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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Testing so far this year has gone extremely well. The engine performance is good and the chassis performance has been very strong. We will be going to the first race, Bahrain, in a strong position.
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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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The 2005 season has been a challenging one for BAR Honda, but we have pulled together throughout to resolve our issues and to continue to develop the car,
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That's very positive. Honda have done a great job all the way through the winter, and this engine was very reliable in January, straight out of the box, which was not the case last year. So it's a fantastic job from them. In this temperature, you saw what happened to most people's engines. The Honda boys really have excelled.
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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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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.
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We can now put the uncertainty of the past few months behind us and focus on the future, which looks very exciting indeed.
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At the moment we believe it was the right decision.
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There is something Geoff has been aware of and it is in the hands of Charlie now.
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We have a fast car and we just need a few things to go right in order to prove its performance. Honda are in Formula 1 for the long term and the pressure on us to perform is self-generated.
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We trust Charlie and the FIA and had a very nice conversation in which we made it clear we needed him to help us clarify the situation.
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Signing Rubens represents another exciting milestone in BAR Honda's development and in Rubens' own career,