After the Indianapolis Road Course race in May, Grosjean was fourth in points with only Alex Palou, Pato O’Ward and Marcus Ericsson ahead of him.
He’d scored two poles and two runner-up finishes, even though he’d been taken out of the lead battle in the St Petersburg season opener by Scott McLaughlin, and crashed out late on in Texas after clipping David Malukas when set for his best-ever oval result.
