LEGO Technic 42141 McLaren Formula 1 Team 2022 (First Edition)

LEGO Technic set 42141, “McLaren Formula 1 Team 2022 (First Edition)”, represents a McLaren Formula 1 Team racing car.

Set 42141 presents a McLaren Formula 1 Team car in the LEGO Technic building system. Within the Technic theme, it belongs with licensed competition vehicles, where the subject is defined by a recognizable racing profile, a low body shape and a clear connection to Formula 1.

Its build uses the usual Technic language of beams, connectors and body panels to create both the inner structure and the outer form.

This model is aimed at Technic builders, motorsport followers and collectors who want a display model of a Formula 1 car. It can be handled carefully for play, but its main appeal is the build and finished presentation. In the Technic range, it sits alongside other licensed vehicle sets that represent specific real world racing subjects rather than generic machines.

Inventory of set 42141

The inventory of set 42141 lists 1,432 pieces, spare parts excluded: 212 different lots (one shape in one color) for 152 part shapes. The box also contains 18 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 42141

Main color: black, making up 51% of the parts, followed by blue (15%) and light bluish gray (12%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 42141

143 of the 152 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 42141

3 part shapes in set 42141 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 8 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 42141 from another set

Share of the parts of set 42141 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 42171 Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance supplies 66% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 42141 within its line

With 1,432 pieces, set 42141 ranks #50 out of 443 Technic sets in our database, which have an average of 658 parts. Among the 483 sets released in 2022, it ranks #43. That is 2.2 times the average Technic set size.