| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:09,540 | - |
| 2 | Ricardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:09,627 | + 0,087 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:10,060 | + 0,520 |
| 4 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:10,066 | + 0,526 |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:10,638 | + 1,098 |
| 6 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:10,641 | + 1,101 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:10,650 | + 1,110 |
| 8 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:10,728 | + 1,188 |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:10,892 | + 1,352 |
| 10 | Derek Daly | Williams | 1:10,980 | + 1,440 |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:11,347 | + 1,807 |
| 12 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:11,418 | + 1,878 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 1:11,430 | + 1,890 |
| 14 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:11,502 | + 1,962 |
| 15 | Theo Fabi | Toleman | 1:11,728 | + 2,188 |
| 16 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 1:11,761 | + 2,221 |
| 17 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell | 1:12,080 | + 2,540 |
| 18 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:12,436 | + 2,896 |
| 19 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | 1:12,668 | + 3,128 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:12,695 | + 3,155 |
| 21 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:13,096 | + 3,556 |
| 22 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 1:13,181 | + 3,641 |
| 23 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:13,212 | + 3,672 |
| 24 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 1:13,301 | + 3,761 |
| 25 | Jochen Mass | March | 1:13,622 | + 4,082 |
| 26 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 1:13,721 | + 4,181 |
| 27 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:13,741 | DNQ |
| 28 | Jan Lammers | Theodore | 1:13,815 | DNQ |
| 29 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 1:13,866 | DNQ |
| 30 | Raul Boesel | March | 1:13,968 | DNQ |
| 107% | 1:14,408 | |||