Yeah, it's well known that Mclaren have out of date wind tunnel and sim, they are opening the new ones for next season. The Pandemic delayed their original plans.
Sorry but if you really think they brought Danny Ric last year, on the contract they did for Lando to be the "lead driver" given Danny's record and experience... then you are kidding yourself...
Here is Lando literally talking about the MCL36 last season... He's also said similar last season as well.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/lando-norris-mcl36-suit-daniel-ricciardo/
Driver attempting to make himself look better than his team mate shocker…
McLaren used all Lando’s data in last years car because
a. Danny Ric was at Renault and
b. Carlos was off to Ferrari.
Given this years cars were largely designed in 2020 and early 2021 or at the very least, the fundamental elements of it, it’s not surprising that the car is built with Lando in mind much more than Danny Ric. This is not ground breaking or earth shattering logic.
McLaren hedged their bets on DR managing to drive anything put in front of him but that’s not the case and given Lando is out performing him this year, why continue to invest?
Shit thing for Lando is that despite all of the above, Daniel still has more wins for McLaren than he does.