LEGO Formula 1: every set, and which one to actually buy

The short answer

• Technic McLaren MCL39
• Technic Red Bull RB20
• Technic Aston Martin AMR25
• Icons Ferrari F2004
• Icons McLaren MP4/4
• Lando Norris helmet
• Speed Champions Ferrari SF-24
• Speed Champions Audi R26
• City F1 truck with Audi
• DUPLO F1 cars

• Stocking filler — the 71049 Minifigures mystery bag, under $15.
• Secret Santa under $30 — a Speed Champions car in the team they actually support.
• A child aged 6–8 — City 60442; for ages 2–5, DUPLO 10445.
• An adult, for the desk — a driver helmet, or Icons McLaren MP4/4 with Senna for someone who watched the eighties.
• The big one — Technic McLaren MCL39: 1,675 pieces and 24 inches of shelf.

What 2026 brought

Five sets this year — and one conspicuous gap.

• Speed Champions Audi Revolut F1 R26 — 1 March, 216 pieces, $27.99. Audi's first season in Formula 1 and its first LEGO car. The body already follows the 2026 rules: new front wing, tighter front suspension.
• Technic McLaren MCL39 — 1 March, 1,675 pieces, $229.99. Scale 1:8, 24 inches long, the biggest F1 set on sale.
• Icons Ferrari F2004 and Michael Schumacher — 1 March, 735 pieces, $89.99. A remake of a set first released 28 years ago.
• City F1 display truck with the Audi car — 1 March, 508 pieces.
• Technic Aston Martin Aramco AMR25 — 1 July, 1,547 pieces, $229.99. The only large Technic to arrive in the second half of the year.

Why this season is different

Normally "buy early" just means popular sets sell out before the holidays. This year there is a harder reason: the entire Speed Champions F1 wave — ten cars from the 2024 grid — is being retired at the end of 2026. After that they exist only on the secondary market, at secondary-market prices.

In practice: if someone is collecting the grid, this is the last year to complete it at retail. If you just want a gift, there is no need to rush — a new wave built to the 2026 rules will replace it.

The six lines, and who each is for

LEGO builds F1 cars across six ranges. They differ less in price than in purpose: some are toys that get pushed around a carpet, others are models that go on a shelf and are never touched again.

Speed Champions: the grid

The core line for fans: LEGO built the whole championship grid, one car per team, each with a driver minifigure. They are all the same scale, so they line up on a shelf — which is exactly why people collect them in sets rather than singly.

The advice that saves the most money and grief: do not guess the team. Buy the one they support, or for a collector, the one they are missing.

• Ferrari SF-24 — 275 pieces. The safe red default for anyone who follows Leclerc or Hamilton.
• McLaren MCL38 — 269 pieces. The team that took the 2025 title.
• Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 — 251 pieces. Verstappen's car.
• Audi Revolut F1 R26 — 216 pieces. The 2026 newcomer.
• F1 Academy car — 201 pieces. The F1 Academy car, a good pick for a young fan.
• APXGP — 268 pieces. The fictional team from the Brad Pitt film, for anyone the movie brought in.

For children: DUPLO and City

Speed Champions is a model more than a toy — small parts and stickers that a child under eight will simply pull off. City and DUPLO are built for play: chunky cars, a pit lane and trucks that survive a carpet Grand Prix.

• DUPLO F1 cars and drivers — 70 pieces, ages 2+. Big bricks that do not get lost or fall apart on first impact.
• City Williams and Haas cars — 92 pieces, ages 4+. Two cars in one box, so it stretches across two children.
• City F1 display truck with Audi — 508 pieces, ages 7+. An evening or two with a parent.
• City F1 truck with RB20 and AMR24 — 1,086 pieces, ages 8+. The largest F1 City set: a birthday present rather than an add-on.

Helmets and legends

Sets adults build to put on a desk. Editions are large helmets on a stand in a specific driver's livery. Icons are championship cars from earlier eras, with the driver included.

• Lando Norris helmet — 793 pieces. The 2025 champion's helmet: Norris took the title by two points.
• Lewis Hamilton helmet — 884 pieces. Hamilton's first season in red.
• Charles Leclerc helmet — 886 pieces, and Oscar Piastri helmet — 793 pieces. The other half of each garage.
• Icons Ferrari F2004 and Schumacher — 735 pieces. One of the most dominant cars ever raced.
• Icons McLaren MP4/4 and Senna — 693 pieces. The MP4/4 won 15 of 16 races in 1988.
• Icons Williams FW14B and Mansell — 799 pieces. The cheapest way into Icons.

Technic: the flagships

1,300–1,700 pieces, working mechanics — piston engine, steering, suspension, differential — and two feet of car. These take several evenings, which makes them an experience rather than an object.

Check two things before buying: whether there is anywhere to put it, and whether the person actually wants to spend three evenings building. A Technic box that sits unopened for a year is the saddest gift on this page.

• McLaren MCL39 — 1,675 pieces. Newest and largest.
• Red Bull RB20 — 1,639 pieces.
• Aston Martin AMR25 — 1,547 pieces. The green stands out on a shelf full of red and orange.
• Ferrari SF-24 — 1,361 pieces. Fewest parts, most recognisable silhouette.
• Mercedes-AMG W14 — 1,642 pieces. The cheapest way into Technic F1.

Where to put it: wall mounts

The common problem with a large Technic car is not the price — it is that two feet of model has nowhere to live. It eats half a shelf, collects dust, and a month later it is in a cupboard. The fix most people never think of is a wall mount: the car hangs vertically like a museum exhibit and becomes the most noticeable thing in the room.

Mounts exist for both sizes — the big Technic cars and the small Speed Champions, including boards that hold the whole grid side by side. Wall mounts and display boards start around $10 for a 3D-printed bracket and run to roughly $90 for a backlit display board. The wall is expensive because of the cars, not the brackets: four large Technic sets is already about $900.

One thing to understand: these are not official LEGO products but third-party accessories, so fit and finish depend entirely on the seller. Read the reviews and look at buyer photos rather than the renders in the listing.

How to get this wrong

• The team matters more than the price. A Ferrari fan will not be pleased by a more expensive Mercedes. If you do not know who they support, check their feed — or ask them to put a wishlist together, which shows both the team and the exact set.
• Drivers move. Hamilton has been at Ferrari since 2025, so the older Mercedes sets are no longer about him.
• The age on the box is not decoration. 18+ on Technic and Icons means a long instruction booklet and fiddly mechanics, not simply "for grown-ups".
• Buy the real thing. Marketplaces are full of look-alikes that photograph well and fall apart in the hand.
• Never give a duplicate car. It is the main disappointment in any collectible line, and the one that a wishlist removes entirely: givers can see what is already taken, the owner cannot.

Every LEGO F1 set

Grouped by line. Each name opens Amazon search for that exact set, which shows current price and sellers — LEGO F1 listings move between sellers often, so a live search is more reliable than a fixed link.

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