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March 23, 2013, Saturday
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MERCEDES says chief executive officer Nick Fry will step down in the latest personnel change to hit the Formula One team in the past several months.
Toto Wolff, the team's executive director, will take on a greater role including many of Fry's responsibilities in the day-to-day running of the team alongside team principal Ross Brawn. Fry will step down in April.
"I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to work with our team for the last 11 years and remain extremely proud of the fact that we took the team to its first race win and especially the double world championship in 2009," Fry said in a statement.
Fry will continue working for the team as a consultant in its commercial operations through 2014.
On the track, Kimi Raikkonen is showing his season-opening victory in Australia is no fluke after posting the fastest time in the second practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday in Sepang.
The Finn was the surprise winner of the Australian Grand Prix last weekend and has won two of the last three races dating to last year. His Lotus was expected to be competitive with the better-funded Red Bulls and Ferraris but not outpace them.
"The weekend will tell us (more) but it's been a good day so far," Lotus technical director James Alison said. "The car seems quite happy here."
The unflappable Raikkonen edged world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull by .019 seconds.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were third and fourth followed by Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, who was fastest in the first practice session.
It was another disappointing day for McLaren, which has struggled since revamping its race car in the offseason. Sergio Perez was 11th followed by 2009 champ Jenson Button in 12th.
Toto Wolff, the team's executive director, will take on a greater role including many of Fry's responsibilities in the day-to-day running of the team alongside team principal Ross Brawn. Fry will step down in April.
"I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to work with our team for the last 11 years and remain extremely proud of the fact that we took the team to its first race win and especially the double world championship in 2009," Fry said in a statement.
Fry will continue working for the team as a consultant in its commercial operations through 2014.
On the track, Kimi Raikkonen is showing his season-opening victory in Australia is no fluke after posting the fastest time in the second practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday in Sepang.
The Finn was the surprise winner of the Australian Grand Prix last weekend and has won two of the last three races dating to last year. His Lotus was expected to be competitive with the better-funded Red Bulls and Ferraris but not outpace them.
"The weekend will tell us (more) but it's been a good day so far," Lotus technical director James Alison said. "The car seems quite happy here."
The unflappable Raikkonen edged world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull by .019 seconds.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were third and fourth followed by Vettel's teammate, Mark Webber, who was fastest in the first practice session.
It was another disappointing day for McLaren, which has struggled since revamping its race car in the offseason. Sergio Perez was 11th followed by 2009 champ Jenson Button in 12th.
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