F1 Academy LEGO Race Car

The F1 Academy set follows the now-standard Speed Champions 8-wide format, and the build is a tight 30-45 minutes. What makes it different from most Speed Champions cars is the livery — LEGO Racing's own custom pink, white, and yellow colorway is bold and immediately distinctive. The car is a Formula 4 model (F1 Academy races F4-specification cars), which means it's shorter, has a different aerodynamic profile than an F1 car, and sits lower. LEGO's interpretation captures the F4 character well — more compact, less aggressive than the full F1 cars. The build is accessible for ages 10 and up.

The #32 racing number (referencing LEGO's founding year, 1932) is printed on a new 2x2 wedge tile, which introduces a part that will likely appear in future Speed Champions sets. The halo structure and cockpit area use consistent Speed Champions techniques, but the color blocking is notably more complex than a typical single-color livery — there's real layering in the pink, white, and yellow transitions. Worth studying for anyone building custom livery vehicles.

201 pieces is a lean haul by pieces count, but the color spread is unusual. Bright pink Speed Champions car parts are not common in any other set, which makes this a useful source for custom race builds with non-standard liveries. The included female F1 Academy driver minifigure — with helmet and a distinct wig hairpiece — is one of the more unique Speed Champions figures in recent years.

On a shelf alongside the rest of the 2025-2026 Speed Champions F1 lineup, the F1 Academy car stands out immediately by color. The pink-white-yellow against a grid of red, orange, and dark blue F1 cars is visually striking. As a standalone display piece it's more interesting than its piece count suggests — the livery does a lot of heavy lifting.

201 pieces is a slim count, but Speed Champions sets have always punched above their piece counts on display value. The LEGO Racing livery is genuinely novel — there is no other Speed Champions car in this colorway. The minifigure inclusion is strong. A solid buy for Speed Champions completists, F1 Academy followers, and anyone building a diverse livery collection.