Brawn GP boss urges UK motorsport to think global

On the eve of the penultimate race weekend for the 2009 F1 season, leading talents in UK engineering have converged on Sao Paulo to promote partnerships with one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

As a key figure promoting the cause, Nick Fry, chief executive Brawn GP, speaks to Ellie Zolfagharifard about his vision for future of F1 and how an international approach is critical to securing advanced engineering expertise in the UK.

Britain has got 200 years trading history with Brazil. In the last couple of years especially, UK exports to Brazil have come up very significantly. It was about £525m of trade out of the UK last year and that was nearly 50 per cent up on the year before.

I think another reason that is particularly important is, apart from the size of the Brazilian economy, which is the biggest in South America, it is also the first South American country to officially come out of recession. So it’s growing quite fast, it has a very broad portfolio of businesses and this makes it a very good country to target for increasing trade.