Nick Fry

Nicholas Richard Fry (an haife shi ranar 29 ga Yuni 1956 a Ƙasar Ingila) shi ne tsohon Babban Jami'in Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, bayan da ya yi aiki a irin wannan matsayi a cikin kamfanonin da suka gabata.

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Ayyukansa a cikin motoci ya fara ne tare da Kamfanin Motar Ford a shekarar 1977, a matsayin mai horar da digiri daga Jami'ar Wales tare da digiri a Tattalin Arziki. Da farko yana aiki a Tallace-tallace sannan kuma Binciken Kasuwanci, a cikin 1978, an tura shi zuwa Ci gaban Samfurin a matsayin Mai tsara Samfurin. Ya taimaka wajen bunkasa samfuran iri-iri a cikin shekaru 12 masu zuwa, gami da samfuran aiki da yawa kamar Ford Escort Cosworth, RS200 da sauransu. Ya kuma yi amfani da shi a Aston Martin a farkon shekarun 1990 yayin da kamfanin ke ƙarƙashin mallakar Ford, yana kula da ci gaba da ƙaddamar da samfurin DB7 da aka yaba da shi sosai kuma ya sauya daga masana'antar motocin da aka gina da hannu kawai a shafin Newport Pagnell na gargajiya zuwa mai samar da mafi girma a sabon aikin masana'antu a Bloxham.

Bayan wannan sihiri a Aston Martin, ya koma Ford a shekarar 1995, ya zama darektan Injiniyan Sabis a cikin Sashen Sabis na Abokin Ciniki, lokacin da yake can ya fi shahara ga bayyanar talabijin na farko a cikin bayyanar yaƙi a gaban Anne Robinson a shirin Watchdog na BBC, yana kare yadda Ford ke gudanar da kamfen ɗin tunatarwa na aminci don taimakon famfo na brake servo a cikin kewayon motar diesel.

Fry ya shiga Prodrive a matsayin manajan darektan a watan Janairun shekara ta 2001, a kan rinjayar David Richards, inda yake da alhakin jagorantar fadada Prodrive a cikin ayyukan injiniya na waje. A cikin watanni huɗu na nadin sa, Prodrive Automotive Technology yana da cikakken littafin oda don 2001 kuma an ɗauki manyan matakai don haɓaka kamfanin a Burtaniya da bayan haka tare da sayen Tickford Group. Wannan fadada ya ga Fry ya zama manajan darektan rukuni wanda ke kula da aikin injiniya da ayyukan tsere na kamfanin.

Gasar Rally ta Duniya ta 2001 ta fara da kyau ga Subaru da direban su Richard Burns kuma bisa ga bukatar gudanarwar Subaru, Fry ya shiga cikin tawagar kuma ya nemi shawarar Burns kan sake tsarawa. Kungiyar ta inganta kuma Richard Burns ya lashe gasar zakarun Rally ta Duniya a wannan shekarar. Fry ya shigar da irin wannan mota don Subaru a gasar SCCA ProRally ta Arewacin Amurka kuma Mark Lovell ya zama direbobin Champion. Lovell daga baya ya lashe gasar Pike's Peak Hillclimb ta 2003 a cikin Subaru da aka shirya.

A karkashin jagorancin Fry wani Prodrive da aka tsara kuma ya shirya Ferrari 550 ya lashe ajin GTS a Le Mans a shekara ta 2003.

A farkon shekara ta 2002, an nada shi Manajan Darakta na BAR F1 ban da nauyin Prodrive. Bayan sake tsara tawagar, BAR ya zama na biyu ga Ferrari a gasar zakarun duniya ta FIA F1 ta 2004 kuma Fry ya sami nasararsa ta farko ta F1 a matsayin Babban Darakta da nasarar tseren BAR kawai lokacin da Jenson Button ya dauki tutar da aka yi a gasar Grand Prix ta Hungary ta 2006.

A karkashin mallakar Honda tsakanin 2005 da 2008, Fry ya jagoranci babban saka hannun jari a cikin Honda F1 Team HQ a Brackley, Northamptonshire, gami da gina ramin iska na zamani, sabbin wuraren masana'antu da shigar da sabon damar Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) wanda ya shirya hanyar samun nasara a cikin 2009 da bayan haka.

Wadannan saka hannun jari sun taimaka wa Fry ya janyo hankalin Ross Brawn, daya daga cikin Daraktocin F1 masu cin nasara a tarihin F1, zuwa tawagar a ƙarshen 2007 kuma a lokacin 2008 biyun sun fara tsara mota da tsarin tawagar wanda zai yi amfani da canje-canjen dokar F1 da aka shirya don 2009. Koyaya, a ƙarshen 2008, saboda Rikicin kudi na 2008, Honda ta janye daga F1 a ɗan gajeren sanarwa. Fry da Brawn sun yi nasarar shawo kan Honda don ci gaba da tallafawa tawagar a cikin hunturu na 2008/9 yayin da suke neman jawo hankalin sabon mai saka hannun jari da kuma ba da damar ci gaba da shirye-shirye don kakar 2009.

Binciken duniya don masu saka hannun jari masu dacewa ya gaza kuma Fry a matsayin Shugaba da Brawn a matsayin Babban Jami'in sun mallaki tawagar da duk nauyinta kuma sun sake sunan tawagar Brawn GP. Mercedes ta amince da sayar da injunan tawagar don kakar kuma bayan saurin sake fasalin motar don dacewa da Mercedes maimakon injiniyar Honda tawagar ta sami motoci da direbobi Jenson Button da Rubens Barrichello zuwa gwajin F1 na karshe kafin farkon kakar 2009 a Melbourne.

Motar ta tabbatar da sauri fiye da duk sauran a wani bangare sakamakon fasalin 'mai rarraba sau biyu' mai rikitarwa wanda ya ba motocin karin ƙarfi. Wasu kungiyoyi da yawa sun kalubalanci ƙirar ba tare da nasara ba waɗanda daga baya aka tilasta su haɗa fasalin a cikin motocinsu. Brawn na 2009 ya zira kwallaye 1-2 a Melbourne Grand Prix kuma ya lashe tseren 8 a lokacin kakar, 4 a matsayin 1-2. Jenson Button ya zama Champion na Direbobin Duniya kuma Team ta lashe taken Constructor a yunkurin farko. Labarin 2009 an fada shi a cikin littafin 'Survive Drive Win' wanda Fry da tsohon ɗan jaridar Times Ed Gorman suka rubuta.

A shekara ta 2010 Mercedes Benz ta zama mafi yawan masu mallakar kungiyar Brawn kuma Fry ya bar kungiyar a shekara ta 2013. A cikin 2018 Fry ya shiga ƙungiyar ƙwararrun wasannin esports Fnatic a matsayin shugaban dabarun kasuwanci da Shugaban kuma a watan Satumbar 2021 Nick Fry ya shiga McLaren Applied bisa buƙatar masu mallakar Greybull Capital a matsayin Shugaban.  A cikin 2022 McLaren Applied ta sami kwangilar ta FIA don haɓaka sabon tsarin sarrafa injiniya don kakar F1 ta 2026. A cikin 2023 Fry ya ci nasara tare da McLaren Applied da Greybull a cikin mallakar kamfanin e-bike na Dutch VanMoof da masana masana hasken rana na Italiya Fimer.

Labarin Brawn GP da rawar da Fry ke takawa a cikin wani shirin fim na kashi huɗu 'Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story', wanda Keanu Reeves ya shirya, wanda aka saki a Disney+ a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2023. 

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