Real Lego race cars
Workers work on life-size, fully drivable Lego Minicars being built with Lego bricks, which will be showcased at the upcoming Formula 1 British Grand Prix at the Silverstone Circuit, at the Lego Group factory. Formula One drivers will do a lap of Silverstone before Sunday’s British Grand Prix in mini-cars made of Lego bricks, but Lewis Hamilton indicated it was one ‘race’ he would happily miss. The stunt follows several F1 events in 2025 involving the Danish toymaker, an official partner of the sport. In Miami last year, the drivers lapped the Hard Rock Stadium in 10 life-size two-seater electric cars made of Lego, with Charles Leclerc driving Hamilton in the Ferrari one. Several cars collided and bricks were left scattered across the asphalt as drivers let their competitive instincts come to the fore. “It’s the most dangerous part of the weekend.
Ferrari posted a picture of their Lego cars on social media, with Hamilton and Leclerc both tagged and the caption “Ready for more Lego chaos on Sunday”. “I’m pretty excited for it actually,” said McLaren’s world champion Lando Norris. “If it’s like Miami was then I think whoever can make it back to the start line will be a winner already. “As long as it’s safe and we all behave, which we shall, then it will be a jolly good ride.”The cars for the drivers’ parade at this year’s race are each made of more than 28,000 bricks and capable of reaching speeds of up to 25 kph (16 mph) on standard go-kart wheels — a glacial pace compared to what follows.
The LEGO cars carry the teams’ 2026 insignias and driver numbers and weigh about 617 lb each A team of 20 designers, engineers and Lego builders at a factory in Kladno in the Czech Republic took more than 6,400 hours to create the cars. Last July, the top three finishers at the British Grand Prix were rewarded for their efforts with trophies made of Lego. And later, at Las Vegas, a Lego 1950s Cadillac made of more than 418,000 bricks and driven by actor Terry Crews was used to ferry the top three drivers to the podium. Julia Goldin, chief product and marketing officer of the Lego Group, added: “The excitement from drivers and fans alike at last years’ Miami drivers parade, was impossible to ignore. “Fans and drivers alike asked – so now we are delivering. We wanted to go even bigger than last year and ensure we continue to surprise and delight our fans. We can’t wait to see what the drivers do when they get these minicars on track.”
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