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Renault announces Fry signing
Renault has announced Pat Fry will join the team as part of the technical management setup at Enstone.
Fry was most recently at McLaren, helping the team’s restructuring following a number of poor cars and a disappointing spell with Honda. His role at McLaren was a short-term one as James Key had been hired to join as technical director, and once his contractural obligations are complete at Woking he will join Renault.
“I am delighted to be able to work with Pat again,” Renault executive director Marcin Budkowski said. “His arrival is yet another step as we build and improve our team structure. Pat’s experience, talent and determination will be additional assets as we continue our progress.”
Fry started his F1 career with Benetton and then joined McLaren, winning a number of championships before moving to Ferrari in 2010. After a spell as director of chassis and later director of engineering, Fry left Ferrari at the end of 2014 and next worked at Manor as an engineering consultant before rejoining McLaren in 2018 in the temporary role of engineering director.
Renault announced a restructuring and strengthening of its aerodynamics department on Friday, with the team looking to take advantage of new regulations in 2021.
Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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