"The easy thing to do in this situation might be to say, 2010, Helio, we'll talk about it then, just get on with 2009. But we didn't feel like that was the right thing to do. The guy has been with us for nine years. He's done a great job. He's won a lot of races. He's great for the sport. I think the best way to put it is that Will's committed to us, we're committed to him. He knows that, if Helio is back in the car, we'll sit down and talk about it at that point in time. We'll do the best we can for both of us. The specifics of it are exactly that.

"[Castroneves] is going to stay focused on what he's doing until he's done doing all that. Once he gives me the call and says 'hey, here's the story', then we're going to do everything we can to get him back in the race car - provided it's before St Pete. At that point in time, we just have to sit and see where are we in the season, what's the situation, what's going on. We'll be a lot smarter at that point in time than really making comments now that three or four months from now may or may not make sense."