How the trophies were made<\/p>\n
The actual winner\u2019s trophy for the British Grand Prix is the iconic, solid-gold Royal Automobile Club Trophy. This will still be presented on the podium to the race winner along with the Lego trophy. It was the key source of inspiration to the designer of the Lego version, Samuel Liltorp Johnson.<\/p>\n
Johnson is a Lego creative lead, who normally designs model sets so large that families can build together, and has worked on projects such as Lego\u2019s \u2018Doctor Who\u2019 editions. He was approached back in April \u2014 before the Miami drivers\u2019 parade \u2014 with the task of making a trophy for the British GP.<\/p>\n
His initial thought was to make the trophy a big, gold Lego brick, only to quickly change plans to tap into the race\u2019s history instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the 75th birthday, so I thought, what if we tell a heritage story?\u201d Liltorp Johnson said. \u201cAnd the one constant in all of British motorsport is that RAC Trophy. And that was just like, \u2018What if we make a trophy inspired by that?\u2019 And this is the result of that inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lewis Hamilton celebrates with the traditional trophy in 2024 (Mark Thompson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Lego winners\u2019 trophy isn\u2019t made out of gold, but all of the bricks have been colored with a golden chrome effect. The trophies for second and third places are white, while the constructors\u2019 trophy is black.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Liltorp Johnson designed and rendered the trophy digitally, with his file comprising 20,000 Lego pieces as he made full use of Lego\u2019s brick inventory and tried different ways to get the shapes and curves he required for a trophy.<\/p>\n
Liltorp Johnson was particularly struck by the floral patterns on the real RAC Trophy, so made use of Lego\u2019s brick flower designs. The handles were made out of curved pieces that are normally elements for palm trees or dinosaur tails. But he also wanted to add some Lego \u201cplayfulness\u201d to the model. This became the Lego F1 cars on each side and, of course, the classic Lego brick on the very top.<\/p>\n
The final design comprises 2,717 bricks, weighs over 2kg and is 23 inches tall. To keep it strong, Lego Technic pieces are used in the middle to serve as its \u2018skeleton\u2019. The rest of the bricks are glued together. A team of eight people worked on the models and put in 200 man hours, with each trophy taking approximately one week to build.<\/p>\n
As part of his design research, Liltorp Johnson watched numerous F1 podium ceremonies to see what the drivers might do with his trophies after they were presented. \u201cLewis Hamilton holds it like a baby and George Russell punches it to the sky,\u201d he said, explaining that he\u2019d pick the trophy up and wave it above his head to ensure it stayed together.<\/p>\n
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