In the season-opening race in Bahrain, the Renault R30 performed creditably in qualifying: Kubica was ninth and Petrov seventeenth. The race itself, however, proved difficult, and only Kubica managed to cross the finish line, placing eleventh. In Melbourne, Renault surprised everyone when Kubica drove to a podium finish (second place), while Petrov was once again forced to retire. In Malaysia, Kubica again scored points by finishing fourth—demonstrating the R30's competitiveness—but Petrov failed to finish. In the Shanghai race, which began in dry conditions but ended in rain, Kubica secured an impressive fifth place, while Petrov finished a race for the first time, coming in seventh.
In Spain, Renault appeared to take a step back, with Kubica finishing 8th and Petrov 11th. However, in Monaco, the car was highly competitive; Kubica secured a podium finish, coming in 3rd after starting 2nd on the grid. Petrov failed to reach the finish line but was classified as a finisher, having completed 90% of the race distance. In Turkey, Renault was less competitive, yet Kubica still finished 6th, while Petrov finished 15th—setting the fastest lap in the process—despite suffering a puncture in the closing stages following contact with Fernando Alonso. In Canada, the R30 performed reasonably well; Kubica set the race's fastest lap and finished seventh, whereas Petrov had a poor outing, finishing 17th and incurring two penalties—one for a jump start and another for immediately colliding with Pedro de la Rosa. At the European Grand Prix, both Renaults reached Q3, with Kubica starting 7th and Petrov 10th. After an eventful race, Kubica finished 5th, while Petrov finished 14th, having received a five-second penalty for improving his lap time under safety car conditions.
At the British Grand Prix, Kubica qualified in a creditable 6th place, while Petrov managed only 16th. Kubica was forced to retire due to a differential problem, and Petrov finished 13th. At the German Grand Prix, Kubica qualified 7th and Petrov 13th. In the race, both Renaults finished in the points, with Kubica taking 7th and Petrov 10th. At the Hungarian Grand Prix, both Renaults again reached Q3; Petrov started 7th with Kubica right behind in 8th. During the race, Kubica retired with a suspension issue following a pit-lane collision with Sutil, while Petrov finished 5th—his best result to date. At the Belgian Grand Prix, Renault introduced its F-duct for the first time; this yielded a great result for Kubica, who started and finished 3rd, while Petrov—starting 23rd after a qualifying crash—recovered to finish 9th, marking one of Renault's best races of the season. At the Italian Grand Prix, Kubica qualified 9th, and Petrov 20th following a penalty. In the race, Kubica finished 8th and Petrov 13th. In Singapore, Kubica qualified 8th and Petrov 13th; during the race, Kubica, meanwhile, staged a fine recovery drive in the closing laps. After a puncture had dropped him out of the points, he fought his way back to seventh place with a series of impressive overtaking moves, while Petrov finished 11th. At the Japanese Grand Prix, Kubica qualified 4th and Petrov 13th. The race itself was a disaster for Renault: Petrov retired after a crash at the start, and Kubica lost a wheel on the second lap.
At the Korean Grand Prix, Kubica qualified 8th and Petrov 15th. In the race, Kubica finished 5th, while Petrov retired following an accident. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Kubica qualified 7th and Petrov 10th, with both drivers reaching Q3 during a wet qualifying session. In the race—held in dry conditions—Kubica finished 9th and Petrov 16th. At the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi, Kubica qualified 11th and Petrov 10th. In the race, Kubica finished 5th and Petrov 6th, with the latter holding off Alonso throughout the race.
The Renault team finished the season in 5th place with 163 points.
Sponsorship and livery
After the loss of sponsorship with the Dutch banking group ING Group, the car returned to the historic yellow-black livery, used (with some variations) by Renault in Formula 1 up to the RE60 in the 1985 season. The profiles of the spoilers were instead red, hosting the sponsorship of the oil company Total.
The team never had a title sponsor in 2010 and in the pre-season tests the livery actually appeared very bare of third-party brands. The only partnership of any importance was the one with the Dutch watchmaker TW Steel, whose logo stood out on the nose and above the radiator openings. Close to the start of the championship, a two-year collaboration agreement was signed with technology company Hewlett-Packard (whose brand appeared on the fin of the bonnet), while the entry of the share capital of the Genii investment fund team Capital led to the affixing of the relevant logo on the front suspension arms. The presence of the second driver Petrov conveyed the Lada brand, applied to the sides of the front section of the car, while on the sides of the bellies the DIAC logo appeared, a Renault group company specialized in credit for the purchase of motor vehicles.
During the season, the Banka brands SNORAS (which replaced DIAC), EFG International, TrinaSolar and MOVIT also made their entry.
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Robert Kubica 
Vitaly Petrov
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