I agree, but have to admit I'm incredibly biased. I think the car is a dog (no offence to the lovely dogs out there), I think 2022 was a clean slate for DR at McLaren, and while the last two races he was nowhere, he hasn't been anywhere near as bad as last season. Lando can squeeze results out of it but said himself it's not a comfortable drive.
Daddy Brown is probably trying to light a fire under him, but I also think they're just not able to dodge questions or make excuses for him anymore.
Manifesting him getting better in my delusional world