Primarily working in Formula One, he has previously held positions with the Benetton, McLaren, Ferrari, Manor Racing, and Renault/Alpine teams.

His initial position was to work on active suspension systems, and run the McLaren test team; active suspension systems were banned by the sports governing body before the start of the 1994 season and so Fry moved to an engineering position in the race team.

[2] After a season as Mika Häkkinen's race engineer in 1995, he returned to the McLaren test team in 1996 despite rumours linking him with a move to Ferrari.

[7] On 4 January 2011, Ferrari announced that Fry had replaced Chris Dyer as head of race track engineering while retaining his assistant technical director position under Aldo Costa.

[8] The change was made following a tactical error in the final race of the 2010 season, the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which cost Fernando Alonso a chance at the title.

[17] At the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix, it was announced that Fry would be leaving Alpine to join Williams as their chief technical officer, starting in 2024.

[18] On 20 April 2002, Fry married Kate Habershon, a food editor and stylist who had worked in motorsport catering.