Mercedes MGP W01

The Mercedes MGP W01 was the Formula One racing car with which the Mercedes GP Petronas team returned to Grand Prix racing for the 2010 season. It was first known as the Brawn BGP 002 and was driven by the returning seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher and by Nico Rosberg. Its silver livery was unveiled at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart on a Brawn BGP 001 chassis, following the purchase of the 2009 championship-winning team, and the finished car was shown at the first official test at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia. Updates at the Spanish Grand Prix lengthened the wheelbase to improve weight distribution. The season fell well short of Brawn's 2009 success: Rosberg took three podiums, Schumacher's best results were three fourth places, and the team finished fourth in the Constructors' Championship with 214 points.