Nick Fry Quotations

We're going home now, the guys are packing up, everyone understands the situation.

Signing Rubens represents another exciting milestone in BAR Honda's development and in Rubens' own career,

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.

BAR will provide the same rigorous data presented to the stewards last night (Sunday) and is confident that it can prove once again that the car was fully compliant with the FIA Technical Regulations throughout the San Marino Grand Prix,

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.

If Williams came to us and wanted to do a deal then we are open to discussion,

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.

I think they (the stewards) made a brave decision and good on them.

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.

Our target in 2006 is to challenge for race wins and we will do our utmost to achieve that objective.

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.

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,

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.

We're not keen on the idea of freezing the whole engine. It makes it very impractical for all the engine manufacturers.

There is something Geoff has been aware of and it is in the hands of Charlie now.

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.

We can now put the uncertainty of the past few months behind us and focus on the future, which looks very exciting indeed.

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.

At the moment we believe it was the right decision.

These are very exciting times for our team, which also calls for an innovative new marketing direction.

Rubens is not only an excellent driver but he has the experience of building a race and championship winning team and these skills are very important as we work to take BAR Honda to the next level.

Rubens has been exactly what we expected. He's technically very strong, he knows exactly what he wants and he has a way of doing things which is polite but firm. He's working very well with both Jenson and Anthony and indeed the rest of the team. I think his maturity and his depth of experience is going to be a huge asset.

This is the best driver line-up in our team's history. It is also the best team of drivers on the grid.

They share an engine...but at the moment we are focused on what we need to do, which is to do the best that we possibly can and we cannot have massive diversion from that.

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.

It was a quick call by the race engineer and we need to see if it was right later.

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.

It's very clear, if you take out all the problems, we are faster than we were in Australia.

That's rubbish. I have absolutely zero worries as far as that's concerned.

Eight of the teams believe one interpretation and Ferrari have a slightly different interpretation.

Takuma Sato has been an extremely valuable and much-liked member of our team for four years in the roles of test driver, third driver and, latterly, race driver. He has made an enormous contribution to B*A*R Honda's development. Takuma's current contract reaches its conclusion at the end of 2005 but B*A*R Honda is in discussions with Takuma and his management regarding possibilities for the future.

The interesting thing will be 'is that sustained?' We'll see.

he simply locked up and hit the back of Michael. It was simply unfortunate. Under these conditions it's obviously very difficult and he is clearly quite upset.

I believe five or six teams will compete for a win in a race this season. Of course, we are among them.

The final details have to be sorted between Williams and Jenson, but if it helps, and Williams want to involve us, then we are all open to help the situation.

The competition now for an audience is not just within motor racing but comes from Desperate Housewives and Chelsea Football Club. We want kids to grow up saying they want to be a racing driver when, at the moment, they want to be pop stars or footballers.