Williams Formula 1 driver Alex Albon wants more than one LEGO race

Atlassian Williams Formula 1 driver Alex Albon is a self-proclaimed LEGO fan and has high hopes for the life-sized LEGO F1 cars.

In one of the best marketing moves the company has ever done, the LEGO Group teamed up with Formula 1 to put all 20 drivers at the Miami Grand Prix into life-sized LEGO cars. All of them were reduced to little kids again, having an absolute blast in the enormous drivable builds, each made of almost 400,000 LEGO bricks a piece – and none less so than Williams driver Alex Albon.

Speaking on The Fast and the Curious podcast, Alex described it as 'the most fun fun we [the Formula 1 drivers] will have this year'.

"People talk about my P5 – all I can remember is the LEGO race," he laughed.

Alex doesn't want to stop at one race, either. With the LEGO debris having barely settled on the Miami track, he was already thinking about what could be next.

"I spoke to Stefano [Domenicali, CEO of Formula 1] afterwards, because obviously he was a big part of it," Alex explained. "I was like, 'what's the plan? We're going to do a championship? There are 18, 17 races left in the year, we should do a LEGO championship."

Admittedly, it would be quite the endeavour for both the LEGO Group and Formula 1 to pull off, considering how much damage just one lap caused to the LEGO cars.

"The chaos we caused, the debris on the track, was insane," Alex admitted. "We crashed with George in the last corner – and these things are heavy. We damaged the wall, so there was a huge clear-up. But it was so much fun."

The FIA might also need to introduce some rules if more LEGO races do come about, with many of the drivers cutting corners and attempting to sabotage one another, in the absence of the usual restrictions placed on Formula 1 driving. Alex himself also had some ideas on the track about how to get an advantage over the other teams.

"We were stuck at 20kmh," he said. "I was thinking about running and pushing Carlos [Sainz, fellow Williams Formula 1 driver], but at 20kmh, I don't think I'd be much use at that point."

This wasn't Alex's first introduction to LEGO, describing himself as 'a huge LEGO person', but clearly the first time he's experienced anything on this scale – and safe to say, he was impressed.

"I just thought to myself how well done they were," he told the podcast. "The way the batteries were done and the layout of the monocoque were really good. Clearly a lot of money spent – and then a lot of money in damages."

You can watch the entire LEGO-themed segment with Alex Albon with the Fast and the Curious Pod at the embedded video below.