South African Grand Prix
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Renault | 1:22.403 | 1:19.844 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 1:22.564 | 1:20.537 | 0.693 |
| 3 | Keke Rosberg | Williams-Honda | 1:22.402 | 1:21.877 | 2.033 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1:23.943 | 1:21.889 | 2.045 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:24.666 | 1:22.337 | 2.493 |
| 6 | Marc Surer | Brabham-BMW | 1:24.404 | 1:22.561 | 2.717 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Arrows-BMW | 1:25.362 | 1:22.592 | 2.748 |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay | Renault | 1:25.173 | 1:22.683 | 2.839 |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | Brabham-BMW | 1:23.018 | 1:22.718 | 2.874 |
| 10 | Elio de Angelis | Lotus-Renault | 1:24.543 | 1:23.077 | 3.233 |
| 11 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows-BMW | 1:23.943 | 1:23.196 | 3.352 |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Renault | 1:24.372 | 1:23.426 | 3.582 |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.597 | 1:24.295 | 3.753 |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese | Alfa Romeo | 1:23.758 | 1:24.128 | 3.914 |
| 15 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:24.732 | 1:23.902 | 4.058 |
| 16 | Niki Lauda | McLaren-TAG | 1:24.691 | 1:23.941 | 4.097 |
| 17 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:25.646 | 1:24.241 | 4.397 |
| 18 | Philippe Streiff | Ligier-Renault | 1:26.618 | 1:24.266 | 4.422 |
| 19 | Alan Jones | Lola-Hart | 1:25.780 | 1:24.369 | 4.525 |
| 20 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Renault | 1:26.972 | 1:24.830 | 4.986 |
| 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Toleman-Hart | 1:25.021 | 1:26.630 | 5.177 |
| 22 | Ivan Capelli | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:27.120 | 7.276 | |
| 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:27.196 | 1:27.402 | 7.352 |
| 24 | Teo Fabi | Toleman-Hart | 1:28.261 | 1:28.110 | 8.266 |
| 25 | Huub Rothengatter | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:30.319 | 10.475 |
| 1 | Alain Prost | 73 | 9,0,0,9,4,0,4,9,6,9,6,9,4,3,4,0 | |
| 2 | Michele Alboreto | 53 | 6,6,0,6,9,4,0,6,9,4,3,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 3 | Keke Rosberg | 40 | 0,0,0,0,3,9,6,0,0,0,0,0,3,4,6,9 |
| ▼ | 4 | Ayrton Senna | 38 | 0,9,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,4,4,9,6,0,0 |
| ▼ | 5 | Elio de Angelis | 33 | 4,3,9,4,2,2,2,0,0,2,2,1,0,2,0,0 |
| ▼ | 6 | Nigel Mansell | 31 | 0,2,2,0,1,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,6,9,9,0 |
| 7 | Stefan Johansson | 26 | 0,0,1,0,6,6,3,0,0,3,0,2,0,0,3,2 | |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | 21 | 0,0,0,0,0,1,9,3,0,0,0,6,2,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 9 | Jacques Laffite | 16 | 1,0,0,1,0,0,0,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,6 |
| ▼ | 10 | Niki Lauda | 14 | 0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,9,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | 11 | Thierry Boutsen | 11 | 0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,1,1,0 |
| ▼ | Patrick Tambay | 11 | 2,4,4,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 13 | Marc Surer | 5 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,0,3,0,0,0,0 | |
| Derek Warwick | 5 | 0,0,0,2,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0 | ||
| ▲ | 15 | Philippe Streiff | 4 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4 |
| Stefan Bellof | 4 | 0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | ||
| ▼ | 17 | Andrea de Cesaris | 3 | 0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 |
| ▲ | Ivan Capelli | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 | |
| ▼ | René Arnoux | 3 | 3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | Gerhard Berger | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,1 |
| 1 | McLaren-TAG | 90 | 9,0,3,9,4,0,4,9,8,9,15,9,4,3,4,0 | |
| 2 | Ferrari | 82 | 9,6,1,6,15,10,3,6,9,7,3,2,0,0,3,2 | |
| ▲ | 3 | Williams-Honda | 71 | 0,2,2,0,4,9,6,0,1,0,1,0,9,13,15,9 |
| Lotus-Renault | 71 | 4,12,9,4,2,2,2,0,0,8,6,5,9,8,0,0 | ||
| 5 | Brabham-BMW | 26 | 0,0,0,0,0,1,9,4,0,1,0,9,2,0,0,0 | |
| ▲ | 6 | Ligier-Renault | 23 | 1,0,0,4,0,0,0,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,10 |
| ▼ | 7 | Renault | 16 | 2,4,4,2,0,0,1,2,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0 |
| ▼ | 8 | Arrows-BMW | 14 | 0,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,1,3,1 |
| 9 | Tyrrell-Ford | 4 | 0,1,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 | |
| 10 | Tyrrell-Renault | 3 | 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3 |