| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:27,612 | - |
| 2 | Ricardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:27,971 | + 0,359 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:28,864 | + 1,252 |
| 4 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 1:29,522 | + 1,910 |
| 5 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:30,261 | + 2,649 |
| 6 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:30,300 | + 2,688 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:31,626 | + 4,014 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:31,814 | + 4,202 |
| 9 | Derek Daly | Williams | 1:32,062 | + 4,450 |
| 10 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:32,131 | + 4,519 |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:32,308 | + 4,696 |
| 12 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:32,881 | + 5,269 |
| 13 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:32,950 | + 5,338 |
| 14 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:32,957 | + 5,345 |
| 15 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 1:33,208 | + 5,596 |
| 16 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | 1:33,555 | + 5,943 |
| 17 | Theo Fabi | Toleman | 1:33,971 | + 6,359 |
| 18 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:34,164 | + 6,552 |
| 19 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell | 1:34,184 | + 6,572 |
| 20 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:34,187 | + 6,575 |
| 21 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 1:34,422 | + 6,810 |
| 22 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 1:34,620 | + 7,008 |
| 23 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 1:34,715 | + 7,103 |
| 24 | Rupert Keegan | March | 1:34,770 | + 7,158 |
| 25 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:34,984 | + 7,372 |
| 26 | Tommy Byrne | Theodore | 1:34,985 | + 7,373 |
| 27 | Raul Boesel | March | 1:35,149 | DNQ |
| 28 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:35,206 | DNQ |
| 29 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 1:35,271 | DNQ |
| 107% | 1:33,745 | |||