times during the remaining fifteen events he participated with a season-best finish of third at each of the Pocono IndyCar 400, the first Honda Indy Toronto race, the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio and the GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. Franchitti placed tenth in the final championship standings with 418 points. Career-ending accident and mentoring On the final lap of the second race of the 2013 Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston doubleheader on October 6, he collided with the rear of Sato's loose car in turn five and was launched into the catchfence. ripped apart a fence section and sent debris into the grandstand past a second fence ahead of spectators before ricocheting back onto the circuit, spinning multiple times and coming to a stop, Franchitti was on the racing surface, driver's side-up, with the car's front removed but the chassis' tub portion intact. When E. J. Viso arrived at the crash site, he hit Sato's stationary wrecked car. A recovery crew assisted Sato and Viso as they safely evacuated their cars. An IndyCar official and 13 spectators were injured; two fans were hospitalised and eleven received on-site treatment. Franchitti was sent to Memorial Hermann–Texas Medical Center for surgery to stabilise a fractured right ankle after suffering a concussion, two spine fractures. On 10 October, he was released from the Houston hospital, and travelled to Indianapolis for surgery to repair the right talus bone connecting the leg and the foot. On October 18, Franchitti was released from the Indianapolis hospital. After seeing a doctor in Miami for neurological examinations and an MRI that produced negative results, he travelled to Scotland in November for rest and mental clarity. Doctors advised him that his injuries, as well as those from previous accidents, put him at risk of permanent paralysis and brain damage in another major crash, so he retired from competitive driving. Franchitti's memory, decision-making, and concentration levels have suffered because of the crash. He has worked for CGR as an advisor and driver coach to each of the team's racers since the 2014 IndyCar Series, on a plan devised by him and Ganassi, with a particular focus on coaching and mentoring young drivers. Franchitti provides performance advice to CGR's racers and engineers. He did not want to be a team owner as he believed the financial risks that owners took were too great. Other racing ventures He cancelled a planned