12:32 – McLaren has already signed up Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne for 2018, with Lando Norris in reserve, but its quest for a simulator driver is breaking new ground, as GPUpdate.net found out.
The last time McLaren won a Formula 1 title, dial-up Internet was still widespread, mobile phones were used for audial communication, while the likes of emojis and live streaming were a vision of the future. However, the technological world has developed at a rapid rate across the past two decades, and as part of its push to climb back up the Formula 1 grid, McLaren has moved into the virtual world to unearth its next simulator driver.