Adapted from GMM
Colin Kolles could lose his job.
It was rumoured at Valencia last weekend that Geoff Willis, the Spanish team's technical director, could soon move into a higher management position.
At the same time, Germany's motorsport-total.com reports that Gary Savage, formerly a close colleague of Willis' at BAR/Honda some years ago, is close to signing on at HRT in a senior technical post.
Gary Savage was seen in the paddock at Montreal and Valencia, and HRT confirmed that it is in "advanced discussions" with the engineer.
Another ex-BAR man already at Hispania is Jacky Eeckelaert.
GrandPrixActual reports that the Willis/Eeckelaert/Savage trio, with Hispania to soon kick off its aerodynamic programme in BAR's old wind tunnel at Mercedes' Brackley facility, might result in current HRT boss Colin Kolles losing his job.
Team owner Jose Ramon Carabante said: "He helped this team to be born but I have not signed a lifetime contract with Colin Kolles. If we agree, we will continue together, and if not, we will go on with other people."
Should Colin Kolles leave, it would raise many questions about the basic structure of HRT, with the team effectively based at the moment at the Romanian's TME facility at Greding, Germany.
Colin Kolles could lose his job.
It was rumoured at Valencia last weekend that Geoff Willis, the Spanish team's technical director, could soon move into a higher management position.
At the same time, Germany's motorsport-total.com reports that Gary Savage, formerly a close colleague of Willis' at BAR/Honda some years ago, is close to signing on at HRT in a senior technical post.
Gary Savage was seen in the paddock at Montreal and Valencia, and HRT confirmed that it is in "advanced discussions" with the engineer.
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Another ex-BAR man already at Hispania is Jacky Eeckelaert.
GrandPrixActual reports that the Willis/Eeckelaert/Savage trio, with Hispania to soon kick off its aerodynamic programme in BAR's old wind tunnel at Mercedes' Brackley facility, might result in current HRT boss Colin Kolles losing his job.
Team owner Jose Ramon Carabante said: "He helped this team to be born but I have not signed a lifetime contract with Colin Kolles. If we agree, we will continue together, and if not, we will go on with other people."
Should Colin Kolles leave, it would raise many questions about the basic structure of HRT, with the team effectively based at the moment at the Romanian's TME facility at Greding, Germany.