 He bounced back by finishing in third position at Long Beach, and second place in Monaco to give himself a four-point lead with four rounds to go.Di Grassi's championship took a blow when he was disqualified from victory due to illegal modifications to his front wing endplates in Berlin; with second place in Moscow to Nelson Piquet Jr., di Grassi entered the season-ending double-header in London seventeen points in arrears.He finished fourth and sixth in the two races in London, one place ahead of Piquet each time.