Alpine believes Lando Norris's criticisms of the French team are the result of the McLaren F1 driver being 'rattled' by the pace of its rival.
The Briton reckons that considering the pace that Alpine has shown with its A522 car this season, it should have wrapped things up long ago.
"They are in another league to us at the minute. I'm happy we've been able to fight them so far into the season, it shows we've done a very good job in other areas, in reliability, in maximising our performances, taking opportunities, and not making mistakes. Alpine is at a loss to explain why Norris keeps pushing that line, and says its main focus now is actually on getting ahead ofSporting director Alan Permane said:"Lando loves to keep quoting that, doesn't he? But we only need to just be ahead. I'm not quite sure why he keeps on: I guess we've got him rattled."We're much more focused on Mercedes and trying to beat Mercedes. We're trying to get ourselves onto that sort of level.
"I imagine that in the next races we can do the same. The car is clearly getting quicker. And I think it's getting closer to those top guys.
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