LEGO F1 Build The Thrill Race Hightlights
Mar13

LEGO F1 Build The Thrill Race Hightlights

There are only a couple of days until the 2024 Formula 1 race season begins and before the Championship kicks off in Melbourne and a very different kind of race has taken place. I’m sure by now you will be aware of the new LEGO® partnership with F1. This has seen several LEGO sets created, inspired by Formula 1 and the teams that participate in it. Some of those sets have taken part in LEGO Build the Thrill Grand Prix, which is...

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77251: McLaren F1 Team MCL38 Race Car Review
Mar12

77251: McLaren F1 Team MCL38 Race Car Review

Long before the LEGO® F1 Collection was announced, the LEGO Group and McLaren already had a long-running partnership. Various McLaren vehicles have been transformed into LEGO builds, including several Speed Champions sets. These have also included a couple of F1 sets, such as the large-scale Technic car, a retro Icons and an F1 car which is similar in scale to the latest Speed Champions cars based on the 2024 Formula 1 season. As we...

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77250: MoneyGram Haas F1 Team VF-24 Race Car Review
Mar11

77250: MoneyGram Haas F1 Team VF-24 Race Car Review

Compared to some of the other teams who compete in the F1 Championship, Hass is still a fairly new team. They were established in 2014 and have roots in NASCAR, being the only US team. Although they will be joined by Cadillac in the 2026 season. Haas has competed in every F1 season since 2016 but has failed to achieve any major wins. This is the first time the team has been featured in a LEGO® set, and as part of the F1 Collection,...

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77249: Williams Racing FW46 F1 Race Car Review
Mar05

77249: Williams Racing FW46 F1 Race Car Review

After a brief pitstop, it’s time to continue the reviews of the newly released LEGO® Speed Champions F1 sets. Each team featured in the 2024 Championship is represented by a detailed mini-replica of its car and livery. Many of them offered the first time a particular car brand has appeared in a LEGO set. But that’s not the case with Williams Racing. The race team first appeared in a LEGO set in 2002 under the LEGO Racers...

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77248: BWT Alpine F1 Team A524 Race Car Review
Feb27

77248: BWT Alpine F1 Team A524 Race Car Review

Like most Formula 1 teams, Alpine’s connections to the race championship can be traced back to the late ’60s, although its modern-day counterpart first raced in the early ’80s. The team is closely connected to the French automotive brand Renault, with Alpine being the name of Renault’s sports car range. The team has been racing as BWT Alpine since 2021 but has yet to win any championship. With only a couple...

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77247: KICK Sauber F1 Team C44 Race Car Review
Feb25

77247: KICK Sauber F1 Team C44 Race Car Review

This is one of the LEGO® Speed Champions sets which differs from the common version of the real-world car. As you can see from the source image below. The Sauber F1 team goes by two different names, they are commonly known as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber but due to Stake’s links with gambling, the sponsorship branding isn’t allowed in some countries, so they race under the KICK Sauber name. Although two sets in the Speed...

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77246: Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01 F1 Race Car Review
Feb24

77246: Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01 F1 Race Car Review

If you watched the F1 Live event last week, you might have caught the joke about this team’s name, which is quite the mouth full. But despite the overly complex name, the team is also known as the Racing Bulls and debuted in the 2024 F1 season. As the name suggests, the team is connected to Red Bull, where it previously acted as the junior team to Red Bull Racing before becoming its sister team. Like many F1 teams, VCARB does...

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77245: Aston Martin Aramco F1 AMR24 Race Car Review
Feb23

77245: Aston Martin Aramco F1 AMR24 Race Car Review

Aston Martin is well known for its luxury cars, but it has also been a part of Formula 1 since the 1950s. Like many F1 teams, they have gone through various iterations when taking part in the race championship. Be it through sponsoring teams or providing engines. They have been in their current form since 2021 after the rebranding of the Racing Point F1 Team. Despite Aston Martin’s long history in F1, they haven’t won any...

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