LEGO announces new racing-themed Icons, Technic and Speed Champions sets!

Not for me, but the Senna set looks good. I have an uncle who would love that.

These look quite good but my days of getting excited by racing cars are long past.
There are so many other good sets being released that these are an easy pass for me.

10330 is absolutely fantastic. Definite buy for me (I think even my father will want that one!)

Loved the new McLaren SC too, might get it too. The large Mercedes set is fantastic but unfortunately not possible for me.

Speed Champions? *Yawn* Show me more Star Wars sets!

Looks like apart from new wheels on 76919, it has 1x3 curved left and right pieces (the orange with McLaren stickers on the sides of the cockpit) to add to the 1x2 versions.

@GenericLegoFan said:
" @DB_Bricks said:
"Only Lego could choose today, of ALL days, to announce new Mercedes F1 sets! You absolutely couldn't make it up!"

What happened?"

As mentioned by Padraig, Hamilton's leaving Mercedes to join Ferrari for 2025.

The irony of the Senna set being for 18+…

Anyways, I LOVE Formula 1 and I love Speed Champions - all of these look great to me, but I’ll only be buying the McLaren F1 car.

The others are just too expensive and larger than I really need from my LEGO cars. Still nice, tho.

Of all the days to launch a Merc F1, and the W14 is not the wisest choice in models either.

It's still rumour about the move, Merc have yet to confirm it.

The plaid pattern in 10330 makes the driver look like a used racecar salesman.

@Padraig said:
" @GenericLegoFan said:
" @DB_Bricks said:
"Only Lego could choose today, of ALL days, to announce new Mercedes F1 sets! You absolutely couldn't make it up!"

What happened?"

Hamilton to play second fiddle to Charles LC in 2025
"

Guess again... Leclerc will play second fiddle. He just hasn't got what it takes.

Sticker horror!

@CCC said:
"Is that a Senna quote? As it doesn't come up at all when googling it. There are loads of Senna quotes, but not that one.

PS. My dream is to neatly align LEGO stickers."

He said this in Portuguese:

"Não importa qual seja o seu sonho, você tem que se dedicar inteiramente a ele".

I've seen this posted by the official account that manages his brand, so you can take it as official.
In the post, they translated it as:
"No matter your dream, you have to fully commit to it".

@pazza_inter said:
"YEAH!
But, please, make more classic cars, like the Tyrrel with 6 wheels!
Or the Mansell's Williams with Camel logo '92"

As a big fan of more historic F1 too, you really need to see the creations of RoscoPC on Rebrickable; I have his MP4/4 at 1/8 scale, together with the Williams you mention, plus I have sourced the parts for the Tyrell too. Official sets are always good and definitely far less fragile but I suspect that the licensing fees on these would have been crippling for what you actually get in parts...

@GenericLegoFan said:
" @DB_Bricks said:
"Only Lego could choose today, of ALL days, to announce new Mercedes F1 sets! You absolutely couldn't make it up!"

What happened?"

F1= February 1st

I don't see any shocks. That would be a Technic step back.

Yay. Just what the world needs: more glorification of cars....

Thanks for nothing, LEGO.

Am I the only one who thinks that the steering wheel on the last picture looks suspiciously symmetrical? Like if it was designed to be put upside down (which would be very similar to a Williams steering wheel...)

I kinda like the Mercs and the 10330 McLaren MP4/4, but I'm curious as to why they're not including driver number options in the F1 sets. I'd totally use the 63 option on either Merc.

@damien said:
"10330 looks pretty cool, but why the same size for front and rear tyres? When I first read about a Senna McLaren, it would be a instant buy. But when I take a look at the rear tyres it could be an easy pass as well. "

Because it is a Lego version not an accurate replica of the car. If memory serves the actual car didn't have two bumps on the side pods either.

Given this was from my era of following F1 it is tempting though I'd be all over a Nigel Mansell FW12 (or 13 or 14) in an instant if they made that. I realise this is a McLaren line than a more general retro F1 theme, though.

10330 has grown on me (as I'm not an F1 enthusiast, but no hater either) since I've seen leaks about it, but it's just a shame that there was nothing to do about the livery, which was — I think — greatly influenced by that cigarette brand… 76919 is stunning!

