DTI to investigate Nick Fry?

[german tony]

& so they should if he's really trying to sell Honda F1 to himself. Personally I wouldn't put it past him.

[CivicMan]

....tell us more????

[FourWheelDrift]

CivicMan said:

....tell us more????

here

[skinny]

well it's clearly wrong to have a man as part of the selection process for buyers, who has removed a large number of candidates to those that *he see's fit to take over* and possibly put off some very promising bids, who is also considering buying the team!

i don't understand how he thought he would be able to get away with that - if you are a potential buyer of the team, you don't get involved in the selection process!

just hope this doesn't affect the potential of the sale of honda, would be good to see them make it onto the grid in '09

[Eric Mc]

The DTI ceased to exist ocer a year ago. It;s now called BERR.

[CivicMan]

FourWheelDrift said:

CivicMan said:

....tell us more????

here

Nah, just goes to Google....

[Teppic]

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.p...

[philis]

more bad press for honda, just what they need.

[andygo]

He seems like a bit of a berk to me.


I'll bet he really gets up Russ's and Jensons noses.

[FourWheelDrift]

philis said:

more bad press for honda, just what they need.

What will it do, drop the price? Any press is good press.


It'll only mean anyone taking it over will know who goes first.

[chevronb37]

Nick Fry has always struck me as a puppet - totally devoid of personality.

[rude-boy]

Eric Mc said:

The DTI ceased to exist ocer a year ago. It;s now called BERR.

I take it the new name is a play on the speed at which they move and that glaciers are quite cold?

[rude-boy]

chevronb37 said:

Nick Fry has always struck me as a puppet - totally devoid of personality.

I would not go that far but I would suggest that of all top dogs I haven't ever seen him appear to do anything other than "Hi, I'm Nick Fry and I'll be voting on behalf of Honda this week."

I have no idea what he really does, couldn't even really guess, where as many of us could write pages on most of the others.

[chevronb37]

rude-boy said:

chevronb37 said:

Nick Fry has always struck me as a puppet - totally devoid of personality.

I would not go that far but I would suggest that of all top dogs I haven't ever seen him appear to do anything other than "Hi, I'm Nick Fry and I'll be voting on behalf of Honda this week."

I have no idea what he really does, couldn't even really guess, where as many of us could write pages on most of the others.

Yeah, I mean, I don't like Ron but he comes across as passionate about the sport and supremely shrewd. I know nothing about Fry and yet find him a little creepy. You kind of want a bit of fire from a Team Principal. He doesn't seem to have the intense intelligence of Domenicalli, nor the flamboyance of Briatore. I wouldn't take on Honda gratis, let alone pay for the team. Despite Brawn being on contract, I think the place is a disaster!

[Hut49]

chevronb37 said:

You kind of want a bit of fire from a Team Principal.

The only fire I'd want to see from Nick Fry is the one burning under his ass

[skeggysteve]

Eric Mc said:

The DTI ceased to exist over a year ago. It's now called BERR.

I see that the Daily Mail and Pitpass have failed to notice that but Autosport has.

But Autosport might have read this thread as their story is timed about 90 minutes after Eric Mc post

[lewis1]

nick fry is just a waste of a salary.
i would never buy the place if i had the cash purely because of the rubbish way its run. its so unlike mclaren etc. nobody takes responsibility. theres alot of people sponging off honda there and hes the biggest one!
dont take this as me saying there all rubbish. Because im friends with a fair few of the mechanics and i think they would agree when i say that place needs some serious restructuring. Nick fry would be the top of my list.

[Scuffers]

lewis1 said:

nick fry is just a waste of a salary.
i would never buy the place if i had the cash purely because of the rubbish way its run. its so unlike mclaren etc. nobody takes responsibility. theres alot of people sponging off honda there and hes the biggest one!
dont take this as me saying there all rubbish. Because im friends with a fair few of the mechanics and i think they would agree when i say that place needs some serious restructuring. Nick fry would be the top of my list.

+1,000,000,000,000

[Eric Mc]

skeggysteve said:

Eric Mc said:

The DTI ceased to exist over a year ago. It's now called BERR.

I see that the Daily Mail and Pitpass have failed to notice that but Autosport has.

But Autosport might have read this thread as their story is timed about 90 minutes after Eric Mc post

It does make you wonder about the quality of the original story when they can't even get the name of the investigatory body correct.