System 1’s pre-race drivers’ parade for the British Grand Prix took a hilarious activate Sunday when a number of drivers beached their LEGO minicars within the Silverstone gravel traps.
The grid was tasked with finishing the standard lap of the circuit in custom-built, driveable LEGO karts. Able to speeds as much as 25km/h, the heavy brick-built machines proved too gradual for most of the drivers. A number of drivers tried to chop the nook to achieve a bonus over their rivals, however as an alternative grew to become beached within the gravel.
Because the marshals needed to intervene to retrieve the LEGO karts, the carnage continued all through the lap. Carlos Sainz, who was one of many drivers who deserted his kart within the gravel, hopped onto the aspect of his former team-mate Lando Norris’s kart for the rest of the lap.
Footage of the race had already amassed 1.2 million views and over 28,000 likes on X on the time of writing.
“LEGO automobiles noticed the gravel and stated, ‘we’re correct F1 now.’ Absolute chaos, adore it!” one fan commented, whereas one other added: “Oh God, this was hilarious & nice the drivers having a blast. Please, can we’ve a LEGO Drivers’ Championship and have a race every race weekend?”
“For everyone who needs to see the drivers compete in equal equipment… that is what you get!” one other remark learn, whereas another person posted: “This seems to be just like the drivers had plenty of enjoyable in these karts!”
Additional reactions included: “What’s even funnier is that the president of the FIA acquired his regular kart and beached it too hahaha! Finest race ever!!!” and “LEGO automobiles getting beached proper initially is sending me. Who thought this was a good suggestion and why is it so humorous? Finest Drivers’ Parade in years purely for the chaos.”
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