LEGO City 60464 F1 Williams Racing & Haas F1 Race Cars review
LEGO City 60464 F1 Williams Racing & Haas F1 Race Cars is part of the LEGO F1 collection but very much for the youngest LEGO builders out there.
Someone had to take the 4+ set in the LEGO City F1 line-up to give the youngest builders that first taste of building a race car out of bricks, and the task has fallen to Williams and Haas, and by the looks of things they’ll be bringing up the rear of the pack this January.
Release: January 1, 2025 Price: £17.99 / $19.99 / €19.99 Pieces: 92 Minifigures: 2 LEGO: Order now
Back of the grid
Where every other LEGO City F1 set releasing at the start of 2025 makes use of the same design for each car, 60464 F1 Williams Racing & Haas F1 Race Cars has to dial things back so as to provide its target audience – the 4+ age group – that first stepping stone from DUPLO to LEGO System.
As a result we have a couple of identical, stripped-back versions of cars that verge somewhere between go-kart and race car. Whilst the other City F1 cars themselves will not stand up to the scrutiny of comparison with March’s oncoming Speed Champions wave of ultra-detailed and very specific F1 cars, the Haas and Williams here have very much been short-changed.
Blue flags, blue flags
It is for good reason, as stated, but it does skew the collection that a few of us would be hoping to put together at the start of the year whilst we wait a couple of months for Speed Champions and Icons (maybe more than a couple of months to save up for them…).
Instead of a full set of 10 cars from the grid that all match and are interchangeable between different F1-branded sets based on track and trackside activity – pit stop, garage, transport truck – all 10 are interchangeable but two are left looking severely underfunded by their backers and in need of bringing in a paid driver or two to make up the deficit.
Retire the car
What is there to appreciate about 60464 F1 Williams Racing & Haas F1 Race Cars though? The minifigures match the same design approach as seen in the other sets, with team-branded overalls and team-logo-printed helmets, and these alone will give most of us pause for thought. What price should we wait for the set to drop to so as to pick up the drivers?
There’s not a lot to write home about with regards to the set itself because it’s not for any of us old enough to comprehend this review. The bare bones of what you need to create the equivalent LEGO F1 car for Haas and Williams built the same as the other eight cars are here, albeit with a different printed wing and no printed steering wheel, and of course, the rest of the other parts…
Our honest opinion: Designed for younger builders, best for younger builders, but we’ll all be eyeing the moment this drops in price for at least those two driver minifigures.
This set was provided for review by the LEGO Group.
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