The Miami Grand Prix celebration will be remembered for many things, however the most important of them has to do with A race never seen in Formula 1 thanks to Lego. And so much so, although we talk about cars unable to move from 20 km/hfans and pilots are already asking to be repeated again in the next F1 GP.
The best F1 race that was lived in Miami was with Lego cars
Although during the Miami GP we lived a weekend with double race, sprint and conventional GP, just before Sunday’s race we could attend An exhibition never seen in the history of Formula 1.
On the occasion of the agreement reached between Formula 1 and Lego, the iconic brick manufacturer showed the world a recreation of the cars with which the ten shields that are disputed the title of F1 are run. We talk about Scale recreations practically 1: 1actually based on the models marketed on the set of Lego Speed Champions, but that to our surprise it turns out that they were more than simple exposure sculptures.
Each formula 1 recreated by Lego was made of 400,000 bricks
Using More than 22,000 hours of hard worka team of 26 designers, engineers and builders of Lego were building the 10 cars in secret in the factory that Lego has in Kladno, Czech Republic. However, these cars were more than models, as they were motorized to be able to give the big surprise during the Miami GP.
And so it was. Shortly before starting the race, the 20 official pilots took the 10 cars built by Lego. We talk about cars manufactured with about 400,000 bricks, weighing 1,500 kg and with a maximum speed limited to 20 km/h. Each car had been designed to accommodate two people inside, pilot and passenger, being able to see on the social networks of more than one pilot and team the internal struggle that was in more than one team to see who was put behind the wheel of the Lego car.
The F1 that used to run in Miami recreated the Speed Champions Sets that you can buy for € 26.99
How could it be otherwise, seeing the 10 cars for the Miami circuit caused a great expectation, even more when the pique among the pilots began to see who completed the layout before and thus took the victory of this “race.” Such was the degree of enthusiasm among the participants, which Several of the F1 manufactured by LEGO ended up damaged due to blows and frictions produced during advancement attempts.
After the exhibition, the social networks of half the world were flooded with thousands of videos immortalizing this peculiar career, so it is clear that the Lego maneuver worked at a thousand wonders in advertising terms. Now, although we do not know if this exhibition will be produced again in upcoming GP, what we do know is that For less than 27 euros it is possible to buy each of the set F1 Speed Champions that we have seen this Grand Prix of Miami Lego version run.
Or if the current account gives you more, do not miss the entire collection that LEGO has just launched on Formula 1.
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