After leading the first free practice, beating his colleague Carlos Sainth, Leclerc also topped the second free practice, after he recorded the fastest lap time, recording one minute 19.670 seconds on the 4,655-kilometer track.
Mercedes' George Russell was second, 0.117 seconds behind, while Lewis Hamilton, the other Mercedes driver, was third.
Mercedes struggled a lot throughout the season with his car and apart from Hamilton's third place in the season-opening race in Bahrain, and Russell's same position in the Australian Grand Prix, the team was not on the podium.
Carlos Sainth came fourth in the second free practice, while Max Verstappen came in fifth.
Leclerc leads the drivers' standings by 19 points, ahead of Verstappen, who is second.
The second free test will be held on Friday, then the third free test and the official qualifying tests will be held today, Saturday, with the sixth race of the season taking place tomorrow, Sunday.
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