Team Lotus eye midfield
Team Lotus admit they are under pressure to deliver this season and have set their sights on a midfield finish.
The Norfolk-based outfit were the best performers of the new teams in 2010 and finished 10th in the Constructors' Championship.
However, the team's owners have invested a lot of money and they are looking to reap some rewards this year, according to chief executive officer Riad Asmat
"This year, I've got shareholders on my neck saying it's points time," Asmat is quoted on BBC Sport.
"We know where we need to be - that's running with Toro Rosso and Sauber."
Team Lotus chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne is confident that their 2011 challenger will be up to scratch.
"This year's car is a much more contemporary design. The car really will be a midfield runner. It's a modern F1 car," he told BBC Norfolk.
"I'm very confident it is a big step up and it's the start of a process that takes Team Lotus back to the front of the grid."
He added: "We have to step up into the midfield and be racing Toro Ross, Sauber, Force India, Williams even.
"But I'm very confident about our development and where we're going from an engineering perspective.
"I think our goals are rising up from that and there is something personal about it. Certainly by the end of the year we want to be beating a team like Renault and I think we can be doing that."
Credit: PlanetF1.com (www.planetf1.com)
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