LEGO Group and Formula 1 unveiled 10 fully-drivable F1 cars in Miami on Sunday. The effort was the fruit of a partnership with all 10 teams on the grid and they made their debut at the Miami Grand Prix Driver's Parade.
Each vehicle is made of some 400,000 bricks and weighs a little more than 3,300 pounds—2,200 of that is just the bricks. The average F1 car weighs only 1,759 pounds, including the driver but no fuel, and typically consists of zero LEGO bricks. The vehicles have a bit of a speed differential as well, the average F1 car tops out at 233 mph and their LEGO counterparts bury the needle at 12 mph, but hey they're twice as heavy.
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During the parade, all 20 F1 drivers completed a lap in their respective LEGO big build.
LEGO and F1 signed a multi-year partnership in September 2024 to try and connect younger fans to Formula 1 and make the sport more accessible. So what? They made 10 life-size F1 vehicles out of 4 million bricks in just eight months? Well, the partnership called for the creation of "memorable moments" and this certainly is memorable.
The effort is the first time LEGO has produced multiple big builds at the same time. Last September, LEGO tested a life-size McClaren supercar that was fully drivable. It was the first time LEGO built something that could drive around corners and after the nearly 343,000 Lego Technic elements were put together, McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris took it for a test spin.
It took a team of 26 designers, engineers and LEGO builders more than 22,000 hours to assemble the fleet at LEGO’s factory in the Czech Republic. The vehicles are nearly 1:1 in scale with Formula 1 cars. They even captured the details, like sponsor logos and authentic Pirelli Soft Racing Tyres—they also have other components that make them drivable.
All 10 LEGO big builds will now embark on a global tour of future races and F1 events, trying to bring families and kids closer to all the action on track.
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Lego Group and Formula One unveiled 10 fully
drivable F1 cars in Miami on Sunday.
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The effort was the fruit of a partnership with
all 10 teams on the grid,
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and they made their debut at the Miami Grand
Prix driver's parade.
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Each vehicle is made of some 400,000 bricks and
weighs a little more than 3300 pounds.
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2200 of that is just bricks.
The average F1 car weighs only 1,759
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pounds, including the driver but no fuel, and
typically, They consist of zero Lego bricks.
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The vehicles have a bit of a speed differential
as well.
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The average F1 car tops out around 233 MPH, but
their Lego
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counterparts bury the needle at 1212.
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MPH, but hey, they're twice as heavy.
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During the parade, all 20 F1 drivers completed
a lap in their respective Lego Big build.
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Lego and F1 signed a multi-year partnership in
September 2024 to try and connect younger fans
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to Formula One and make the sport more
accessible.
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So what?
They made 10 life-size F1 vehicles out of 4
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million bricks in just 8 months?
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Well, the partnership called for the creation
of memorable moments.
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And this certainly is memorable.
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The effort is the first time Lego has produced
multiple big builds at the same time.
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Last September, Lego tested a life-size McLaren
supercar that was fully drivable.
01:30.599 --> 01:34.209
It was the first time Lego built something that
could drive around corners,
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and after nearly 343,000 Lego technic elements
were put together,
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McLaren Formula One driver Lando Norris took it
for a test spin.
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It took a team of 26 designers, engineers, and
Lego builders more than 22,000
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hours.
To assemble the fleet all at Lego Group's
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factory in the Czech Republic.
The vehicles are nearly 1 to 1 in scale with
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Formula One cars.
They even captured the details like sponsor
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logos and authentic Pirelli soft racing tires,
and they obviously have other components that
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make them drivable.
All 10 Lego big builds will now embark on a
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global tour of future races and F1 events,
trying to bring families and kids closer to all
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the action on the track.
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I'm David Manti.
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