Force India is setting its sights on a best fourth place finish in the Constructors' Standings and has therefore turned its attention to closing the gap to Williams in the coming races.
The Silverstone-based team finished a best fifth in the standings last season and according to deputy team principal Bob Fernley, that is their "minimum aim" this year, but he hopes the team can go one better.
"We've always said that's the minimum aim," he replied, when asked if fifth remained the team's target this year.
"To be able to overhaul Williams will require a mammoth effort, and our first objective is to get some daylight between ourselves and Toro Rosso, which we now have.
"But we should not underestimate Toro Rosso's ability, they've got good drivers, good team and a great car so we need to keep an eye on that," he added.
"But clearly it gives us a bit of breathing space and we should now turn our attention to closing the gap with Williams."
Force India have a 27-point gap to Toro Rosso in sixth and a 30-point deficit to Williams in fourth, but in the last three grands prix, Force India have outscored the Grove team 45 to 25, theoretically meaning they could easily surpass Williams if they can keep that points margin up.
Reviewing their season so far, Fernley believes they should have more points on the board, but things didn't go their way in the opening few races which masked the true potential of their car.
"I think we were very confident we could deliver strong finishes in the first four races, certainly the car we had was capable of doing that but circumstances didn't go our way for four races," he explained.
"Since then we've been very strong, [in] Monaco, Canada and Baku – both cars finishing in the points and [having] strong finishes."
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