For the third time in as many races, Lucas di Grassi found himself spraying champagne on the Formula E podium. Third place in the Punta del Este ePrix means the Audi Sport ABT driver has increased his lead in the championship to an impressive 18 points.

“I had a very good race start,” he said. “But then I was squeezed by [Jaime] Alguersuari in the chicane and just managed not to touch the wall. It was quite a bad first corner. After that I was just attacking Jaime for the whole first stint, but he was very aggressive on closing and making us both lose time. I was just trying to finish in the points. We proved again that we had the pace and another podium feels good.”

After two races in Asia, Brazilian di Grassi was pleased to have been able to put on a good show in front of his ‘home’ fans.

“Racing here is almost like a second home – it’s Latin America and Buenos Aires will also be close to home,” he said. “We don’t have a race in Brazil yet – it would be very nice if we had one – we have three Brazilian drivers, massive support crowds, on social media Brazilian fans are really cheering for the championship, really embracing this new championship [and] they see it is as proper motorsport, it’s proper racing with fighting on track.”