Ferrari, who trusted the change in technical regulations that comes into force this year to forget two years without victories (since the 2019 Singapore GP), thus begins in the best way and officially launches its candidacy for the title.
The legendary Italian brand has not been a driver champion since Kimi Raikkonen achieved it in 2007 and has not been crowned in the constructors category since 2008.
Leclerc, who had started from pole position, also gets revenge for what he experienced in Bahrain in 2019, when he was going straight for his first F1 victory, before being betrayed by his engine.
The British George Russell, new signing of Mercedes, finished fourth.
After a season away from the premier category of motorsport, Dane Kevin Magnussencalled at the last minute last week to replace the Russian Nikita Mazepin, fired after the invasion of Ukraine, gave Haas a creditable fifth place this Sunday.
Finn Valtteri Bottas (former Mercedes, now at Alfa Romeo) was sixthahead of the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine, 7), the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri, 8), the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine, 9) and the Chinese debutant Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo, 10), who in the first Grand Award of a pilot from his country managed to enter the scoring zone.