Penske's Will Power entering the season-closing Cafés do Brasil Indy 300. By finishing eighth, Franchitti won his second consecutive championship and third overall after Power's crash. For the 2011 championship, he rejoined CGR for his second successive title defence. At the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Franchitti started fourth and led 94 laps to win the event. He finished third in both the Indy Grand Prix of Alabama and the following Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach before winning the first of the Firestone Twin 275s at Texas after leading 110 laps. Franchitti led 161 laps of the Milwaukee 225 from pole position in his third victory of the season and won the Honda Indy Toronto two races later. The next seven races saw him attain two second-places at Mid-Ohio and Kentucky with a third place at Edmonton and another pole position at New Hampshire. Before the season-ending IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Franchitti led Power in the championship standings by 18 points. The race was abandoned following a 15-car accident on the 11th lap that involved Power and caused Wheldon's death, meaning Franchitti took his fourth championship win and third in succession. He drove for CGR for the 2012 season and initially struggled to adapt to the new Dallara DW12 car before becoming more competitive from the season's fourth event that was held in São Paulo. Franchitti took two top-ten finishes in the season's opening four rounds, placing tenth at Barber and fifth in São Paulo. His only victory of the season came at the Indianapolis 500, which he won for the third time. Franchitti was leading the race on the final lap when Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver Takuma Sato crashed into the barrier in an unsuccessful attempt to overtake Franchitti on the inside into turn one. The rest of the season was sub-par with four pole positions that did not result in a race victory and three more podium finishes. Franchitti was seventh in the Drivers' Championship with 363 points. He remained at CGR for the 2013 championship. After finishing 25th in both of the season's first two races due to an accident in St. Petersburg and mechanical failure at Barber respectively, Franchitti qualified on pole position for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, where he finished fourth. He achieved another ten top-ten finishes and took pole position three more