New footage shows how McLaren BROKE ‘priceless' Lego F1 trophy after Lando Norris won British Grand Prix
Lando Norris won his home race for the first time ahead of team-mate Oscar Piastri in a tricky Silverstone race.
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As part of F1 's partnership with Lego, the toymaker created a set of four trophies, three for the drivers and one for the constructor, which took a team of seven master builders 210 hours to design and make.
The trophies were presented to the podium sitters - including Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg who scored his first podium after 239 races - and the winning constructor, McLaren, represented by technical director Peter Prodromou.
However, following the podium celebrations footage emerged which revealed the constructor's trophy lying broken on the floor in multiple bits.
A video shared to social media shows Prodromou desperately trying to fix the trophy, comprised of some 2,717 Lego elements.
Norris is seen walking down stairs behind the podium with both the RAC Trophy and his 2kg Lego trophy - identical in parameters to the constructors - in his hands as the chaos unfolds below him.
Three more people come over to check out the broken Lego Brick silverware before it is taken away.
Lego's creative lead on the project, Samuel Liltorp Johnson, told SunSport about the process of creating the "priceless" trophies.
He said: "It's been so many hours and everything, it's got to be priceless.
"I think the experience for me, I can't really put a monetary value on that.
"Being at Silverstone and just seeing all this going on and knowing we're a part of that. It's been pretty crazy."
Lando Norris injured in British Grand Prix celebrations as F1 race winner walks away holding face after wall collapses
Fans on social media joke about whether Norris was involved in breaking the trophy in some way.
The 25-year-old previously smashed up a podium trophy at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
He had hit his champagne bottle on the podium step during the celebrations, which then saw Max Verstappen's stunning porcelain trophy for winning the 2023 race smashed to pieces.
One fan joked: "Are we sure Lando wasn't involved."
Another added: "The McLaren trophy curse."
A third said: "Just McLaren things lol."
However, Norris was innocent on this occasion, but did end up with a cut nose after a photographer fell into him when a fence collapsed as the Brit went to celebrate with fans.
Since then the world of F1 has been rocked by the bombshell news that Christian Horner has been sacked as team principal of Red Bull after more than 20 years.
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