Fry: no 'rabbit out of the hat' for Honda

And the Briton reiterated that Honda's latest reshuffle will bring results in the long term and not overnight.

Fry had flown to the Canadian Grand Prix amid pressure to defend the decision to promote Shuhei Nakamoto to the position of senior technical director, especially after that move led technical director Geoff Willis to quit.

But rather than keep his head down and focus on his own team's efforts, Fry became embroiled in the latest flexi-wing row, as he threatened to protest the German car manufacturer after the Montreal event.

When asked whether it was wrong of him to focus on other team's issues rather than his own in Canada, Fry responded: "I think they're totally disconnected.

"We're working flat out on our car, but we need to make sure we're playing to the same rules. We have to be able to multi-task."

Fry admitted that there was not going to be any quick fix to Honda's problems, and that he expects the turnaround to take time.

"Nakamoto has a medium to long term approach," said Fry. "He is unlikely to be in Indy next weekend because he has to look at the fundamental things of how we design the car and how we test the car.

"We don't expect his appointment to magically produce a rabbit out of the hat."