Verstappen had declared after taking an unexpected and superb position on Saturday that it expected that it was difficult to remember Piastri.
But he will not have thought that his race would be decided as soon as she was.
Piastri obtained a lot of launch and was completely alongside the Red Bull while they entered the first turn.
Verstappen hung it outside, cut the chicane and kept the head at the exit. He said Piastri had forced him to leave, but the commissioners disagreed and gave the Dutch his penalty, which he served at his stand at the stand.
Piastri, who followed Verstappen closely during the first pass, before starting to place a little in the couples before their stops, was now in an advance of 4.8 seconds, which he managed to stabilize for the rest of the race.
There was a little danger in the last stages while Pitri was retained by Tardy Aston Martin de Lance Stroll while he went up for the Canadian, but once clear, he was able to move away again and cross the line of 2.8 seconds in front.
Verstappen’s first superlative passage assured that he was keeping second place ahead of George Russell de Mercedes, but Leclerc started for the podium, with an exceptional first pass.
Leclerc ran a long time on medium tires, awaiting the 29 round to stop at the stand, nine later than Russell and 10 after Piastri.
Leclerc joined only 3.5 seconds behind Russell, caught him in the seven laps, and had a round later to take an excellent podium, the first of Ferrari in Grand Prix this season.
Norris was another to drive a solid race. McLaren chose the hard tire for the start and executed it well before its stand at the stand, hoping that the strategy drops it a few laps in a clear air in which it could make its best rhythm.
This happened while the other fronts made their stops at the stand, leaving Norris on top for four laps before his own stop.
Norris joined fifth place, just over six seconds behind Russell in third.
Norris caught Russell and passed it 41, three laps after Leclerc did.
But although he reduced Leclerc’s advance by almost four seconds to a little more, he could not completely catch the Ferrari before the flag.
The race was up to its reputation for a safety car each time Yuki Tsunoda by Red Bull and Pierre Gasly d’Alpine were tangled in the first round at the four turn.
But there was no other interruption because Andrea Kimi Antonelli followed Russell at home in sixth place after a quiet race, in front of Lewis Hamilton, who was still struggling in the Ferrari.
Carlos Sainz de Williams and Alex Albon took the eighth and ninth before the Isack Hadjar race bull.
