Ce matin, Lotus a annoncé son line-up pour 2010. Jarno Trulli et Heikki Kovalainen feront équipes. "Je suis personnellement impressionné par le line-up de pilotes de Lotus F1 Racing pour l’année prochaine, avec sa bonne combinaison d’expérience, de pilotage et de régularité. Jarno Trulli nous apportera beaucoup d’expérience pour développer l’équipe. Heikki est un jeune pilote avec beaucoup d’expérience, je pense donc que nous avons de fantastiques pilotes, avec Fairuz également. C’est un mélange merveilleux d’expérience, de jeunesse et de passion. Nous ne nous fixons aucun gros objectif, nous voulons au moins être les meilleurs des nouvelles équipes. Mais je pense que cela montre notre sérieux aujourd’hui en annonçant deux pilotes de classe mondiale." confiait Tony Fernandes.

This morning, Lotus announced its line-up for 2010. The team chose Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen. "It was quite a difficult situation at the start of November with my former team withdrawing from Formula One, but I was convinced I would stay in the sport. I was in contact with Gascoyne about the possibility of joining the new Lotus team and it became quickly clear that it would be a very good opportunity for me. I have been in Formula One for many years but there is something extremely motivating about helping to build a team from the ground level up. We have to set realistic targets for the first year. We are one of the new teams, so we have to prove ourselves and to gain respect in the paddock. We have to establish ourselves as the best of the new teams and see what gap we have between us and the rest. Only then will we really understand what gains we need to make during the season. The points system has changed to reward the top ten drivers, so I would like to see us making progress towards the top ten by Abu Dhabi." Toyota ex-driver declarated. "For me there were a couple of major factors behind moving to Lotus. Tony Fernandes team principal and Mike Gascoyne being the two leading figures in the project and the backing behind the team were both very important. Having spoken to both of them I became aware that the whole operation has a lot of potential, and a very good chance of being a successful team in the future. I saw Lotus as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me. I always race to win and I will do everything as if I was preparing to put the car on pole, but of course we have to be realistic and keep the focus on developing the team to a state where we can operate like any other current top F1 team. It will not be easy and we will have tough times at the beginning, there's no question about it, but as long as we keep improving all the way through the year and have the earned respect of the other top teams on the grid, then we can be pleased about the first year." the finn driver added.