"The opposition have done badly and are still ahead of us" is not exactly a compliment or booster to his own team though.Norris: Alpine has done 'pretty bad job' with better F1 car - The Race
McLaren's Lando Norris reckons rival team Alpine has done a “pretty bad job” to “only just be ahead of us” in the F1 constructors' standings.the-race.com
Heh. I mean, he's obviously correct, but it's rare to see someone in sports bluntly stating the opposition has underperformed.
Just looked at the stats and tbh I'm not even sure that's right. It looks more like Ricciardo's underperforming throughout the season is the main reason McLaren aren't ahead rather than the Alpine having a demonstrably quicker car throughout the year as Norris has been ahead of them both for the past few races. Didn't realise how badly Ricciardo had done but just 4 points finishes (6th, 8th, 9th, 9th) in 15 races is just crazy.