Force India are desperate to finish ahead of McLaren in the Constructors’ Championship according to driver Nico Hulkenberg.
The team have slipped steadily down the order since the start of the season when they were, at one stage, third before Ferrari pulled ahead followed then by Williams.
The team are now sixth after McLaren’s recent run of points finishes have put them just one point clear of the Indian-owned outfit.
Hulkenberg concedes they’re unlikely to get any higher than fifth, but their target must be to score consistently again and pass their nearest rival.
“There’s no chance of getting back ahead of [Williams or Ferrari],” the German driver told GPUpdate.
“McLaren is our main opponent now and the race is between us and them. Obviously we’re desperate to finish fifth in the Constructors’, that’s important to us and [is] our target.
“Our aim should be to replicate the first half [of the season]. We’ve been consistently in the points.”
With it looking likely Hulkenberg will remain with Force India next season, the 27-year-old insists he doesn’t mind another season with the midfield team.
“I’m not massively worried, the situation is what it is. You’re always trying to do as good as you can with the package you’ve got – everyone in the paddock knows that’s how it works.
“Then hopefully one day the opportunity will come that you have a winning car, or that with this team we can have a winning car.”
