Nick Fry
Nick Fry
Nicholas Richard "Nick" Fry,is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, having previously served in similar roles at previous incarnations of the company...
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Signing Rubens represents another exciting milestone in BAR Honda's development and in Rubens' own career,
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Since Honda acquired a 45% stake in the team at the beginning of this year, we have been finding ways to work even closer with our Honda colleagues, ... The Honda Institute is the perfect place for us to learn more about Honda and I'm sure that what will come out of this will be greater communication and understanding throughout the team.
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We're going home now, the guys are packing up, everyone understands the situation.
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It's at times like this that the bosses have to hold their heads up and really earn their money. We have a fast car and we just need a few things to go right in order to prove its performance. There will be no knee-jerk reaction. Honda are in formula one for the long term and the pressure on us to perform is self-generated from within the team.
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It is up to them to make a suggestion. I think he (Jenson) is worth a lot to both teams. We wouldn't be squabbling over him if he were not, but his value is impossible to quantify.
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It's very clear, if you take out all the problems, we are faster than we were in Australia.
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It was a quick call by the race engineer and we need to see if it was right later.
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That's rubbish. I have absolutely zero worries as far as that's concerned.
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We're not keen on the idea of freezing the whole engine. It makes it very impractical for all the engine manufacturers.
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If Williams want to do a deal we are open to discussion. Jenson is worth a lot to both teams. We wouldn't be squabbling over him if he were not, but his value is impossible to quantify. Jenson has already started the process of trying to get out of his Williams contract. There has been a number of letters going backwards and forwards and also discussions.
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If Williams came to us and wanted to do a deal then we are open to discussion,
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Over the last year we have understood to a much greater extent why the '04 car was good and the '05 car less so. People forget that we are still, compared to some of the others, a young team and I think we've learned a lot. The aerodynamic figures for the new car combined with what we learned from last year's experience gives us cause for optimism...at the moment the figures look very promising.
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Our target in 2006 is to challenge for race wins and we will do our utmost to achieve that objective.
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There is a gradual passage toward agreement. We are not there yet, but talks are extremely constructive. I think there will be more movement, probably not before Christmas but in the first of next year. I would be very disappointed if we went in to next season in a situation of flux.