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Lego built full-size F1 cars for the Miami GP drivers' parade

Each of the 10 teams has a full-scale F1 car that has been faithfully reconstructed with over 400,000 Lego bricks

Ahead of Sunday’s race, the drivers swapped the flatbed truck that usually takes them around the track to wave to the fans for full-size, drivable F1 cars — all built out of Lego. In January, The Athletic was granted access to Lego’s ‘big builds’ factory on the outskirts of Prague, Czechia (more widely known in English as the Czech Republic), to see how the cars were built, and even get a chance to jump into the cockpit. The fact that the cars have to be mobile also presented a challenge to Lego’s designers and engineers, making it far more complicated than a traditional, stationary build that might sit on show for people to admire instead of actually moving.

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