Verstappen was therefore able to beat the Ferraris, who had taken the first two places a week ago in Bahrain (Leclerc first and Sainz Jr second).
As in Sakhir, Verstappen and Leclerc put on a show and battled for victory in the closing lapsbut this time the 2021 champion was able to take the win, having had to leave last weekend.
The Mexican Sergio Pérez, aboard the other Red Bull, had started the race from polebut finished the race fourth.
The driver from Guadalajara led the race in the first part, but had no luck stop to change your tires just before an accident by Canadian Nicholas Latifi (Williams), which caused the safety car to come out.
His immediate pursuers took advantage of the ‘free’ pit stop thanks to that ‘safety car’ to overtake him.
The British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), seven times world champion, started in position 15 on the grid after a poor qualifying session on Saturday and entered this Sunday very just inside the scoring zone, finishing the race tenth. The other Mercedes, British driver George Russell, had a better performance and finished fifth.
The Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine) left with fifteen laps to go due to an engine failure.