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Lego and F1 combining to build life-sized Lego Cars is one of the best reminders that, at the end of the day, we’re watching 20 drivers live out their childhood dreams.
Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, all 20 drivers took to the track two-by-two in custom two-seater F1 cars made entirely out of Legos. One driver, driving, and one sitting elevated behind them in the cockpit, fighter jet style.
Lewis Hamilton called it the ‘most fun drivers’ parade’ before calling out Pierre Gasly for a dirty move.
“That was the most fun drivers’ parade we’ve ever had,” Hamilton told F1TV. “Some dirty driving from this one here.”
“The dirty boys are still in the wall right there,” Gasly replied.
Around 16 minutes into the F1 Youtube livestream of the parade lap, the Mercedes Lego car piloted by George Russell squeezed by the McLaren driven by Lando Norris. When Russell cut back, the Mercedes started a low-speed accordion crash involving the Ferrari and the Alpine.
Before the drivers went out in the Lego Cars, Carlos Sainz was seated waiting to go when his Williams Racing teammate Alex Albon told him to move to the back since the taller of the two drivers was, as Albon reports, supposed to be in the front of the cockpit.
This rule was not followed down the grid as Sainz refused to give up his seat even after being called “Donkey Kong” and, in at least one other case, as the 5’6″ Norris drove the McLaren with the 5’10” Oscar Piastri behind.
This was the second time that Lando Norris piloted a Lego-made car; last year, he took a McLaren P1 fully covered in Legos around Silverstone.
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