Lando Norris declared Alpine are doing "a pretty bad job" this season – despite the fact they lead his McLaren team in the constructors' standings.
While Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes have once again been untouchable to the rest of the grid, things have been tighter in the battle for fourth place. Alpine currently have the upper hand, with strong results in Belgium and the Netherlands since the summer break.
Those performances saw them move to 125 points for the season so far in the constructors' championship. McLaren are their nearest rivals with 101, having fallen behind in recent weeks.