Motor racing-F1 drivers amuse British GP crowd with Lego car chaos

By Alan Baldwin

> SILVERSTONE, England, July 5 (Reuters) - Formula One drivers took to the track in cars built of ‌Lego bricks for a British Grand Prix parade lap ‌on Sunday that amused the crowd with predictable scenes of chaos.

> Several cars were ​beached in the gravel at the first corner, with Williams driver Carlos Sainz one of them and hitching a ride with McLaren's world champion Lando Norris.

> Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of the governing ‌FIA, also joined the ⁠22 drivers in the good-natured fun with Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso -- who qualified for the later grand ⁠prix in last place -- first across the line.

> Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, who had suggested on Thursday he would miss the parade, took ​part as ​did Red Bull's Max Verstappen, ​who had criticised the stunt ‌earlier by saying it risked making drivers look like kids and clowns.

> The cars were each made of more than 28,000 bricks and capable of reaching speeds of up to 25 kph (16 mph) on standard go-kart wheels. They carried the teams' 2026 liveries ‌and driver numbers.

> A team of 20 ​designers, engineers and Lego builders at ​a factory in Kladno ​in the Czech Republic took more than 6,400 ‌hours to create the cars.

> Last ​July, the top ​three finishers at the British Grand Prix were rewarded for their efforts with trophies made of Lego. Also last ​year, the drivers lapped ‌Miami's Hard Rock Stadium before the race in 10 ​life-size two-seater electric cars made of Lego.

> (Reporting by Alan ​Baldwin; Editing by Toby Chopra)