I don't understand. Do these all fit together so how to make a Death Star playset or something? Where's the special 25th Ann minifig... Her?

Looks like 42171 is the same size as 42141 thankfully so they will sit well together :) as a motorsports fan this is rather cruel of Lego to produce so many race car sets when I'm no longer entitled to any overtime at work :(

How hard would it be to at least make the rear tires wider? They used to just double up the wheels in the back, I'd prefer that if new, bigger wheels would increase the price. And for the Technic one, the front wheels should be half that width.

Damn, all of these F1 cars look significantly worse in Lego form than I was expecting them to. My word. I had high hopes for a larger scale of the MP-4/4, but I guess Lego went with what it wanted.

Remember the Speed Champions 76898 Jaguar Formula-e that came out a few years ago? That was reasonably nice compared to the just-announced 76919 McLaren in the same range.

@Alemas said:
"Personally would have preferred the Red Bull as the 1:8 model."

So glad they didn't choose to launch Red Bull, for reasons I won't go into, as I don't wish to incite a vicious debate on the matter.

Sticker hell on all of them, especially the "technic" one.

Like the concept, not sure any of the historic F1 cars I would really like to see will ever look very good due to the cigarette adverts plastered all over them!

I’m not deep into the car thing but as a casual fan and a Lego fan 76919 looks really nice.

Oh dear...

stickers on both versions of that printed element? we have never been more back Speed Champion bros

@kyrodes said:
" @CCC said:
"Is that a Senna quote? As it doesn't come up at all when googling it. There are loads of Senna quotes, but not that one.

PS. My dream is to neatly align LEGO stickers."

He said this in Portuguese:

"Não importa qual seja o seu sonho, você tem que se dedicar inteiramente a ele".

I've seen this posted by the official account that manages his brand, so you can take it as official.
In the post, they translated it as:
"No matter your dream, you have to fully commit to it"."

Yes, I saw someone else posted it too. It is strange LEGO has gone with a different translation of this quote, and not the one put out by his official brand or one of the other well known (translated) quotes.

@LostInTranslation said:
"No UK prices? My nephew will love these!

(and next year a Lewis Hamilton Ferrari, maybe? ;-)"

you misspelled Mercedes...

I'm always taken aback by the advertising that's so integral to the look of these cars that it gets represented in toy form! And I never hear car people talk about it, as though it doesn't drastically affect the aesthetics of the vehicle. These aren't even egregious examples, but it's still weird to me!

The Icons and Speed Champions F1 cars look amazing. I'll wait for 20% off, but the Speed Champions McLaren F1 is a must-buy for me.

42171 looks like a cool F1 technic model but damn is it expensive :(

@TheOriginalSimonB said:
"Like the concept, not sure any of the historic F1 cars I would really like to see will ever look very good due to the cigarette adverts plastered all over them!"

I think they used to remove the tobacco sponsorship on the cars in countries where you weren't allowed to advertise cigarettes in certain areas. Even the Lotus that was the bright yellow of the sponsors Camel had Lotus on instead of the the brand.

@kyrodes said:
"I've seen this posted by the official account that manages his brand, so you can take it as official.
In the post, they translated it as:
"No matter your dream, you have to fully commit to it"."

My dream was to not have to put forth any effort at all, but I quickly gave up on it.

I have to say I love all of these, huge F1 fan and will get all of these sets. Day 1 saving has started. Roll on March the 1st. Well done Lego Awesome. ??

I'm kinda baffled to see that MP4/4, even without the sponsor name this still screams Marlboro. But I don't mind it, not at all even. I can only hope this paves the way for more iconic race cars. Overall it looks pretty decent, but it does have some issues. As others have mentioned, the nose looks just way off, I feel that could have been done better. While it's nice to finally see slicks, it's disappointing to see the same ones front an rear, these look just way too skinny. And those white stickers.....seems like a great opportunity for some 3rd party stickers that also include Marlboro. And finally, is that Senna? I think they can do better than this....

Still, despite these flaws I do like it, and will certainly get one!

