Nick Fry: Honda Will be on Top Before the End of Season

Nick Fry, the Chief Executive Officer and Teamlong way off beating a Ferrari or a McLaren, which is
Principal of the Formula One constructor of Honda, hasclearly where they want to be by the end of the
promised Honda's RA107 will be on a par with theseason, and certainly going into next year.
Ferraris and McLarens before the end of this season.But he begs people should not always expect them to
Honda entered this year's Championship with a greatgo from one point to the front of the grid immediately
deal of promise following on from Jenson Button'sbecause that is totally not possible.
breakthrough victory in Hungarian GP of the lastThe team principal was also full of praise for Button
season. The Brackley squad, however, has failed tofollowing his first point-scoring result of the season. He
live up to the build up.acknowledges the fact that he admires Jenson's
Eight races were struggled by the team to even scoreperformance as different races passes by. Fry said it
their first point of the Championship - came courtesyis relatively easy to be optimistic when you have a
of Button's eighth placed finish in the French GP ingood car and you are doing well, but Jenson really has
Sunday.matured with his professionalism and fighting spirit. Fry
Nonetheless, the 50-year old British CEO believes thatadded Jenson tries every bit as hard in fighting for 12th
point is just the beginning of large things to come forplace on the grid as he does for second or third. He
Honda. The boss even went as far as to guaranteefurther said that he have known Jason for years and
that Honda's RA107 will be competing with the Ferrarisknows that the racer has been better than the year
and McLarens before this season is over.before every year.
Fry said when they realized at the start of the yearThe Honda boss added also said that he does not see
the car was not what they wanted at all, so they haveany reason why Jenson cannot be competing with
had to make a lot of revisions in a very short span ofLewis if they give Jenson the equipment.
time. He explains they have had to take a few risksHonda Racing
by doing things which they thought were right, butAside from building quality car parts such as Honda
without that much knowledge behind it.Accord parts, Japan's second largest automaker is
Now, the team is back on more of a level-playing fieldalso into racing.
and they hope to move forward from here becauseHonda entered Formula One as a constructor for the
they believe, as the saying goes "one swallow doesn'tfirst time in the 1964 season at the German Grand Prix
make a summer", one point does not make for themwith Ronnie Bucknum at the wheel.
either. Fry continued that they are obviously still a long,