As McLaren continues to put the 'bad old days' behind it, claiming forth in the standings in its first season with Renault and looking ahead to its (re)partnership with Mercedes in 2021, the Woking team is leaving little to chance. Other than a new windtunnel, the 8-time constructors' champions are building a new simulator, leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor. 'We've got a new driver-in-the-loop simulator,' technical director, James Key told members of the media. 'It's a massive departure to what we've been using. 'It's a project that McLaren pioneered a long time ago,' he continued, 'but it's also been recognised now that that the world has moved on, and that's sort of a big project...
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