Alain Prost qualified third on the road while Jean Alesi had set the fastest first and second sectors only to come across traffic at the end of the lap, resulting in a sixth place start, which would be elevated to fifth.
Alain Prost cualificou terceiro, mentres que Jean Alesi establecera os primeiros e segundos sectores máis rápidos só para atopar tráfico ao final da volta, o que resultou nun sexto lugar, que se elevaría a quinto.