No doubt well-coordinated with the Audi Revolut F1 Team’s Formula 1 debut moment yesterday in Berlin, LEGO followed that up with confirmation of its own Speed Champions Audi Revolut F1 Team R26 Race Car, translating Audi’s 2026 challenger into brick form with near-immediate turnaround.
Audi revealed the R26 livery on January 20 in Berlin, during a launch event that also confirmed team elements like colors, Adidas clothing, sponsor partnerships and more. Just one day later LEGO, followed with set #77259.
Back in November, this site reported on a rumored LEGO Audi F1 kit that was assumed to be one of LEGO’s Speed Champions series. Back then, AI-based renderings derived from the R26 concept were the best guess of what we might expect. Now, with the real car revealed and LEGO’s official set confirmed for March, that early rumor has gone from speculation to production reality.
FAMILIAR SHAPE, SUBTLE DIFFERENCES SPEED CHAMPIONS #77259
The 216-piece Speed Champions set is available to pre-order now and ships March 1, aimed at builders ages 10 and up. LEGO describes it as featuring “design details that comply with the updated F1 regulations for the new season,” and several elements clearly reflect these changes.
For those digging into 2026 F1 car changes and LEGO’s own translation of these changes into bricks, Brick Fanatics has published a great comparison. Review of that comparison has helped inform this story of some of these changes.
Most notably, the LEGO car features a slender fin at the rear, a visual cue that appears to reference 2026-era aerodynamic changes and the move away from traditional DRS toward the new Overtake Mode. On the LEGO model, this fin looks to be a newly designed element that clips into a rounded rear structure—an encouraging sign that Speed Champions designers are already adapting to the next ruleset rather than reusing older F1 molds.
That said, a side-by-side comparison with the real Audi R26 livery reveals some meaningful differences. The most obvious is color accuracy. Where the real car leans toward a reddish-orange accent, particularly around the wheels, Audi rings, sidepod intakes, and rear flanks, the LEGO version reads more plainly red.
There are also shape discrepancies around the sidepods. On the real R26, the sections beneath the Revolut branding appear bulkier and more sculpted, while the LEGO interpretation simplifies these surfaces considerably. LEGO’s sidepod air intake accents are rendered in gray rather than the orange seen on the real car, further flattening the visual drama of the design.
Some of this may be intentional. As with most F1 reveals, the Berlin event showcased the livery, not necessarily final race-spec bodywork. Audi—like every other team—has little incentive to show its full aerodynamic hand this early, meaning certain LEGO “inaccuracies” could age into coincidences rather than errors once the car actually hits the track.
LINES, LOGOS, BRICKS & LEGO REALITY
At the rear of the car, the LEGO model opts for straighter, more vertical color separations between gray, black, and red sections. On the real R26, those lines are more dynamic and angled, with black flowing further into the engine cover. Branding is also necessarily simplified; there’s simply no room at this scale for certain secondary sponsor logos, though the Audi rings remain prominently placed.
Still, the overall silhouette is unmistakable. The cockpit, rear wing, suspension details, and Pirelli-branded tires all reinforce the fact that LEGO is treating Audi’s F1 entry as a first-class citizen within its Speed Champions lineup.
Alongside the Speed Champions reveal, LEGO had already announced a LEGO City set featuring the R26 concept paired with an F1 carrier truck. While clearly aimed at a younger audience, the City set reinforces the arrival of Audi—positioning the R26 not just as a race car, but as part of a broader paddock ecosystem.
The LEGO Speed Champions 77259 Audi Revolut F1 Team R26 slots neatly into the existing F1 lineup. Order yours now over at Lego.com.
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