Lego cars risk making F1 drivers look like kids, clowns: Verstappen

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has said that Formula One's decision to put drivers in Lego cars ​for Sunday's British Grand Prix parade lap risks ‌making them look like "kids and clowns".

The four-time world champion told broadcaster Viaplay that he would rather stick with the usual format of ​drivers being taken around the circuit on a ​flatbed truck, waving to fans and doing television ⁠interviews.

"I prefer to play with Lego at home, you ​know, with the kids. Not on a go-kart here, to ​be honest," said the Dutchman.

"I prefer to stand on a truck, just with everyone together. I think that’s more fun and I ​think it also looks more professional."

Formula One and Lego ​announced on Thursday that the 22 drivers will do a lap ‌of ⁠Silverstone before Sunday's race in mini-cars made of thousands of Lego bricks.

A previous event at the Miami Grand Prix last year, with drivers sharing two-seater cars, saw collisions and bricks ​scattered across ​the asphalt.

"At ⁠the end of the day we are Formula One drivers, I think we should not ​look like kids and clowns trying to ​ram ⁠into each other," said Verstappen. "I don’t think that is what Formula One needs, but it is what it is."

Emily Prazer, ⁠Formula ​One's chief commercial officer, said that the ​event would show a different side to the sport and "create an incredible ​spectacle for fans".