The Austrian Grand Prix was an exciting 71 laps, with Charles Leclerc winning his first Grand Prix where he hadn’t started on pole, with title rival Max Verstappen finishing second and Lewis Hamilton completing the podium.It looked like a comfortable 1-2 for Ferrari until disaster struck and Carlos Sainz’s engine exploded in the back of his car, setting it on fire whilst the Spaniard desperately tried to get out of the car.Thankfully, Sainz was out of the car safely, with the fire being put out and the race continuing without disruption, just a virtual safety car. It was great work from the marshals to save Sainz and quash the danger as quickly as they did.This season we’ve seen a change to the regulations, with the FIA wanting to create better racing with the new cars being able to follow closer in dirty air for longer.With the cars being so fast, they effectively punch a hole in the air, pushing their way through, but that then has implications for the cars behind, it creates dirty air which impacts the aerodynamic flow of the car. Basically, it was hard to follow close behind other cars.It can be helpful though, especially in the straights, with the car ahead punching a hole in the air, you can pick up the slipstream of that car with your car effectively doing less work.However, the dirty air was a major problem for racing, so the new regulations were designed to reduce the impact of dirty air and it clearly looks to be working.NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JULY 15: Pierre Gasly of Scuderia AlphaTauri and France and Yuki Tsunoda of Scuderia AlphaTauri and Japan with the design for the F1 car for the 2022 season during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone on July 15, 2021 in Northampton, England. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images)This weekend at the Austrian Grand Prix, we saw five, yes five cars going wheel-to-wheel through a couple of corners, creating incredible drama.Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso, Zhou Guanyu, Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher all somehow avoided contact, leading to an enthralling, clean battle.We were certainly treated to some great racing at the Grand Prix along with the five-way battle, including George Russell’s incredible recovery drive from P19 to P4.

Leclerc and Verstappen’s battle was a great watch, with the Monegasque driver dive bombing the Dutchman from way back, making the move stick and waltzing home to victory.

Hamilton also entertained us with another podium, becoming the only driver to take the chequered flag in every single race this season.

After being only halfway through the calendar, there’s still plenty more chances to see great wheel-to-wheel racing so hopefully we’ll see five or more cars that close on track once again.