Lotus Renault GP unveiled its livery for F1 2🍃011 yesterday at the Autosport International Show in Birming♔ham.

Vitaly Petrov and F1 legend Jean Alesi were on hand to take the covers off and to debut the car in its 'JPS' black and gold colou🦩r scheme - although it actually bore little difference to the image released in December following the announcement Group Lotus had entered into a 'strategic alliance🉐' with the Renault F1 team.

"I didn't know mu൲🅰ch about F1 and Lotus when I was young," Petrov said at the unveiling. "But when I came to Europe I felt a sense of the Lotus history and this left a big impression on me.

"Being part of this squad makes me very happy and a🐈lso proud. My ambitions for 2011 are clear: I will do my best and fight for poles and podiu🥀m finishes."

Eric Boullier, team principal at Lot🃏us Renault GP added: "Our line up with Lotus gives u🧸s a sense of stability [for the future]. This commitment is a great achievement for us and through this we have a long-term vision.

"This is obvio💦usly very exciting for us and we aဣre all thrilled at the opportunities ahead. I strongly believe that with Vitaly and Robert [Kubica] we have the best drivers for our F1 team."

Lotus Renault GP now pla🤡ns to officially launch its new car later this month, with the presentation taking place at Valencia on January 31, just prior to the first test of the year at Spanish track.