Review: LEGO 77242 Ferrari SF-24 F1 Race Car (Speed Champions)
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The highly anticipated F1 Speed Champions wave speeds into shelves on March 2025, as part of LEGO’s extensive partnership with Formula One for F1’s 75th anniversary.
Carrying Scuderia Ferrari’s rich racing legacy, it’s easy to see 77242 Ferrari SF-24 being an instant best-seller, and one of the most popular cars on the starting grid (also thanks to a certain Lewis Hamilton in red for the first time), but great hype also comes with lofty expectations; does this set live up to them?
77242 Ferrari SF-24 will be available from 1 March 2025 onwards, and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com, or as part of the massive LEGO Ultimate Formula 1 Collector’s Pack.
Let’s jump right into the driver’s seat and take it for a test drive! This is a guest review by automotive correspondent and F1 superfan Vaderfan, who will be bringing you a whole heap of LEGO and Technic Formula 1 reviews in the next few days!
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77242 Ferrari SF-24 Set Details
77242 Ferrari SF-24 Set Details
77242
Ferrari SF-24
1 (Ferrari F1 Driver)
275
US$26.99 / AU$39.99 / €26.99 / £22.99 / CAD$34.99
1 March 2025
Unboxing
The box has the striking Formula One border art that is present on all 2025 F1-themed sets, packaged in the standard Speed Champions box proportions (although the depth is somewhat thinner than usual).
The back of the box shows off the model and some comparison shots and alternate angles.
Inside the box are a whopping six numbered bags, an instruction manual, a sticker sheet, and a loose chassis piece.
Although this is not an 18+ set, the manual does come with one striking comparison image of the real car with the LEGO car, along with their cities of origin.
The sticker sheet is jam-packed with a grand total of 30 sticker, which is unfortunate but to-be-expected. It would be unrealistic to expect LEGO to print all of them, although some of the smaller ones are quite tricky to apply. Nonetheless, the set does include quite an extensive selection of printed pieces too – it’s just an F1 car is absolutely covered in sponsor decals, so the realism here is warranted.
There are a number of interesting pieces included; of note to me were these three – all of which are new. The printed red slope forms the gentle curve of the front nose section, the black piece in the middle works as an axle connector that holds the front wheels, and the 2×6 gentle inverted curve black slope will likely be incredibly versatile in MOCs.
Of course, the new wheels are also incredibly exciting. The tyres are moulded as part of the wheel piece, with a 2×2 printed radar dish piece used as the wheel cover. These in particular look exceptional, accurately capturing the real wheels’ design.
Of course, one huge exciting point of this set is the introduction of new, wider rear wheels for better accuracy! This is a big improvement that elevates the overall design, and of course all the tyres can still be stacked up for your pit crew.
Build Process
Bags 1 and 2 are opened simultaneously, so the model is built in three stages. The first stage includes the driver and builds the core of the car.
Bags 3 and 4 add more exterior work, finishing with a model that looks somewhat like the crash “survival cell” of a real F1 car.
Finally, bags 5 and 6 complete the model. Speed Champions models are always known for a high level of build techniques, but this model definitely stands out – packed full of ingenious creative sub-assemblies that combine to create a fabulous final model.
Minifigures
One minifigure is included to drive the Ferrari, wearing a simplified version of the 2024 Ferrari racing suit. While the colours are all present including some nice striping and a Ferrari logo, the suit still looks very underdetailed, missing all the sponsors that adorn the entirety of the real racing outfit. Previous F1 Speed Champions minifigures have included prints of the sponsors, so I am not sure why they were omitted in this case as it makes the figure look very plain.
The star of the show is the new dual-moulded helmet. It looks fantastic with a printed Ferrari logo, although the visor cannot open which seems like a slight miss.
A hair piece is also included for the driver to do his media duties around the paddock, or perhaps a merchandise photoshoot?
Ferrari SF-24 Reference Image
Completed Model
The completed model measures around 21 cm (8″) long, and is drop-dead gorgeous. I must absolutely commend the designers, who have managed to create a brick-built design that pretty much nails the key shaping of the real F1 car.
Of course, it is adorned with stickers and prints, including around the lovely front wing. Thankfully, the long list of sponsors that run down the central slope, along with the Ferrari logo on the 1×1 slope at the end, are printed.
