Piercarlo Ghinzani
Each heat was held over 8 laps, of the historic Monza circuit. The victor of Heat 1, was Piercarlo Ghinzani, from Guido Cappellotto. The second Heat, went to another Italian, Mauro Baldi, followed home by Michele Alboreto. The final Heat saw Mike Thackwell take the chequered flag ahead of Carlo Rossi. The Championship leader, Alain Prost only finished 13th in Heat 1, and did not progress into the final.