Speed Champions

BWT Alpine F1 Team A524 Race Car

A pink and blue F1 missile that punches well above its brick count

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 77248 · 2025

Pieces258

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number77248

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The verdict

I put this next to the other Speed Champions F1 cars on my shelf and it is the one people point at first, that BWT pink is just loud in the best way.

For 258 pieces you get a genuinely low, wide, correctly proportioned car, not a stubby toy version, and that alone makes it worth the spot on the shelf. It is a quick build, so do not expect an evening of engineering puzzles, this is a fast, satisfying, one sitting project. If you want a display piece that reads as an actual F1 car from across the room, or you are chasing the full grid of these small liveried racers, it earns its place.

Best for: F1 fans and Speed Champions collectors building out the current grid

The full review

What it is

I will be honest, the first thing that got me was the color. BWT pink on an F1 car still looks a little unreal even now that it has been on the grid for a few seasons, and LEGO leaned into it here rather than toning it down. The proportions are what sold me though, that long low nose, the wide rear wing, the way the whole thing sits close to the ground. Speed Champions cars used to look a bit chunky and toy like, this one does not, it reads as an actual F1 car shrunk down rather than a cartoon of one.

The catch

The honest caveat is size and time. This is a 258 piece set, which puts it firmly in the quick build category, you will be done in well under an hour and there is no clever mechanism or transforming feature hiding inside to stretch that out. It is also not to true 1:8 scale like the big Technic or Icons F1 builds, so if you were hoping for a substantial centerpiece model, this is not that, it is a small, sharp display piece. Some Speed Champions sets in this wave skip the driver minifigure too, so check that expectation before you buy if a figure matters to you.

Who it's for

Get this one if you collect the Speed Champions grid, if you are an Alpine or BWT fan, or if you want a fast, cheerful build to slot onto a desk or shelf without committing a whole afternoon. Skip it if you want a serious building challenge or a large scale showpiece, in which case look at the bigger Icons or Technic F1 sets instead.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this one is quick and mostly about shaping that low nose and wide rear end correctly, there is no fiddly multi step subassembly here, just a steady march to a finished car in one sitting. It is the kind of build I hand to someone who says they do not have time for LEGO, because you genuinely can knock it out over a coffee.

The standout here is the livery itself, the pink and blue BWT Alpine color scheme translated into brick form is the whole appeal, and LEGO uses printed and specialty pieces rather than stickers for the sharpest parts of it, which matters a lot on a car where the paint job is basically the point. At 258 pieces for a recognizable, well proportioned F1 car, the part count to payoff ratio favors the display shelf over the parts bin, this is a set you build once and then just look at.

Fun facts

01Speed Champions has built out a running roster of current F1 team cars in this compact scale, with each constructor getting its own liveried release rather than one generic race car mold
02The BWT sponsorship pink has been part of Alpine and its predecessor teams' identity on the real grid for several seasons, making it one of the more recognizable liveries in modern F1
03Speed Champions sets in this size class are designed to be buildable in a single short sitting, which is part of why the theme has become a popular gateway line for building with kids or for a quick solo build