LEGO F1: Lights Out and Away We LEGO!

It’s a busy month for LEGO F1!

The popularity of Formula One has surged in recent years, with more Grand Prix being held in the United States and the Middle East and many newbie fans citing the Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’ as the reason for their interest in motorsport.

It is no surprise then that LEGO Group’s March releases for 2025 feature no fewer than thirteen LEGO F1 themed sets available to order now, just in time for the new season to start in Melbourne on 16^th March.

LEGO F1 Icons

LEGO F1 inspired sets are nothing new. Starting in the mid 1970’s with sets such as 392: Formula 1, 695: Racing Car and 491: Formula 1 Racer, the last fifty years has seen LEGO racing cars evolve in much the same way as the real thing; from the short nose cones, tiny rear wings and frightening lack of safety equipment to the technologically mind-boggling rocket ships of today.

Looking specifically at the LEGO Icons F1 range (rather than Speed Champions), 2024 saw the release of 10330: McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna, a fitting tribute to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the tragic loss of the legendary driver. Read our review of that set here.

The 2025 LEGO Icons F1 offering is 10353: Williams Racing FW14B & Nigel Mansell. Designed by the genius engineer and aerodynamicist Adrian Newey, there is no doubt that the FW14B is worthy of the Icon label. Dominating the 1992 season with ten wins from a total of sixteen races, including six occasions when drivers Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese finished first and second, Williams took the constructors title with Mansell becoming Drivers World Champion for the first (and only) time.

My Top 5 Picks for LEGO Icons F1

Of course this is all very impressive, however, if I were to choose a Williams F1 car and British champion to commemorate in LEGO form, it would have to be Damon Hill in the FW18 from 1996. And that got me thinking, what would my top 5 picks be for future LEGO Icons F1 sets? Here’s what I came up with…

1995 – Michael Schumacher’s Benetton B195

Arguably the most famous racing driver of all time, it would be impossible to exclude Schumacher from this list and I am sure that he will feature in a future LEGO Icons F1 set, although I expect the car will probably be a Ferrari. Choosing to skate over the 1994 season and the controversy of that Australian Grand Prix, I have gone for the car in which Schumacher won his second World Championship, the B195. I was lucky enough to see this car ‘in the metal’ as a child and I have been a keen motorsport fan ever since.

2002 – Eddie Irvine’s Jaguar R3

This definitely wouldn’t make most F1 fans’ list but my love of cars came from my Dad, and he loved Jaguar. Although the R3 achieved only one podium, when Eddie Irvine finished third in Italy, it is possible to argue that this car is worthy of the Icons label (just!). The managing director of the team was Guenther Steiner, the ex team boss of Haas racing and unlikely star of Drive to Survive, and the team was later sold for £1 to Red Bull. So, without the R3 perhaps Sebastian Vettel wouldn’t have had his RB6 and Max Verstappen wouldn’t have had his RB16B?

2008 – Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren-Mercedes MP4-23

As a huge fan of McLaren, I almost chose Mika Hakkinen’s MP4-13 but Lewis Hamilton finished on top of my imaginary LEGO Icons podium. The MP4-23 was the car in which Lewis won his first of seven World Drivers Championships (although we all know that it’s eight really). He holds the record for most wins (105), most pole positions (104) and most podium finishes (202) and I cannot wait to see what he and his new Ferrari teammates can achieve in 2025.

2009 – Jenson Button’s Brawn BGP001

Both the 2008 and 2009 seasons were a much-needed antidote to the boring predictability of the Ferrari-dominated early 2000s. Quite literally a one-off and described as ‘Formula One’s last great fairytale story’ the BGP001 is so iconic that even Keanu Reeves made a documentary series about it (a viewing must for any F1 fan). This car’s livery would translate really well into LEGO, with it’s all white body and luminous lime green accents and, at the start of the season, complete lack of sponsors – no fiddly stickers to contend with!

1952 – Alberto Ascari’s Ferrari 500

2025 is a special year for Formula One, it is the 75^th anniversary of the sport. Since there is only one team that has competed in every season, it would be remiss of me not to include a Ferrari in my LEGO Icons list. I would love to see a recreation of Alberto Ascari’s 1952 Ferrari 500, in which he won the first of his two World Championship titles. Ascari won seven consecutive races in the 500, a record which stood for an incredible sixty years until Sebastian Vettel broke it in 2013. The cigar-shaped Ferrari 500 would pose an interesting design challenge for LEGO and I would love to see bespoke Ferrari red or ‘rosso scuderia’ bricks.

Which car would you love to see recreated in the LEGO Icons series? And who will you be supporting in the upcoming F1 season? Let us know in the comments!