| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | 1:28,517 | - |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:28,628 | + 0,111 |
| 3 | Keke Rosberg | Williams | 1:29,418 | + 0,901 |
| 4 | Derek Warwick | Renault | 1:29,682 | + 1,165 |
| 5 | Niki Lauda | McLaren | 1:30,325 | + 1,808 |
| 6 | René Arnoux | Ferrari | 1:30,411 | + 1,894 |
| 7 | Manfred Winkelhock | ATS | 1:30,723 | + 2,206 |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 1:30,843 | + 2,326 |
| 9 | Theo Fabi | Brabham | 1:30,950 | + 2,433 |
| 10 | Ricardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 1:31,163 | + 2,646 |
| 11 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus | 1:31,173 | + 2,656 |
| 12 | Andrea de Cesaris | Ligier | 1:31,256 | + 2,739 |
| 13 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:31,282 | + 2,765 |
| 14 | Patrick Tambay | Renault | 1:31,663 | + 3,146 |
| 15 | Jacques Laffite | Williams | 1:32,600 | + 4,083 |
| 16 | Marc Surer | Arrows | 1:33,063 | + 4,546 |
| 17 | Francois Hesnault | Ligier | 1:33,186 | + 4,669 |
| 18 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus | 1:34,477 | + 5,960 |
| 19 | Johnny Cecotto | Toleman | 1:35,568 | + 7,051 |
| 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 1:36,018 | + 7,501 |
| 21 | Stefan Bellof | Tyrrell | 1:36,059 | + 7,542 |
| 22 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 1:36,531 | + 8,014 |
| 23 | Philippe Alliot | Ram | 1:36,733 | + 8,216 |
| 24 | Mauro Baldi | Spirit | 1:36,916 | + 8,399 |
| 25 | Jonathan Palmer | Ram | 1:37,262 | + 8,745 |
| 26 | Jo Gartner | Osella | 1:38,948 | + 10,431 |
| 27 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 1:40,790 | DNQ |
| 28 | Ayrton Senna | Toleman | 1:41,585 | DNQ |
| 107% | 1:34,713 | |||