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Greatly enjoy describing driver well ahead of the competition? (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lap up

'greatly enjoy' is the definition.

'describing driver well ahead of the competition?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ahead' could be 'up' ('up' can be similar in meaning to 'ahead') and 'up' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lap' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for lap up that I've seen before include "Accept with obvious pleasure" , "Relish (with the tongue?)" , "Eagerly enjoy" , "Accept eagerly" , "Take in avidly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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