Automobil-Weltmeisterschaft
Saison | Brazilian Grand Prix Rio de Janeiro (Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet) |
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| Qualifikation | ||||||||
| Pos | Nr | Fahrer | Nat | Chassis | Motor | Zeit | Abstand | km/h |
| 1 | 5 | Nelson Piquet |  |
Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 1:35.079 | 190.490 | |
| 2 | 2 | Carlos Reutemann |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:35.390 | + 0.311 | 189.869 |
| 3 | 1 | Alan Jones |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:36.337 | + 1.258 | 188.003 |
| 4 | 29 | Riccardo Patrese |  |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:36.667 | + 1.588 | 187.361 |
| 5 | 15 | Alain Prost |  |
Renault | Renault | 1:36.670 | + 1.591 | 187.355 |
| 6 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:37.283 | + 2.204 | 186.174 |
| 7 | 27 | Gilles Villeneuve |  |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:37.497 | + 2.418 | 185.766 |
| 8 | 16 | René Arnoux | |
Renault | Renault | 1:37.561 | + 2.482 | 185.644 |
| 9 | 22 | Mario Andretti |  |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:37.597 | + 2.518 | 185.575 |
| 10 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.734 | + 2.655 | 185.315 |
| 11 | 6 | Hector Rebaque |  |
Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.777 | + 2.698 | 185.234 |
| 12 | 20 | Keke Rosberg |  |
Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth | 1:37.981 | + 2.902 | 184.848 |
| 13 | 12 | Nigel Mansell |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.003 | + 2.924 | 184.807 |
| 14 | 3 | Eddie Cheever | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.160 | + 3.081 | 184.511 |
| 15 | 7 | John Watson | |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.263 | + 3.184 | 184.318 |
| 16 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | |
Ligier | Matra | 1:38.273 | + 3.194 | 184.299 |
| 17 | 28 | Didier Pironi | |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:38.565 | + 3.486 | 183.753 |
| 18 | 14 | Marc Surer |  |
Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.570 | + 3.491 | 183.744 |
| 19 | 33 | Patrick Tambay | |
Theodore | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.726 | + 3.647 | 183.453 |
| 20 | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:38.780 | + 3.701 | 183.353 |
| 21 | 30 | Siegfried Stohr | |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:39.190 | + 4.111 | 182.595 |
| 22 | 21 | Chico Serra | |
Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth | 1:39.326 | + 4.247 | 182.345 |
| 23 | 25 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | |
Ligier | Matra | 1:39.398 | + 4.319 | 182.213 |
| 24 | 4 | Ricardo Zunino | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:39.798 | + 4.719 | 181.483 |