Can't say the same about the other three. I don't care for Mercedes as a team, and these look okay at best. The McLaren should be more interesting, but it just doesn't look right. I'll probably just stick with the polybag version....

Very pleased with these releases, well, the two McLarens, at least. The two Mercedes cars are less of an attraction to me. If the smaller car had also been a Speed Champions, like the 2023 McLaren, with tyres that don't look like they're off a tractor, I'd be ordering it.

The MP4/4 with Senna is lovely and I'll pre-order. Yes, it should have much bigger rear wheels/tyres but I'm not letting that put me off. It still looks awesome and is an impressive tribute to both man and machine.

The 2023 McLaren F1 also looks really good. Another must for me. It will be welcomed into my Speed Champions collection. Oh and even the polybag version looks great!

@WizardOfOss said:
"I'm kinda baffled to see that MP4/4, even without the sponsor name this still screams Marlboro. But I don't mind it, not at all even."
Indeed... I'd love to see a John Player Special, even without the John Player!

I used to be a huge fan of Formula 1, but that was back in the day when German drivers were always in the running for the championship. Nowadays there is not a single one left, and has not really been for years, hence I've long given up watching.
Not interested in the modern cars either. I've already got several of the older classics, like Niki Laudas Ferrari from the Seventies (by Xingbao), or smaller versions of the old six-wheeled Tyrrell, the JSP Lotus, the Senna McLaren and others (all non licenced mind you, but great looking and at about 1 in 18th scale far better for display than the huge Technic versions).

@CapnRex101 said:
" @CCC said:
"Is that a Senna quote? As it doesn't come up at all when googling it. There are loads of Senna quotes, but not that one.

PS. My dream is to neatly align LEGO stickers."

I also wondered about that and can only imagine it is a unique translation of something he said in Portuguese. If they were going to include an Ayrton Senna line, surely it had to be "if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver"?"

lmao I would have loved it if they had put that quote on the plaque

Technic scale slicks!! Pretty solid line up for race fans!

I`ll buy the 10330 for the SHELL stickers alone!

@sjr60 said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"I'm kinda baffled to see that MP4/4, even without the sponsor name this still screams Marlboro. But I don't mind it, not at all even."
Indeed... I'd love to see a John Player Special, even without the John Player!"

That would be cool indeed! Or looking beyond F1, the Rothmans Porsche 956, Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9, 555 Subaru Impreza...

As a Smartsheet admin, and general IT nerd, I have to buy 76919 McLaren Formula 1 due to the sponsors. ;)

Well the 42171 has decent looking tyres at least, but still, £190 for 1600 parts and presumably only the basic 3 functions ain't gonna cut it. That's the same price as 42055. I know inflation is a thing, but still. Even a more recent comparison, to 42128, which was considerably cheaper even after 2 price rises whilst still retaining more parts, the pneumatic system, and far more functions - makes it look like very poor value indeed.

The Speed champ on the other hand looks amazing and I'll definitely be picking it up at some point! The Icon looks good too; and the Senna minifig will doubtless sell a fair few of them.

I feel like on the McLaren, the big red brick in front of the windscreen should have been white with the red part printed instead of the other way around. The red line around the bottom of the brick looks weird, and the white doesn't match the white bricks. The other way would have avoided the weird-looking red line, and the red not comparing the red bricks would have been less glaring.

EDIT: After looking at it with more detail, I don't like that area at all. The red should continue down until where the black area starts. The white brick underneath the red area should have been broken up into two bricks, with the left one being red. And the cheese slope as well.

Honestly, this is a license I can 100% get behind. Definitely getting the McLaren and its "Tiny Turbo" counterpart.

Since they already churned out that Technic Camaro stocker, I'd love to see LEGO do historical NASCAR stuff, but A: I think the ship has already sailed on NASCAR diecast (I've bought several '90s Racing Champions recently for a dollar or less apiece), and B: NASCAR doesn't have global appeal. Heck, I think most people even here in the US have lost interest. My Granddad and I both had quit watching it over a decade ago. Maybe WRC would fare better.

@bgruner said:
" @LostInTranslation said:
"No UK prices? My nephew will love these!
(and next year a Lewis Hamilton Ferrari, maybe? ;-)"
you misspelled Mercedes..."
You don't read the news...

