LEGO City 60474 F1 Grid with VCARB & Sauber Race Cars review

Slowest to release, LEGO City 60474 F1 Grid with VCARB & Sauber Race Cars now has to make its way through a packed grid to impress.

The irony of the LEGO City Formula 1 set featuring the start-finish line being the last to release in its range isn’t lost on us, and unfortunately it does position 60474 F1 Grid with VCARB & Sauber Race Cars at a slight disadvantage, releasing alongside the entire Speed Champions, Technic and Icons collection of much more impressive F1 cars.

So, what can this latest City set do to stand out for LEGO F1 fans in a packed March?

60474 F1 Grid with VCARB & Sauber Race Cars

Release: March 1, 2025

Retiring: Dec 31, 2025

Price: £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99

Pieces: 313

Minifigures: 3

60474 F1 Grid with VCARB & Sauber Race Cars completes the collection, for one thing. It may be two months late, but this nicely rounds out the LEGO City F1 catalogue of sets with the last two remaining teams from the 2024 grid: Sauber and Visa CashApp Racing Bulls.

The two cars are designed in exactly the same way as six of the other eight F1 City cars from across the other sets – 60442 F1 Driver with McLaren Race Car, 60443 F1 Pit Stop & Pit Crew with Ferrari Car, 60444 F1 Garage & Mercedes-AMG & Alpine Cars and 60445 F1 Truck with RB20 & AMR24 F1 Cars – with the exception being the more junior designs for 60464 F1 Williams Racing & Haas F1 Race Cars.

As is the case with the other F1 cars, these are nicely designed in a way that works to City’s charms and still captures enough of the essence of the vehicles they are based on for that same nice all-round balance, even if – particularly for the VCARB – the design of the livery will begin to look increasingly dated through the year given how different the 2025 season design of the real thing is.

The two vehicles are joined by a start-finish line complete with F1 logo above the start lights. A simple but very clever design feature allows for the lights to be switched from red to off (signifying the start of a race) with a move of the logo.

It’s a nice play feature across a nicely-proportioned build and fits in well with what the theme has offered across the range of sets so far – the full collection of cars from the current grid complemented with builds of varying size and detail showcasing snippets of F1 life and activity around the sport. 60474 does so by offering the closest taste of on-track action so far, even if it’s just a couple of small portions of crash barrier at the foot of each side of the lights stand.

60474 F1 Grid with VCARB & Sauber Race Cars also succeeds in contributing to the wider collection whilst sticking to a tight and competitive budget – two vehicles and a small portion of track build for £25 is nothing short of a bargain for a 2025 LEGO set.

Our honest opinion: This is the final piece in the LEGO City F1 collection and matches the same quality and enjoyment as all the other sets, for a great price too.

This set was provided for review by the LEGO Group.

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