Tuesday, 26th February 2008

Champ Car boss admits that there is still a lot of hard yards to be covered in pursuit of harmony.

"[The future] is going to be largely dependant on [IRL CEO] Tony [George], but we've got some strong opinions we will be voicing. I think an equal balance of superspeedways and road courses is the right way to go, [and] I think street courses have proved to be attractive with local audiences. I think we need to regain that balance we had in the ‘90s."

Like George, however, Kalkhoven was adamant that the initial stages of amalgamation were unlikely to run smoothly, with compromise to be made on both sides.

"Anyone expecting unification to be some kind of magic bullet has probably got it wrong - there's a lot of hard work ahead of us," he insisted, "One of the big things that will happen is the advent of the new car in 2010, which will put a lot of the teams on a level playing field. I think it will increase the level of competition and I think that that, together with a new schedule, will go a long way toward developing the series both nationally and internationally."

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