Check out this drivable replica McLaren P1 made out of Lego
- Check out this incredible drivable McLaren P1 made from Lego
- More than 300,000 pieces of Lego were used to make the car
- You can see it in action at Silverstone in the clip below
Published on Sep 13, 2024 at 3:55 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Sep 13, 2024 at 11:38 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
This incredible one-of-a-kind and fully drivable McLaren P1 is made from Lego.
The iconic building block company joined forces with McLaren Automotive to recreate a life-sized P1.
As well as looking the part, the 1:1 scale replica is completely drivable – although not quite as fast as the real deal.
Lego enlisted the help of McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris to test the car – as he took it on a spin to complete a lap of Silverstone.
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The McLaren P1 replica is made of more 300,000 piece of Lego
There are plenty of impressive DIY vehicles out there – such as the man who built a fully working wooden Lamborghini Sián Roadster for his son or the guy who spent 500 days building a homemade Koenigsegg JESKO replica.
Now Lego has turned its hand to DIY motors with a very special edition McLaren P1.
The incredible car, which looks a bit like a pixelated version of the real thing, is made up of 342,817 Lego Technic elements and weighs 1,220kg.
The car has a fully functional steering – meaning it is the first Lego ‘big build’ that is capable of steering and taking on those tricky racetrack corners.
The car’s electric motor is made with Lego Technic Function batteries and an electric car battery.
With Norris behind the wheel, it easily made its way around the 5.891km (3.66 miles) Silverstone Circuit.
It took more than 8,000 hours to develop and build
As you can imagine, building the car was no mean feat.
In total, 23 specialists from design, engineering, and building from Lego and McLaren spent 8,344 hours developing and constructing the car, which required 393 different types of Lego Technic elements.
“Having worked on the original P1 program for McLaren, it’s amazing to see so many of the elements from the original McLaren P1 brought to life so realistically by the Lego Technic team for the full-scale model,” said McLaren’s test and development director Ben Gulliver.
“The car was an icon of its time. I hope that through this collaboration with the Lego Group, we are able to inspire the next generation of designers and engineers to push the boundaries of automotive innovation.”
This isn’t the first time Lego has dipped its toe into building cars – the Danish company previously unveiled a drivable Bugatti Chiron, that looks just as good as the real thing.
Does anyone else really want a Lego car now?
Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.
