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Recruiting ex-series winner James Courtney may lead to more success or more "stuff ups" for his Supercars team, former Bathurst champ David Reynolds says.

Former Bathurst 1000 champion David Reynolds says recruiting ex-championship winner James Courtney may lead to more success for his Supercars team or more "stuff ups".

Reynolds' Erebus Motorsport outfit have confirmed they are in talks with free agent Courtney while the season has been postponed until at least June due to the coronavirus.

Erebus Motorsport team boss Barry Ryan says Courtney may feature in a third car as a wildcard in the three endurance rounds once the competition resumes.

Courtney, who announced a shock departure from new outfit Team Sydney following the first round, would bolster an already impressive Erebus line-up that includes Reynolds and young gun Anton de Pasquale.

"We had a team meeting about it because rumours get around pretty fast," Reynolds told Fox Sports.

"He (Courtney) is a very good competitor, a very good driver.

"I think he will be a good addition to our team as long as it doesn't take away from what myself and Anton are doing already.

"If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't then it doesn't bother me whatsoever."

But Reynolds admitted Courtney's recruitment could go either way, saying it may greatly benefit his outfit or be "really bad".

"There are definitely positives and negatives (to signing Courtney)," he said.

"You have more staff which makes more problems, more stuff ups but you can hire more skilful people.

"It depends on which way you look at it and how you go about it.

"It could be really good but it could be really bad. At the moment I am on the fence."

Meanwhile, Reynolds is preparing for 10 weeks of online E-series race events starting from April 8 that will feature all Supercars drivers.

"The last time I would have played a simulator was Daytona at Timezone (video game arcade). That was a long time ago," Reynolds said.

"I am putting it out there I am going to be hopeless at it.

"But I am going to have a good laugh because you can crash into people and doesn't cost any money and no one gets upset, you just hit re-set and go again."