Not much to say here. Maybe. I’ve probably spent enough money over the last 2.5 years on Legos to buy a real motorcycle. Instead, I got a race car.

Hm. What can I say. I’m on spring break and I need something to keep me occupied (school teacher). So I started with this. The finished product looks simple, but the process to get there was quite sophisticated, in my opinion; the building techniques, very innovative. Always amazing to see that no matter how abstract and simple the source material appears to be (everything is streamlined and pared down to basic contours, for obvious reasons—function dictates form), the process to get there requires a high level of inventiveness. Alas, I repeat myself.

At first I had hoped that the model would be larger. But as I was building it, I realized that the scale was perfect as it works quite well with the system bricks and looks good with the other Creators cars I burned money on.

All said—I’m satisfied. Fun build. Fun looking product. Details were great, in particular, the engine.

And now on to the Technic Merc Petronas. Cheers Lego fans. Keep building.

Enjoy my one photo. Pardon the mess. This addiction is a real problem. Too bad there’s no intervention available for this habit. At least the wife doesn’t entirely disapprove. I don’t know where I’m going with this. Anyway.

This was a fun set to build and I love the theme. I hope Lego makes more of these. However there were several flaws that took the shine off the final product. 1. As others have said the rear wheels are too small. Perhaps this can be fixed if Lego makes more sets like this. 2. Also as others have mentioned the white paint on part 6475049 is thin and thus looks more pink than white. 3. Worse, I was not able to get step 134 (intake manifold) to work at all. The gray pieces 4211508 are not long enough to connect with black piece 6210270. This the manifold is not complete. Not the biggest deal since it's covered up by the white engine cover, but a tad disappointing. 4. Lastly, I was missing a piece (6047276), so I have to order that now.

This was the first Lego set I've bought for myself. As an F1 fan I was a bit skeptical how the Lego bricks would copy the look of the original car, but man was I wrong.

The build looks brilliant, all the little details from the engine, to the sponsorship stickers were crafted with every detail in mind. It looks superb.

As a beginner builder I was worried I might struggle with some of the fiddlier bits. There was a few times my untrained fingers struggling to attach things together, but overall the build was a breeze. The instructions were nice and clear.

It's clear to see why so many people enjoy building Legos, and I think I may have caught the bug!

Great set, fun build. Some of the build techniques were interesting, especially the engine portion.

Two sticking points:
1. As others have already mentioned, the incorrect proportions of the rear wheels make this look odd. I would have gladly played more to have them be correct. And if the LEGO strategy is to release any additional cars from this era, then it just makes sense to produce the two sizes.

2. The printed white section of the new nose piece isn’t opaque enough and looks like a mistake. Hard to say why it’s so transparent but it makes the whole thing look cheaper than it should.