McLaren Senna Races into the Lego Speed Champions Series

Senna is the third McLaren supercar to be offered in Lego block form, following the P1 and the 720S.

The odds are good that if you grew up in the 1980s, 1990s or 2000s, you played with Lego blocks and if castles, city scenes and space stations aren’t your thing as an adult, the Speed Champions series might be more your speed. The popular toy company has introduced an array of supercars, muscle cars and trucks over the past few years, including the McLaren P1 and 720S.

This time, Lego has rolled out a small-scale version of the most track capable McLaren supercar, named after one of the greatest racers of all time. That is, of course, the Senna, and while most of us will never be able to afford a car like that, we can bring home a toy version that we get to build ourselves.

Lego Senna

The new Lego version of the McLaren Senna is comprised of 219 interlocking blocks which when assembled create a supercar that is about five inches long. Like the real thing, the tiny, plastic Senna is finished in grey and black with bright orange accents on the wheels, under the headlights, in the middle of the bonnet and below the doors.

While it takes some imagination to see this squared-off toy as the McLaren Senna, the company has done a great job of recreating the sleek lines of the rare supercar in block-built form.

In addition to the car, the Lego Senna comes with a mini figure in a McLaren race suit, an extra set of wheels and making this set unique from the other Speed Champions cars, a wind tunnel. The real car delivers an incredible 1,763.7lbs of downforce at 155 miles per hour, so the inclusion of the wind tunnel fan is fitting for a vehicle that offers world-class aerodynamics.

McLaren for Everyone

The Lego version of the McLaren Senna has an MSRP of $14.99 in the United States, which is 1/50,000 of the price of the actual car’s $750,000 price tag. At just over $15 with tax, the Lego Senna is within everyone’s price range, but with these kits being so popular, anyone who really wants one will want to order from the Lego website as soon as possible.

You can order this piece on the Lego website now with a limit of five per customer, so for Lego collectors or McLaren fans, act now to get this unique high performance block kit.

To showcase the planning process for the kit, the McLaren Automotive YouTube channel put together a video showing a discussion between McLaren Principal Designer Esteban Palazzo and Lego Speed Champions Lead Designer Christopher Leslie Stamp. In that video, which you can watch below, the two walk us through the key design aspects of the supercar and the toy, showing how the full-sized version was crafted into a tiny plastic replica.

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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