| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-Ford | 1:29.21 | 1:29.54 | |
| 2 | Carlos Reutemann | Williams-Ford | 1:29.60 | 1:29.36 | 0.15 |
| 3 | Alan Jones | Williams-Ford | 1:29.73 | 1:29.78 | 0.52 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | Renault | 1:31.63 | 1:29.91 | 0.70 |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | Lotus-Ford | 1:32.23 | 1:29.00 | 0.79 |
| 6 | Hector Rebaque | Brabham-Ford | 1:31.54 | 1:30.18 | 0.97 |
| 7 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Ford | 1:31.21 | 1:30.23 | 1.02 |
| 8 | René Arnoux | Renault | 1:34.15 | 1:30.23 | 1.02 |
| 9 | John Watson | McLaren-Ford | 1:31.62 | 1:30.57 | 1.36 |
| 10 | Jacques Laffite | Talbot Ligier-Matra | 1:31.59 | 1:30.70 | 1.49 |
| 11 | Gilles Villeneuve | Ferrari | 1:32.08 | 1:31.12 | 1.90 |
| 12 | Didier Pironi | Ferrari | 1:31.98 | 1:31.35 | 2.14 |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | McLaren-Ford | 1:32.28 | 1:31.51 | 2.30 |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:32.65 | 1:31.55 | 2.34 |
| 15 | Bruno Giacomelli | Alfa Romeo | 1:34.00 | 1:31.60 | 2.39 |
| 16 | Mario Andretti | Alfa Romeo | 1:32.65 | 1:31.74 | 2.53 |
| 17 | Patrick Tambay | Talbot Ligier-Matra | 1:31.75 | 1:31.82 | 2.54 |
| 18 | Riccardo Patrese | Arrows-Ford | 1:31.97 | 1:32.28 | 2.76 |
| 19 | Marc Surer | Theodore-Ford | 1:34.42 | 1:32.25 | 3.04 |
| 20 | Derek Daly | March-Ford | 1:35.55 | 1:32.30 | 3.09 |
| 21 | Slim Borgudd | ATS-Ford | 1:34.00 | 1:32.65 | 3.44 |
| 22 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:34.24 | 1:32.71 | 3.50 |
| 23 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | Osella-Ford | 1:33.43 | 1:33.64 | 4.22 |
| 24 | Eliseo Salazar | Ensign-Ford | 1:36.02 | 1:33.85 | 4.64 |
| DNQ | Keke Rosberg | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:34.63 | 1:34.31 | 5.10 |
| DNQ | Chico Serra | Fittipaldi-Ford | 1:36.94 | 1:36.55 | 7.34 |
| DNQ | Brian Henton | Toleman-Hart | 1:40.50 | 1:36.65 | 7.44 |
| DNQ | Jacques Villeneuve (elder) | Arrows-Ford | 1:36.72 | 1:38.31 | 7.51 |
| DNQ | Derek Warwick | Toleman-Hart | 1:36.00 | 1:37.26 | 7.79 |
| DNQ | Beppe Gabbiani | Osella-Ford | 1:37.49 | 1:55.31 | 8.28 |
| 1 | Carlos Reutemann | 49 | 6,9,6,4,9,0,3,0,6,0,2,0,4,0 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | 48 | 4,0,9,9,0,0,0,4,0,9,4,6,1,2 | |
| ▲ | 3 | Jacques Laffite | 43 | 0,1,0,0,6,4,6,0,4,4,9,0,0,9 |
| ▼ | 4 | Alain Prost | 37 | 0,0,4,0,0,0,0,9,0,6,0,9,9,0 |
| ▼ | Alan Jones | 37 | 9,6,3,0,0,6,0,0,0,0,3,4,6,0 | |
| 6 | John Watson | 27 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,9,1,1,0,0,6 | |
| ▼ | 7 | Gilles Villeneuve | 25 | 0,0,0,0,3,9,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,4 |
| 8 | Elio de Angelis | 14 | 0,2,1,0,2,0,2,1,0,0,0,2,3,1 | |
| 9 | René Arnoux | 11 | 0,0,2,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,6,0,0,0 | |
| Hector Rebaque | 11 | 0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,2,3,0,3,0,0 | ||
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | 10 | 0,4,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| Eddie Cheever | 10 | 2,0,0,0,1,2,0,0,3,2,0,0,0,0 | ||
| 13 | Didier Pironi | 9 | 0,0,0,2,0,3,0,2,0,0,0,0,2,0 | |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | 5 | 0,0,0,0,4,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 15 | Marc Surer | 4 | 0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 16 | Mario Andretti | 3 | 3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | Bruno Giacomelli | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 | |
| ▼ | 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | 1 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | Patrick Tambay | 1 | 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Slim Borgudd | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▼ | Eliseo Salazar | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0 |
| 1 | Williams-Ford | 86 | 15,15,9,4,9,6,3,0,6,0,5,4,10,0 | |
| 2 | Brabham-Ford | 59 | 4,0,9,12,0,0,0,4,2,12,4,9,1,2 | |
| 3 | Renault | 48 | 0,0,6,0,0,0,0,12,0,6,6,9,9,0 | |
| 4 | Ferrari | 34 | 0,0,0,2,3,12,9,2,0,0,0,0,2,4 | |
| ▲ | 5 | McLaren-Ford | 28 | 0,0,0,1,0,0,4,6,9,1,1,0,0,6 |
| ▼ | 6 | Ligier-Matra | 25 | 0,1,0,0,6,4,6,0,4,4,0,0,0,0 |
| 7 | Lotus-Ford | 19 | 0,2,1,0,6,0,3,1,0,0,0,2,3,1 | |
| ▲ | 8 | Talbot Ligier-Matra | 18 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,9,0,0,9 |
| ▼ | 9 | Arrows-Ford | 10 | 0,4,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | Tyrrell-Ford | 10 | 2,0,0,0,1,2,0,0,3,2,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 11 | Alfa Romeo | 6 | 3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 |
| ▼ | 12 | Ensign-Ford | 5 | 0,3,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0 |
| 13 | Theodore-Ford | 1 | 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ATS-Ford | 1 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0 |