Ford commissioned the creation of a LEGO version of its race car based on the GT. According to the Blue Oval, the team worked for three weeks to complete the project, and over 40,000 LEGO bricks were required for the 1/3 sized replica of the modern Ford GT race car.
Ford has chosen to display it at this year’s Le Mans 24-Hour endurance race alongside a classic Ford GT40. The latter will be a real car, not a scale model.
The carmaker decided to do this publicity stunt because it is celebrating 50 years since its team accomplished a historic podium at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
From a racing point of view, a team cannot do better in a competition. Moreover, the 24-Hour race at Le Mans is the place to win, as it is the oldest active sports car endurance race. The first ever endurance race at Le Mans was held in 1923.
The team commissioned by the Blue Oval’s representatives have chosen 66 as the race number for this model, and a look in the paragraph above will explain why this has happened. Just like the full-size race car, Ford’s LEGO GT will have the same shade of green for its wing mirrors, as well as the same design for the screen-top visor.
For the 2016 season, the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team will run two Ford GT models in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Two more cars will be registered in the IMSA Weather Tech SportsCar Championship.
In the Le Mans 24-Hour race, Ford will bring all four cars together on the track. The IMSA cars will have the 68 and 69 racing numbers, while the other two GTs will bear #66 and #67. Each of those figures marks a year when Ford triumphed at Le Mans.
Sebastian's love for cars began at a young age. Little did he know that a career would emerge from this passion (and that it would not, sadly, involve being a professional racecar driver). In over fourteen years, he got behind the wheel of several hundred vehicles and in the offices of the most important car publications in his homeland. Full profile
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