| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:18,176 | - |
| 2 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:18,255 | + 0,079 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:18,652 | + 0,476 |
| 4 | Alan Jones | Williams | 1:18,672 | + 0,496 |
| 5 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams | 1:18,844 | + 0,668 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:19,018 | + 0,842 |
| 7 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:19,040 | + 0,864 |
| 8 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:19,312 | + 1,136 |
| 9 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:19,738 | + 1,562 |
| 10 | Ricardo Patrese | Arrows | 1:19,864 | + 1,688 |
| 11 | Patrick Tambay | Ligier | 1:19,979 | + 1,803 |
| 12 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:20,248 | + 2,072 |
| 13 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham | 1:20,547 | + 2,371 |
| 14 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:20,384 | + 2,208 |
| 15 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:20,663 | + 2,487 |
| 16 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:20,595 | + 2,419 |
| 17 | Derek Daly | March | 1:21,391 | + 3,215 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:20,886 | + 2,710 |
| 19 | Siegfried Stohr | Arrows | 1:21,568 | + 3,392 |
| 20 | Marc Surer | Theodore | 1:21,454 | + 3,278 |
| 21 | Slim Borgudd | ATS | 1:21,760 | + 3,584 |
| 22 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell | 1:21,698 | + 3,522 |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:22,030 | + 3,854 |
| 24 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign | 1:22,024 | + 3,848 |
| 107% | 1:23,648 | |||