BUZZING· 73%1h 16m·2026-07-06·SportsWhat Brawn GP Never Revealed About Their F1 Miracle: Ex-CEO Nick Fry (E420)
Nick Fry bought an underperforming Formula 1 team for £1 and went on to win the World Championship. But before the historic 2009 fairy tale with Brawn GP, Nick and his wife had to face the ultimate risk: agreeing that if they lost everything, they would be perfectly content living on tinned tuna for the rest of their…
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“If Honda didn’t keep leaving F1, they’d be a dynasty.”
“No engine. No sponsors. No money to waste. Hundreds of jobs at risk. A car nobody fully understood. And a team trying to survive one race at a time. Brawn GP 2009 wasn’t just a technical miracle. It was a culture story, a leadership story,…”
“What a great guest, very eloquent, very well spoken without the need to use superlatives. I honestly didn't know who Nicky Fry was before the podcast, but i'm very impressed by his way of talking.”
“A friend still works there, we did sympathise when it was announced, I had more faith than he did about his job when I knew Ross was staying. As he pointed out. the difficulty about the Mercedes engine was getting the Electronics talking to…”
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