- F1 stunned followers Sunday with 10 drivable Lego recreations of its race vehicles. The vehicles took over 22,000 hours to construct and weighed twice as a lot as an precise F1 automobile.
Usually, earlier than an F1 occasion, drivers enter the monitor on a flatbed truck, the place they drive slowly waving at followers. On Sunday, earlier than the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, the doorway was a bit flashier.
Drivers got here out in full-sized, drivable variations of their F1 vehicles, which had been made out of Lego bricks. All totaled, 10 autos had been constructed by Lego sculptors, consuming 22,000 man hours and a few 4 million bricks.
A complete of 26 builders labored on the vehicles. Every automobile contained about 400,000 bricks and weighed twice as a lot because the precise F1 automobile. The bricks had been constructed round a steel body and held along with glue. Electrical motors powered the vehicles and the tires had been made by Pirelli, however in any other case, it was all Lego—even the steering wheel.
Lego and F1 struck a partnership final yr, which led to a number of high-end F1 automobile kits exhibiting up in shops. Sunday’s unveiling was sort of the reverse of that. Among the many fashions that had been rolling on the monitor had been LEGO McLaren and Ferrari autos.
“That was the most fun drivers’ parade we’ve ever had,” driver Lewis Hamilton stated. “Some dirty driving from this one here (Pierre Gasly)! That was great fun.”
A part of the problem in making a Lego F1 is F1 groups are sometimes very secretive about how their vehicles are made, as they attempt to discover aggressive benefits. Nonetheless, Lego says groups had been open to working with it for this undertaking, guaranteeing that even small particulars on the vehicles had been correct. The workforce additionally labored with elements producers to make sure the vehicles would speed up and brake sufficiently.
F1 had proven off the vehicles within the weeks earlier than the Miami race, however stored the truth that they had been drivable a secret till Sunday.
This story was initially featured on Fortune.com
