Renault had a double celebration last Sunday as it revealed its R30 car and confirmed Vitaly Petrov as the occupant of the second race seat for the 2010 season.

The 25-year old Petrov, also Russia’s first formula one driver, who finished the GP2 championship in second place last year and who reportedly has a big sponsorship purse, helped his new teammate Robert Kubica pull the wraps off the R30 car in the Valencia pitlane.

The single seater is painted all yellow and black, almost identical to the 30th anniversary tribute that was revealed a couple of years ago, but with red wing endplates coloured red in deference to prominent sponsor Total.

“It reminds me of when I was a kid, watching Arnoux, Prost. It also sends out a clear message about Renault’s commitment to formula one,” said Eric Boullier, team principal of the newly Genii Capital-controlled team.

The R30 also features a shark fin engine cover that resembles that of McLaren and Sauber’s, but it somehow manages to distinguish itself as a fairly conventional evolution of last year’s R29.

Meanwhile, Jerome d’Ambrosio and Ho-Ping Tung were named as the team’s new non-race drivers for 2010, and former technical director and acting team boss Bob Bell is now the managing director. James Allison is now the technical director.