@AustinPowers said:
"I used to be a huge fan of Formula 1, but that was back in the day when German drivers were always in the running for the championship. Nowadays there is not a single one left, and has not really been for years, hence I've long given up watching. "
There's a Dutch guy with a decent chance of winning, but with 57 races a year, that sprint nonsense, DRS, silly tyre rules the spectacle for the Netflix generation is more important than actual racing. That's what's made me lose interest after decades of watching it.

Still, finally slick tyres, smaller wishbone bits, there's nice stuff in there, even if they're not scale models. But what's with that hump on the nose of the bigger Merc?

finally, after all these years

lego google chrome

rear tyres should be wider!

I think I have heard that quote before.

I've always loved the MP4/4, so that will be a must-buy for me, even with the skinny rear tyres which are almost - almost - unforgivable.

The Speed Champions McLaren will also be a must-buy, as I have all the 8-wide ones.

The two Technic Mercs aren't for me though.

I'd been hoping to see a SC F1 that wasn't part of a two-pack, so am definitely interested in 76919. (The blue-and-orange livery doesn't hurt, as I love those two colors together.)

@sipuss said:
"I think we're getting close to the point where a set will have more stickers than bricks."
https://brickset.com/article/56577/which-set-contains-the-most-stickers
https://brickset.com/article/57282/which-set-contains-the-most-stickers-relative-to-its-size

@TheOtherMike said:
" @sipuss said:
"I think we're getting close to the point where a set will have more stickers than bricks."
https://brickset.com/article/56577/which-set-contains-the-most-stickers
https://brickset.com/article/57282/which-set-contains-the-most-stickers-relative-to-its-size"

How is 10121 not at the top of the other list as well?

@ra226 said:
"Nice to see 5540 get an update."

This racing team is brought to you by fuel, oil, turbo, and the number 1.

The Senna McLaren and the Speed Champion McLaren sest are D1 purchases for me!

The picture they used for Ayrton Senna looks like Jim from The Office.

I love 10330 McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna!

I hope those new wheel suspension arms are stronger than they look!

@lippidp said:
"I don't see any shocks. That would be a Technic step back."

In the side view of the big Technic one, just behind the front wheels, I think you can see red shocks mounted horizontally and longitudinally. Operated by push-rods and rockers that can be seen in the front quarter view. I assume the pull-rods at the rear are also operating springs of some sort under the back somewhere.

Love the fact that they did the MP4/4, but indeed the nose has this huge angle halfway the tip and the windscreen. The real one is just straight. It's so wrong, I don't know what they were thinking. And the rear tyres being the same width on all models is such a cheap solution. On the motorbikes TLG does it very properly. Why not here?
The pull-back Mercedes looks great though! A first glance I mistook it for the top model. And apart from losing some cylinders, the big Technic F1 cars haven't changed in function in the past twenty years. The Silver Champion had this all already. Even more actually (like the opening bodywork with damper).

@Wrecknbuild said:
"The Silver Champion had this all already. Even more actually (like the opening bodywork with damper)."

And disintegrating stickers...

As an avid F1 fan since the late 70s I love the MP 4/4, but agree with others on some of the awkwardness at the nose.

I’m presuming the white on the red nose is a sticker? If so the livery may look more accurate if this is omitted (though we’d still not have the chevron). Perhaps Lego consciously wanted to avoid the iconic tobacco livery…

For me the really awkward section is the aeroscreen. It’s much too prominent/cartoonified. It, and the nose profile, could be softened if the rear of that red slope could be raised a plate thickness but the printed screen brick’s lip prevents that.

Still likely a day one purchase!

@smurfybloke said:
"I’m presuming the white on the red nose is a sticker?"

Since it has a complex shape with compound curvature it must be a print, otherwise the sticker would have to be stretched to fit. LEGO only does stickers on flat or "ruled" surfaces, such as the side of a cylinder or cone.

I'm worried about the consistency of the white in both the stickers and especially that print. White prints usually aren't.

@RTS013 said:
" it must be a print "

Indeed, as you point out it must be a print.

One of the images shows a shadow line along the edge of the white (the leading edge at the nose) suggesting a sticker… but all the other angles show it as print.

