 His performance at the first double header of the season at Berlin reduced Buemi's championship lead from a season-high forty-three points to thirty-two.Di Grassi then accumulated a further twenty-two points at the July New York City ePrix to be ten points behind Buemi (who missed the race due to a World Endurance Championship commitment at the Nürburgring) heading into the season-closing double header in Montreal two weeks later.He clinched the pole position for the first ePrix which he won and came seventh in the second.