Nick Fry Honda Quotations

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.