Fernandez needs more money in IRL

Adrian Fernandez had an interview with El Norte and Reforma, the interview mainly talks about how Fernandez is getting more wins with less money, so he feels his team is doing a great job. The interesting part of the interview is that there is a quote by Adrian saying that a Champ Car seat in a middle field team costs about 3 million USD per year, but an IRL seat with his performance costs about 8 million USD. Could it be Adrian is trying to get lots of sponsor dollars next year?