Motor Sport:Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen will drive for Lotus in the 2010 Formula One season.
Experienced Trulli had been strongly linked to the team after Toyota pulled out of the sport, while Kovalainen was freed up after being replaced at McLaren by world champion Jenson Button.
Trulli, who has managed one grand prix win at Monaco for Renault in 2004 in a 12-year career, spent the last five seasons at Toyota.
At Lotus, Trulli will be reunited with former Jordan, Renault and Toyota technical head Mike Gascoyne.
"We are pretty confident that the car will not only be ready but will be reliable and good enough to be fighting for good positions," said Trulli, 35.
Kovalainen has also won one grand prix - in Hungary last year - and will be looking to rebuild his confidence at Lotus after being overshadowed by Lewis Hamilton at McLaren.
"We all are ready for a tough start and a difficult few weeks and months . . . but we can progress all the way throughout the season and establish our name and the team so that we earn the respect of everybody else on the grid and I think we can achieve good results in the medium term," said the 28-year-old.
Lotus are one of four new teams entering the sport next season in an expanded 26 car starting grid.