| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:01,380 | - |
| 2 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:01,740 | + 0,360 |
| 3 | Ricardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:02,710 | + 1,330 |
| 4 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:02,984 | + 1,604 |
| 5 | Andrea de Cesaris | Alfa Romeo | 1:03,023 | + 1,643 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:03,183 | + 1,803 |
| 7 | Derek Daly | Williams | 1:03,291 | + 1,911 |
| 8 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:03,589 | + 2,209 |
| 9 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:03,776 | + 2,396 |
| 10 | Patrick Tambay | Ferrari | 1:03,896 | + 2,516 |
| 11 | John Watson | McLaren | 1:03,995 | + 2,615 |
| 12 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1:04,069 | + 2,689 |
| 13 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:04,087 | + 2,707 |
| 14 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 1:04,928 | + 3,548 |
| 15 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:04,967 | + 3,587 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Ligier | 1:05,001 | + 3,621 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella | 1:05,179 | + 3,799 |
| 18 | Brian Henton | Tyrrell | 1:05,391 | + 4,011 |
| 19 | Roberto Guerrero | Ensign | 1:05,395 | + 4,015 |
| 20 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:05,451 | + 4,071 |
| 21 | Derek Warwick | Toleman | 1:05,877 | + 4,497 |
| 22 | Rupert Keegan | March | 1:06,011 | + 4,631 |
| 23 | Theo Fabi | Toleman | 1:06,017 | + 4,637 |
| 24 | Raul Boesel | March | 1:06,136 | + 4,756 |
| 25 | Eliseo Salazar | ATS | 1:06,168 | + 4,788 |
| 26 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:06,211 | + 4,831 |
| 27 | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi | 1:06,339 | DNQ |
| 28 | Tommy Byrne | Theodore | 1:06,990 | DNQ |
| 29 | Mauro Baldi | Arrows | 1:07,836 | DNQ |
| 107% | 1:05,677 | |||