The LEGO Group and McLaren Automotive launched into the hardest LEGO Technic problem up to now, recreating a one-of-a-kind, absolutely drivable McLaren P1 constructed from LEGOs. And if that wasn’t already sufficient, they enlisted McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris to finish a lap of the enduring British racetrack Silverstone within the 1:1 scale LEGO Technic McLaren P1.
This life-size reproduction of the McLaren P1 is constructed from a whopping 342,817 LEGO Technic items (393 various kinds of LEGO Technic parts used, together with 11 molded particularly for this mannequin). As you may think, this was a fairly large enterprise, with 8,344 hours spent on growth and development, created by 23 specialists from design, engineering and constructing from the LEGO group and McLaren Automotive.
The construct’s dimensions are just like the real-life automotive (4,980 mm lengthy, 2,101mm huge and 1,133mm excessive), weighing in at roughly 2,690 kilos, with some really exceptional shows of engineering from each groups.
The life-size LEGO Technic McLaren P1 has absolutely useful steering, making it the primary LEGO massive construct ever able to steering and taking over difficult racetrack corners. The construct options an electrical motor consisting of LEGO Technic Operate batteries and an electrical automotive battery, permitting it to journey additional than some other LEGO mannequin earlier than it.
With the automotive assembled, all that was left to do was to embark on the final word problem, and with it being a McLaren supercar reproduction, who higher to get behind the wheel than McLaren F1 Driver Lando Norris. The British driver was greater than as much as the duty, taking over the twist and turns of the three.66 miles observe and finishing the lap across the Silverstone Circuit. With the enormity of this problem, Silverstone was the proper setting given McLaren’s wealthy historical past with the house of British racing.
You possibly can watch the total video of Lando Norris finishing the Final Problem within the life-size LEGO Technic McLaren P1 right here:
“Having labored on the unique P1 program for McLaren, it’s wonderful to see so lots of the parts from the unique McLaren P1 dropped at life so realistically by the LEGO Technic crew for the full-scale mannequin. The automotive was an icon of its time. I hope that via this collaboration with the LEGO Group, we’re in a position to encourage the following era of designers and engineers to push the boundaries of automotive innovation.” Ben Gulliver, Take a look at & Improvement Director, McLaren Automotive.
Little question about it, this newest problem seems to be to take the mantra ‘Construct for Actual’ to a complete new degree, bringing to life followers’ dream supercar in a novel manner.
Whereas this can be a one-off, you may your arms on the 1:8 scale LEGO Technic McLaren P1 set at www.LEGO.com/McLaren and LEGO Shops, priced at $449.99.