Having edited an image, I think it would have been better without this white printed area, with the 1x1 slope tiles aft of the top wishbones in red too.

@RTS013:
Historically, they shy away from doing stickers on cones and half-cones as well. They've only done 16 stickered examples that I can find, and one of those was a sticker applied to the inside of a half-cone used as part of the roof of Hogwarts.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Wrecknbuild said:
"The Silver Champion had this all already. Even more actually (like the opening bodywork with damper)."

And disintegrating stickers..."

You're right, there must be some improvement :-)

@PurpleDave said:
" @RTS013:
Historically, they shy away from doing stickers on cones and half-cones as well. They've only done 16 stickered examples that I can find, and one of those was a sticker applied to the inside of a half-cone used as part of the roof of Hogwarts."

I used cone just as an example of a ruled surface, the inside of one sounds like a nightmare to apply! Another example would be the "headlight bricks" (https://brickset.com/parts/6407399/brick-2x3-outside-bow-right) found at the front of 76916 SpeedChampions Porsche 963, with stickers. It's a ruled surface between two arcs of different radii, so it works fine to apply a sticker to that even though it may look like it wouldn't work.

@RTS013:
Speed Champions has eliminated the use of stickers for headlights. Ruled or not, they’re an absolute pain for many people to get lined up on these wedge slopes.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=47543pb12T=C&C=48

That’s the single instance of a sticker inside a half cone. While it is probably difficult to get the sticker in there, the print won’t really have any allignment issues, even if the sticker border does. The real concern would be if someone tries to press the center in while allowing the ends to drag on the interior surface, and ends up with the ends sticking before the center touches the interior surface.

Printing on a tire! Is that new?

@RTS013:
I looked through the printed cones. There are 35 left once you were out “sticker” and “stickers”. Of those, there are seven cockpits, 13 droid heads, four cockpits on droid heads, two Tantive IV bridge halves, an Apollo capsule, one half face (eyes), another half face (mouth), maybe a droid face, and the five remaining (two windsocks, two waffle cones, and a half-cone roof) are wraparound prints.

If the sixteen that use stickers, three come from 7468 and 7778, and would certainly be prints if done now (as seen on the new midi MF that was just announced.

Seems clear that cones are definitely possible, but a massive pain, and they try to avoid using any deco on them at all. When it’s unavoidable, it’s often a purpose that they now prefer to avoid asking the end consumer to apply stickers that are incredibly difficult to get lined up properly.

@Astrobricks:
It might be, but those don’t look like tires. They look like hard plastic. The previous cheat was to put discs in front of the tires, and print the discs.

The price for the big one is outrageous. They're clearly going for people who can't control their spending habits.

I haven't seen Shell on a racing car since 6634 Stock Car. I'm not paying much attention though, so there may have been some others in between...

The Senna McLaren looks awesome except the back wheels are super narrow. Is there a Lego wheel that can be substituted? If so I'd love to add this to my F1 cars display case, otherwise it looks super weird.

@ShinyBidoof said:
" @TheOriginalSimonB said:
"Like the concept, not sure any of the historic F1 cars I would really like to see will ever look very good due to the cigarette adverts plastered all over them!"

I think they used to remove the tobacco sponsorship on the cars in countries where you weren't allowed to advertise cigarettes in certain areas. Even the Lotus that was the bright yellow of the sponsors Camel had Lotus on instead of the the brand. "

They did indeed drop the tobacco brand names in several countries which had already banned advertising back then. However, what’s interesting is that in period (ie ‘88 season) the rear wind was left blank, and the engine cover either blank or the subliminal black blocks. Substituting ‘McLaren’ seems to be a retrospective thing for the MP 4/4

Shane no white GOODYEAR printing on the ‘(plastic?) tyres but the absence of the tyre brand on front wing end plates suggests Pirelli/F1 licensing exclusivity perhaps.

The McLaren MP4 is an instant pick up for me. I'm hoping the aftermarket comes up with some Marlboro stickers for the it soon.

No Marlboro sponsorship on the McLaren? It's an outrage!!!
F1 cars of the 1980s/90s were nothing if not high speed Cigarette packets.