Fry, who joined Williams in November after leaving Alpine in the summer, says parts for the 2024 car came through the Grove factory system much later than was the case at his previous teams, which also include Ferrari and McLaren.
It was also the first new car built under team principal James Vowles, who started at the team early last year.
Fry indicated that efforts are under way to change the culture and processes at the team.
“The way we go about making a car is quite different, I would say, from what I would call normal,” said Fry. “And it's not very efficient.
“Everything is massively late. [It’s not as] if you're leaving things late for a reason, and I'm used to having lots of stuff early that's not performant, and the floor as late as possible, because that's your biggest aero thing. And in a cost cap you're only going to make one, and the one at the test is the one at the race.
“But we just had everything [late]. I've never seen anything like it. Don't want to live it again. I'm sure James doesn't want to live it again either!”
Source: Autosport