SILVERSTONE, 2025-07-06
A trophy that’s more than child’s play
The British Grand Prix trophy got a brick-tastic makeover.
- The British Grand Prix trophy was made of 2,717 Lego bricks.
- There are four Lego trophies in total.
- The design process took over two months to complete.
What could possibly top winning the British Grand Prix? It might just be this year’s trophy: a stunning, gold-adorned prize crafted from 2,717 Lego bricks, celebrating the 75th anniversary of F1 at Silverstone.
(Image credit: Lego Group)
Building on a partnership
Lego announced its partnership with Formula 1 last year before the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Earlier this season, Lego constructed 10 fully drivable full-size F1 cars for the Miami Grand Prix’s drivers parade. But with this British Grand Prix build, Lego took the prize.
There are four Lego trophies in total, all inspired by the original Royal Automobile Club (RAC) trophy. The Drivers and Constructors models stand at almost 60cm tall and weigh over 2kg, while the 2nd and 3rd place trophies are a little shorter at around 43cm.
Driver-proof design
How did Lego ensure the F1 trophy wouldn’t fall apart when drivers celebrated? Samuel Thomas Johnson, the creative at Lego who designed the trophy, said the design faced a serious challenge to stop it from falling apart. “It would be the worst if it broke in half or snapped when the drivers held it over their heads,” said Johnson.
The design is made completely of existing Lego pieces, but some extra reinforcements were needed. “In the center, I used Lego Technic, so you can lock the pieces together in different directions, to create a kind of spine all the way through [the trophy],” Johnson explained. “Then our model shop in Billund helped me glue it together to be double safe. It’s a very solid item.”
The Lego team even analyzed how each of the drivers celebrates, to see what stresses the trophy might have to withstand. “You have Lando, who slams the champagne down and hopefully doesn’t smash it. And Lewis Hamilton, he throws the trophy up in the air, like a baby, and catches it,” Johnson explains.
Lego trophy (left), RAC trophy (right)
(Image credit: Lego Group)
It’s all in the detail
If you look closely, there are some fun details on the trophies that make them uniquely Lego. “We wanted [the trophies] to still have Lego DNA, as well as the F1 and Silverstone stories wrapped into them,” said Johnson. “One of our collectable F1 cars is mounted on the front of the trophy, and on the top is a golden Lego brick.”
Johnson normally works in Lego’s toy design area in Denmark. The design process was more manual than using the large model shop in the Czech Republic, where the F1 cars were built. “I still designed it digitally, because it’s a lot of Lego bricks,” said Johnson.
With 2,717 bricks in the larger trophies and 2,298 bricks in the smaller trophies, it would take around eight hours to assemble each one at home. However, there are currently no plans to make this design available for purchase.
(Image credit: Lego Group)
What’s next for Lego and F1?
What does Lego have planned next for its F1 partnership? “I think this is probably not the last time you’ll see something [F1] from the Lego Group,” said Johnston. “We’ve had those awesome cars, we have this awesome trophy. Maybe we’ll just build a whole track. We could have our own Grand Prix in Billund, and they could come and drive on the plastic track.”
Imagine Lego sets of the Grand Prix tracks that you could build and display at home. The Monaco track would be epic, and even Silverstone. For now, only the British Grand Prix winners get to display this Lego trophy.
Lego F1 cars at the Miami Grand Prix
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