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McLaren has always had trouble when aerodynamics have been the primary consideration.
Historically the intro of ground effects 77-79 was a difficult time for them until Marlboro brought in Project 4 with Dennis who then contracted John Barnard into the scheme of things.
Then later Newey joined after leaving Williams and that brought an upswing.
When Brawn then RBR came in with the diffuser stuff 2009=2013 they still struggled.
They were picking up things 2018-2021 but when the new aero era came along in 2022 they were short on a good wind tunnel again.
They have never really had good aerodynamic in-house development other than when Newey was involved.
They're building the new wind tunnel but do they have the people to maximize and interpret the data, and lead the aero team?
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