The side view is particularly attractive too – despite the limitations of the scale, the overall proportions are pretty accurate from this view.
The back has some more details, including HP and Bang&Olufsen sponsor stickers tucked around the sides of the rear wing. A 1×1 dark grey round piece with bar forms the exhaust, paired with a printed 1×1 tile below to capture the flashing red lights of the real car.
The underside provides a hint of some of the complicated build techniques that go into the model. Some 1×1 plates with claw pieces are used behind the front wheels to recreate the jagged designs of the venturi tunnels.
Let’s take a closer look at the front wing; it relies on a lot of stickered and printed detail to make it work, but the overall shaping is good (even if it’s a bit too thick). The new wheel connector pieces are used here, with stickered HP logos on top of the wheel covers for maximum accuracy.
The sidepods have also been done quite well. The SF-24 has fairly bulky sidepods, which are represented here with a 2×4 angled curved slope plus a sideways 1×1 corner panel forming the opening.
The yellow and white striping, a crucial design feature of the SF-24, have been faithfully recreated here using a combination of stickers, prints, and brick-built detail! Additional stickers behind the cockpit include further sponsors, although some of these stickers are small and difficult to align.
The cockpit has a seat for the driver, with some very impressive brick-built magic used to create the design of the triangular inlet and black T-cam behind the driver’s helmet.
The halo opens up for better access to the inside, where the driver has an excellent printed steering wheel. Unfortunately, because the halo is made from a bent rubber tube, the robot claw piece used in the middle is easily dislodged (although it is also just-as-easily reconnected).
The rear bodywork looks mostly good on the whole; my main gripe with the model as a whole is the use of a 1x1x3 slope with the Ray-Ban sticker on it. While it does approximate the downward sloping design of the sidepods, I think it looks much too thick and clunky in comparison with the rest of the ultra-detailed bodywork design.
This is especially visible from a higher angle, where the slope bricks just kind of curve off by themselves instead of smoothly linking up with the rest of the shaping.
The rear wheels were also attached with another super nifty build technique, which involved a clear minifigure neck bracket and upside-down 1×4 curved slope to continue the smooth underside of the car behind the wheel! It seems a little complex considering you won’t really see the effect very clearly, but just shows the level of detail that goes into these models.
The rear wing is also a huge upgrade over previous Speed Champions F1 cars, thanks to the new 2×6 slope introduced that has some nice stickered detail. A mech finger element in black forms the DRS activator.
Comparisons
Here’s how the Ferrari stacks up against its junior cousin from the City theme, from 60443 F1 Pit Stop & Pit Crew with Ferrari Car. Despite the shared red and black colour scheme, these are leagues apart in terms of design and detail!
However, that increased detail does come with increased size, so you can’t really use these Speed Champions sets with the City models! Perhaps a Speed Champions-scaled pit box would be a cool set to get in future?
Unsurprisingly, the model looks fantastic alongside any of its brethren in the Speed Champions line – particularly the McLaren MCL38, with whom this car shared an epic championship battle last year!
Final Thoughts
The LEGO design team has absolutely knocked it out of the park with this set, and I can see it flying off the shelves once it releases. The build is a love letter to the SF-24, accurately capturing the fine details to create a gorgeous overall look that looks like it was captured directly from the on-track car. There are some downsides, including a middling minifigure inclusion and a couple of overly chunky sidepod slopes, but these are relatively minor overall.
This does come at a cost – US$27 definitely isn’t cheap, and Speed Champions models certainly don’t feel like affordable impulse buys nowadays as the price of sets has gradually crept up. Nevertheless, the level of model here is truly exceptional, and I think that definitely goes some way to justify the asking price for Formula 1 and Speed Champions fans.
Sticker haters should probably stay far far away from this set (and the F1 Speed Champions lineup as a whole), but for the numerous F1 superfans, there is a lot to love here. And I reckon the passion of the Tifosi will be enough to keep this set flying off shelves for several months…
Final Score
Audience rating
77242 Ferrari SF-24 will be available from 1 March 2025 onwards, and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com, or as part of the massive LEGO Ultimate Formula 1 Collector’s Pack.
Stay tuned for more LEGO Formula 1 Speed Champions reviews in the coming days!
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