The Formula 1 drivers’ parade had a difference in Miami as the competitors toured the track in cars built partly from Lego.
The toy company, which has a sponsorship deal with F1, produced 10 cars styled on their toy models of the teams’ designs. Each had room for two, so the pairs of team mates were able to share the cockpit.
Only one of them got a steering wheel, of course. But the cars, running on real F1 tyres, were only capable of up to 20kph.
The cars took 22,000 hours to build and were shipped to Miami from Lego’s factory in Czechia. Each car was constructed from around 400,000 Lego bricks and weighed around 1,000 kilograms.
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Chris (@austin-healey)
5th May 2025, 13:14
Absolutely the best drivers parade ever!!
The drivers loved it.
Absolutely the best idea ever.
Lego! Fantastic!
bernasaurus (@bernasaurus)
5th May 2025, 21:41
I had no idea this had happened until it was uploaded to YouTube. Most of us here complain about ‘gimmicks’ and Miami gets a lot of heat for being overpriced and a bit ‘soulless’. But I thought this was brilliant bit of fun. It wasn’t until I watched it the second time that I realised the cars bouncing up off the ground was because they were running over bits of Lego from collisions. Forcing each other off the track, going around the marshals.
The attention to detail, building them things must have taken forever, but good fun. Thanks to the people it that built them.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
5th May 2025, 13:26
If that made them overheat, Pirelli should be bricking it.
Interesting, too, to compare the current weight limit, and how long it would take to build a real F1 car…
Jere (@jerejj)
5th May 2025, 13:43
By far the best driver parade ever & I hope this way of conducting it won’t be a one-off thing.
Ultimately, Alpine won at least something this year & Max was the only one who fully respected track limits, even at the chicane.
Unfortunately, the Mercedes-Williams collison at the hairpin exit went unseen apart from its aftermath.
Coventry Climax
5th May 2025, 14:08
That explains the delays: Soooo many lego blocks to clear.
But the absolute highlight for me was seeing Infantilo and the new soccer cup being kissed up by Dementicali and his Royal Sadness Sulayem.
BasCB (@bascb)
5th May 2025, 20:05
Yeah, finally a driver parade that is fun again!
Coventry Climax
5th May 2025, 14:04
I wish I’d known that in advance; would have bought the most expensive tickets just for that.
Not.
Coventry Climax
5th May 2025, 14:11
Do the pictures express who is each team’s No. 1 driver?
Jere (@jerejj)
5th May 2025, 14:28
Not necessarily.
Simon
6th May 2025, 18:12
Oh dear…
Bob C
5th May 2025, 14:30
If they don’t plan on repeating it, I will happily offer to give any one of the LEGO cars a good home.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
5th May 2025, 15:02
Interesting to note they didn’t run on Lego tyres though I definitely remember reading a few years ago that Lego is technically the world’s largest tyre manufacturer by quantity…
BasCB (@bascb)
5th May 2025, 20:06
One has to wonder how that would turn out :-)
Coventry Climax
6th May 2025, 13:54
Can’t be much worse than Pirelli.
EffWunFan (@cairnsfella)
6th May 2025, 1:06
I’m a little surprised that McLaren didn’t cover their Lego car in flow vis to see if they could learn anything.
Good fun though. Still, if they run anything similar again there will probably be a cost cap and we’ll get Duplo cars instead.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
6th May 2025, 6:19
Any DNFs??
Dave The Drummer (@davethedrummer)
6th May 2025, 9:15
Definitely the best driver’s parade I’ve ever seen. Brilliant funny stuff. More please.
YIDAKI (@yidaki)
6th May 2025, 20:05
They should try peddle cars next 🏎️🏎️🏎️