 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:36,022 | + 4,020 |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 1:36,023 | + 4,021 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren | 1:36,066 | + 4,064 |
| 19 | Derek Daly | March | 1:37,023 | + 5,021 |
| 20 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 1:37,063 | + 5,061 |
| 21 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 1:37,071 | + 5,069 |
| 22 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:38,008 | + 6,006 |
| 23 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 1:38,052 | + 6,050 |
| 24 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 1:38,055 | + 6,053 |
| 107% | 1:38,442 | |||