Fernando Alonso has denied asking Ferrari to poach Pat Fry from McLaren.<\/p>\n
Ferrari signed the former McLaren designer last year, while Alonso – who worked with Fry during his ill-fated single season with the British team in 2007 – was racing his first year with the famous Maranello based marque.<\/p>\n
“When he arrived, he (Fry) brought new ideas, another way of working, fresh air,” Spaniard Alonso said during an interview with El Pais newspaper.<\/p>\n
For 2011, Fry has taken over the chief engineering post formerly occupied by Chris Dyer, who took the blame for the championship-losing bungled strategy decision in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
Alonso said that, in contrast, “When making a decision, there was nothing that caught him (Fry) by surprise.\u00a0 It’s what we needed,” he insisted.<\/p>\n
But when asked if he played a role in Fry’s recruitment, the two-time champion said: “No.\u00a0 I was told about it the day before it was announced.”<\/p>\n
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