Lucas Di Grassi believed that Daniel Abt deserved his second place today and that the team should not have asked him to move out of the way to let him through at the end.

Abt tried to get out of the way with two laps to go at turn one, but Di Grassi was too far behind to make the move stick into turn one.

“I’m not a fan of team orders,” said Di Grassi. ” The only time team orders are necessary is when you are at the last event of the season and you can win a title. Daniel did a great qualifying session and drove a great race and deserved the second place; it would have been unfair to switch positions.

“I didn’t receive any call or ask for Daniel to move out of the way. I would never ask for a driver to get out of the way unless it was vital for the championship chances. That is how I behave and how I think the team should behave as well. I think until the last lap of the race there should be no team orders. Everybody is racing each other for positions and that’s how racing should be,” said the 31-year old.

Di Grassi was happy with how he recovered his race after starting from eighth to finish on the podium, despite the obstacles that he was faced throughout the ePrix.

“I am very happy today, to come from eighth and finished third with everything against me with the safety car at the end of the race, losing time behind Jean-Eric Vergne when he lost his front wing. Also, Nicolas Prost made it very difficult to pass; I have a one point lead so it could not be closer going to London and now we have to work hard,” said Di Grassi.

The Brazilan does believe that if the race did not have the safety car period at the end of the race, he should have finished in second as he would have had the pace to pass Abt fairly.

“I think I should have finished second if we did not have the safety car period. I stayed out one lap extra, so I was on the better strategy. The safety car period lost me the chance to fight for second.”