Automobil-Weltmeisterschaft
Saison | USA East Grand Prix Detroit (Detroit Street Circuit) |
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| Qualifikation | ||||||||
| Pos | Nr | Fahrer | Nat | Chassis | Motor | Zeit | Abstand | km/h |
| 1 | 15 | Alain Prost |  |
Renault | Renault | 1:48.537 | 133.072 | |
| 2 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |  |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:48.872 | + 0.335 | 132.662 |
| 3 | 6 | Keke Rosberg |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:49.264 | + 0.727 | 132.186 |
| 4 | 28 | Didier Pironi | |
Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:49.903 | + 1.366 | 131.418 |
| 5 | 9 | Manfred Winkelhock |  |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:50.066 | + 1.529 | 131.223 |
| 6 | 23 | Bruno Giacomelli | |
Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo | 1:50.252 | + 1.715 | 131.002 |
| 7 | 12 | Nigel Mansell |  |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:50.294 | + 1.757 | 130.952 |
| 8 | 11 | Elio de Angelis | |
Lotus | Ford Cosworth | 1:50.443 | + 1.906 | 130.775 |
| 9 | 25 | Eddie Cheever |  |
Ligier | Matra | 1:50.520 | + 1.983 | 130.684 |
| 10 | 8 | Niki Lauda |  |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:51.026 | + 2.489 | 130.088 |
| 11 | 14 | Roberto Guerrero |  |
Ensign | Ford Cosworth | 1:51.039 | + 2.502 | 130.073 |
| 12 | 5 | Derek Daly |  |
Williams | Ford Cosworth | 1:51.227 | + 2.690 | 129.853 |
| 13 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | |
Ligier | Matra | 1:51.270 | + 2.733 | 129.803 |
| 14 | 2 | Riccardo Patrese | |
Brabham | Ford Cosworth | 1:51.508 | + 2.971 | 129.526 |
| 15 | 16 | René Arnoux | |
Renault | Renault | 1:51.514 | + 2.977 | 129.519 |
| 16 | 3 | Michele Alboreto | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:51.618 | + 3.081 | 129.398 |
| 17 | 7 | John Watson | |
McLaren | Ford Cosworth | 1:51.868 | + 3.331 | 129.109 |
| 18 | 17 | Jochen Mass | |
March | Ford Cosworth | 1:52.271 | + 3.734 | 128.646 |
| 19 | 29 | Marc Surer |  |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:52.316 | + 3.779 | 128.594 |
| 20 | 4 | Brian Henton | |
Tyrrell | Ford Cosworth | 1:52.867 | + 4.330 | 127.967 |
| 21 | 18 | Raul Boesel |  |
March | Ford Cosworth | 1:52.870 | + 4.333 | 127.963 |
| 22 | 31 | Jean-Pierre Jarier | |
Osella | Ford Cosworth | 1:52.988 | + 4.451 | 127.830 |
| 23 | 32 | Riccardo Paletti | |
Osella | Ford Cosworth | 1:54.084 | + 5.547 | 126.601 |
| 24 | 30 | Mauro Baldi | |
Arrows | Ford Cosworth | 1:54.332 | + 5.795 | 126.327 |
| 25 | 10 | Eliseo Salazar |  |
ATS | Ford Cosworth | 1:55.633 | + 7.096 | 124.906 |
| 26 | 20 | Chico Serra | |
Fittipaldi | Ford Cosworth | 1:55.848 | + 7.311 | 124.674 |