F1 Drivers To Get Trophies Made Of Lego At British Gp

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The top three Formula One drivers in Sundays British Grand Prix will have to handle their trophies with care during the podium celebrations or risk ending up with a pile of LEGO toy bricks.

Lando Norris took his first win at his home race, ahead of McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Saubers Nico Hulkenberg finished third, as Lewis Hamilton finished just off the podium in fourth.

The novel trophies are part of a multi-year partnership between LEGO and Formula One that has already put drivers in a fleet of 10 brick-built cars for a pre-race parade at the Miami Grand Prix, a moment that went viral.

Sundays race marked 75 years of the championship at the Silverstone circuit where it started in 1950 and the winners gold-adorned LEGO trophy, modelled on the real RAC golden trophy, is made of 2,717 bricks.

It weighs more than 2kg and is more than 59cm high.

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