The Holden Racing Team haven't enjoyed the best start to season 2011 but they could have some very good news soon.
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The resignations of Craig Wilson and Rob Crawford from the team last week have led to the appointment of Mike Henry as new team manager and there is growing speculation that Chris Dyer could be lured to the team.
Dyer is a world-famous name because of his role in Ferrari's success since he joined the Italian Formula One team in 2002.
The Australian bore the brunt of the blame for Fernando Alonso's poor finish in the final race of the 2010 F1 season that cost him the World Championship.
He was sacked from his role as chief track engineer and is currently working as an engineer at the Maranello factory.
Prior to that, he was the race engineer for Michael Schumacher when he won two World Drivers Championships in 2003 and 2004 as well as Kimi Raikkonen's for his title victory in 2007.
Dyer has links with Tom Walkinshaw's HRT after starting his career there during the 1990s when Peter Brock and Craig Lowndes were the drivers. He got his start in F1 inWalkinshaw's Arrows team in 1997.
A recruit like Dyer would be a massive boost for HRT as they look to try and stay in the V8 Supercar championship.
It may be just what they need because the Factory Holden team has been made to look average by the performance of several other outfits.
Team Vodafone have been the leading Holden team based on results in the last 18 months despite having faced the challenge of switching from Ford.
They have also had the benefit of large factory backing but Brad Jones Racing have been very impressive so far this season and are a much smaller operation with a much smaller budget.
Garth Tander is still in the hunt in third position but has only had one race win and needs good results to close the gap to series leader Jamie Whincup.
It would be almost impossible for defending series champion and new HRT recruit James Courtney to take a second title because he is down in 13th position.
British MotoGP
There might not be any V8 Supercar action until next week's round in Darwin but that doesn't mean motor sport fans miss out.
It's a big weekend with the British MotoGP race at Silverstone, the Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit and the Le Mans 24 Hour race and it will be possible for Australian fans to watch it all, although it will make for some tired people on Monday.
One HD will show sections of the infamous Le Mans race including the start and finish on delay.
The race starts 11pm Saturday, our time, and finishes 11pm Sunday but One HD will show the start from just after midnight on Sunday morning.
They will show some live coverage during the day with the finals stages of the race at midnight after the Moto GP has been shown live at 10pm.
The Le Mans coverage will finish at 2am Monday morning with the Formula One beginning straight afterwards.
Those who have pay television can watch the majority of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race live on the Eurosport channel.
