LEGO Speed Champions 75883 "Mercedes Amg Petronas Formula One Team Building Set

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Verstappen's collision with Hamilton was arguably the most spectacular moment of the 2021 season so far - and its most controversial. So while Verstappen is finally in the earnings driver seat, this is no time to take his foot off the gas. Geoff Tunbridge: Regardless of who could have done differently, Red Bull need to stop moaning about an overtake attempt on a corner. Every corner is an overtaking point otherwise let's drive only on ovals. The model is an inspired replica of the Mercedes F1 W12 racing car from 2021 which saw Lewis Hamilton to second place on the podium during last year’s World Driving Championships – though the less said about that final race in Abu Dhabi the better.

A Red Bull statement read: "Following a first-lap incident at Copse Corner between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix, we can confirm that Max Verstappen walked away from his car and was immediately taken to the Silverstone Circuit Medical Centre. It's the first time LEGO have released any sets with the Lotus brand, and they've certainly leant heavily on the brand's trademark green and yellow livery. The livery of this set isn't even one that's particularly associated with the Evija, with the box art featuring what appears to be a 3D render of the car in this colour scheme. It's a precaution that he's gone to the hospital. Thankfully he got out of the car unaided and thankfully he's OK."

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The Project One hybrid hypercar is based on F1 technology and the car itself is presented in the grey and teal Petronas AMG F1 theme from previous years. We've got a low slung wide profile here, and the rear centre fin is a real focus of the model - reminiscent of the Porsche 919 and Audi R18 LMP1 sets.

Manette : Max absolutely turns in on Lewis. Lewis clearly had the better start, even had coming out of Farm. Definitely a racing incident or if anything, Max's fault.As with the other 2022 sets, we've got built headlights and taillights and lots of detail in front and rear splitters on the Project One.

Pole-sitter Verstappen had been battling with the seven-time world champion from the start, the pair running side-by-side before the Dutchman aggressively defended at Brooklands.

Andy K: Hamilton needed to do something this weekend to close the gap on Verstappen..and he's done just that. Wonder at what cost though.

Aston Martin have a huge endurance racing program alongside their F1 team and finally seeing their brand on some Speed Champions sets brings us our GT3 and prototype hit. Adam Sewell: Surely if you're on the inside of the corner & worried about the other guy turning in on you, then your natural reaction is to move away from them and tight towards the apex to avoid the crash? Lewis clearly chose not to and allowed himself to turn wider to force Max's hand. The Valkyrie also features custom wheel covers to replicate the real car, and is built long to replicate the real thing. We're going to see a matching 5-wide polybag version of the Valkyrie AMR Pro, following in the line of the Lamborghini Huracan and McLaren Elva of having smaller replicas. It'll be interesting to see how the step up to 5-wide from 4 improves the detail - things are certainly looking good. This weekend we needed the points, there was a gap and I went for it." 'Definitely a racing incident' - your views of first-lap crash Helping kids and adults get excited for the racing season, the two replica vehicles are new additions to Lego’s popular Speed Champions range and also come with two driver minifigures, each with a racing helmet, wig and wrench.

Sound exciting? Pit crew get ready, and drivers, start your engines as the Mercedes-AMG racing set is available soon. Get a bird’s eye view of the race at the hairpin corner with the TV camera rig featuring an adjustable camera arm and camera-style element.