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Nicholas Richard Fry (born 29 June 1956 in the
United Kingdom
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) 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.
His career in motoring started with the
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...
in 1977, as a graduate trainee from the
University of Wales
The University of Wales (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Prifysgol Cymru'') is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff †...
with a degree in
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
. Working first in Sales and then Market Research, in 1978, he was moved to Product Development as Product Planner. He helped develop a variety of models over the next 12 years, including several performance models like the
Ford Escort Cosworth
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, the
RS200 and others. He also spent a spell at
Aston Martin
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in the early 1990s whilst the company was under Ford ownership, overseeing the development and launch of the critically acclaimed
DB7 model and switch from manufacturer of handbuilt-only vehicles at the traditional Newport Pagnell site to a higher-volume producer at a new factory operation at Bloxham.
Following this spell at Aston Martin, he returned to Ford in 1995, taking over as director of Service Engineering within the Customer Service Division, his time there being most noticeable for an early television appearance in a combative appearance opposite
Anne Robinson
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Watchdog
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'' programme, robustly defending Ford's handling of a safety recall campaign for brake servo assist pumps in its diesel car range.
Fry joined
Prodrive
Prodrive is a British motorsport and advanced engineering group based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. It designs, constructs and races automobile, cars for companies and teams such as Aston Martin, Bahrain Raid Xtreme and Team X44. Its advan ...
as managing director in January 2001, upon the persuasion of
David Richards, where he has been responsible for leading Prodrive's expansion into outsourced engineering services. Within four months of his appointment, Prodrive Automotive Technology had a full order book for 2001 and major steps had been taken to grow the company in the UK and beyond with the acquisition of the
Tickford
Tickford is an automobile engineering and testing business in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, known for tuning and such products as the 140 mph Tickford Turbo Capri.
Under the name Salmons & Sons and their Tickford products the firm has ...
Group. This expansion saw Fry become group managing director overseeing both the company's engineering and racing operations.
In January 2002, he was appointed managing director of
BAR F1 in addition to his Prodrive responsibilities.
Fry achieved his first victory as a manager/chief executive of a Formula 1 team when
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship when he drove for the Brawn GP team. After his F1 career, he became champion of the 2018 season of the Super GT ...
took the chequered flag at the
2006 Hungarian Grand Prix
The 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Magyar NagydÃj 2006) was a Formula One motor race held on 6 August 2006 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the 13th race of the 2006 Formula One season. Jenson Button won ...
.
On 15 June 2012 Fry received an Honorary Doctorate from
Cranfield University
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, established = 1946 - College of Aeronautics 1969 - Cranfield Institute of Technology (gained university status by royal charter) 1993 - Cranfield University (adopted current name)
, type = Public research uni ...
in recognition of his services to motorsport.
In March 2013, Fry was replaced by
Toto Wolff
Torger Christian "Toto" Wolff (, born 12 January 1972) is an Austrian billionaire motorsport executive, investor, and former racing driver. He holds a 33% stake in the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team and is Team Principal and CEO of the team.
Wo ...
as the chief executive officer of the
Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport F1 team.
In February 2018, Fry was appointed by professional
esports
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organisation
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
as its new head of commercial strategy.
References
External links
Profile- fro
Mercedes GP official website- from Phil Huff, Sport Network
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1956 births
Formula One people
Alumni of the University of Wales
Living people
British motorsport people
Honda people
Brawn GP