Force India owner Vijay Mallya believes his outfit have established themselves as a "top-five team" in Formula One.
Force Inidia owner delighted with points haul
Force India owner Vijay Mallya believes his outfit have established themselves as a "top-five team" in Formula One.
Mallya's team has made steady progress since coming into the sport in 2008, with Giancarlo Fisichella's podium in Belgium last year being their highlight so far.
The momentum has carried over into the start of 2010 as current drivers Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi have scored 30 points between them.
Both Force India cars finished in the points at Monaco and Mallya is delighted with the step forward that has been made since the same point in the previous campaign.
"To have both cars in the points in Monaco is really a good marker of how far we've come in a season," he said.
Solid
"We're a solid sixth place now in the championship, 30 points up, whereas last year we were points-free until Belgium.
"We've still got a long way to go until (the final grand prix in) Abu Dhabi, but at this point we can be really pleased about where we are.
"Every race we go to we set ourselves very high expectations and, so far, we've generally met them.
"I would say this year we've really established our credentials as a top-five team, which has made a huge difference to how everyone approaches the job in hand."
Force India will be bringing new upgrades to the upcoming Turkish Grand Prix in the hope of narrowing the gap to the pacesetting teams.
Mallya added: "Off the back of the Monaco result both Adrian and Tonio are very positive about Turkey.
"We have some new upgrades coming, so with the result of Monaco and these developments I would like to see a similar level of performance and ultimately results."
