Mercedes MGP W02

The Mercedes MGP W02 was the second Formula One car designed and built by Mercedes Grand Prix and was raced in the 2011 season by Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg. It was unveiled at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 1 February 2011, two days after Mercedes released a render showing a more traditional airbox than the one on the MGP W01 and a darker silver livery. Both drivers ran it on the first day of testing at Valencia. It was a difficult year for the team: the article records that the W02 remains the only Mercedes Formula One car that failed to score a podium finish, with Schumacher's best result a fourth place in the Canadian Grand Prix and Rosberg's two fifth places coming in China and Turkey.