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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.
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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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This is manufacturing now.