Eric Boullier targets top four for McLaren

McLaren Racing Director Eric Boullier looks on in the paddock during day one of Formula One testing at Yas Marina Circuit on November 25, 2014
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McLaren are not setting their targets too high for 2017, according to Eric Boullier.

McLaren are not setting their targets too high for 2017, according to Eric Boullier, the works Honda-powered team's boss.

Some are saying that, after a two-year struggle with Honda and political strife, 2017 is finally the season in which the famous British team shines again.

Yet Spanish newspaper AS quotes Boullier as saying: "Success would be to win.

"But I really want to be pragmatic and not set expectations too high.

"We were ninth in 2015, sixth last year, so I hope to be among the top four this year. We want to win as soon as possible, but I am dealing with reality."

McLaren earned 76 points and a sixth-place finish in the 2016 championship.

Nico Rosberg of Germany and Mercedes GP leads Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP into the first corner during the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya on May 10, 2015
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