Miniature Nosecones

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Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s contender for the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship® is the first car Red Bull to have a Honda engine. Driven by Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon, the mid-season replacement for Pierre Gasly who himself stepped in after Daniel Ricciardo left for Renault, the RB15 made its debut at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. A competitive machine, the RB15 battled well with the Ferraris for the course of the whole season and was even proving a match for the dominant Mercedes pairing in the latter stages. When Verstappen stormed to victory in Austria, it became the first Honda-powered car to achieve a race win in 13 years, since Jenson Button won in the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. Verstappen’s pole position in the Hungarian Grand Prix was the first time since 2005, when Button drove a Honda-powered BAR in Canada, that a car with a Honda engine power unit lined up first on the grid. It was a true landmark moment as Verstappen also became the first Dutch Formula 1 driver to be on pole as well sport’s 100^th different polesitter.

In total, the RB15 powered Red Bull to three race wins, six further podiums, two pole positions and five fastest laps, scoring 417 points and earning third place in the Constructors’ Championship. Max Verstappen secured third in the Drivers’ Championship ahead of the Ferrari pairing of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel whilst Gasly and Albon only finished three points apart after their midseason switch, in seventh and eighth respectively.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB15 Nosecone has been crafted and finished in the workshops of Amalgam Collection using detailed colour and material specifications, and original CAD data supplied directly from the design office of Red Bull Racing. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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BMW’s first car after purchasing the Sauber team in 2005, the F1.06 competed in the 2006 Formula One season. Driven initially by Nick Heidfeld and 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, the car’s level of competitiveness was a pleasant surprise in what was to be a transitional year for the team. The F1.06 was a points contender all year, only failing to score points in five races. Villeneuve was replaced by rookie Robert Kubica following the German Grand Prix after sustaining an injury in a crash. Days after then Hungarian Grand Prix, in which Kubica drove to a solid seventh place before being disqualified because his car was too light, BMW Sauber announced the switch was permanent. Villeneuve later revealed he left Formula One because he didn't want to be a part of a potential "shoot-out" with Kubica, feeling that, as a former world champion, he had no need to prove himself.

The F1.06 scored two third place podium finishes, Heidfeld in Hungary and Kubica in Italy, and 36 points over the course of the season, with the team finishing fifth in the Constructors' Championship, an improvement on Sauber's eighth position with 20 points in 2005.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the BMW Sauber F1.06 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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The first Formula One car to be fully designed by BMW, the F1.07 was BMW Sauber’s contender for the 2007 season. Retained from last season, Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica piloted the car with future four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel taking the test and reserve driver role. Timo Glock was later signed as the team's second test driver as Vettel left for the Toro Rosso team.

Pre-season testing was very positive, leading to speculation that BMW could surprise the top teams, though BMW played down speculation citing reliability concerns. The F1.07 would go on to score points at every single race during the season and only once fail to have both cars qualify in the top ten, establishing the team as the third-fastest behind Ferrari and McLaren. It was acknowledged by team principal Mario Theissen that the performance gap between BMW Sauber and the two teams in front was less than the gap to the teams behind.

The F1.07 was also involved in one of the biggest crashes of the modern Formula One era at the Canadian Grand Prix. Kubica made contact with Jarno Trulli's Toyota whilst approaching the hairpin on lap 27 and hit a hump in the grass, lifting the car's nose into the air and leaving him unable to brake or steer. The car then hit the concrete retaining wall at 300.13 km/h (186.49 mph) and rolled as it came back across the track, striking the opposite wall on the outside of the hairpin and coming to rest on its side. It was later found that he had been subjected to a peak force of 75G during the crash. Kubica escaped with a sprained ankle and light concussion. Test driver Sebastian Vettel took Kubica’s place in the American Grand Prix, finishing eighth and becoming the youngest driver to score a FIA Formula One World Championship point at the time.

The F1.07 scored two podiums during the season, both through Heidfeld: second in Canada and third in Hungary. Overall, the team scored 101 Championship points and finished second in the Constructors’ Championship, partly due to McLaren’s disqualification. BMW Sauber had twice as many points as third place Renault but half as much as the totally dominant Ferrari team.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the BMW Sauber F1.07 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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BMW Sauber’s contender for the 2008 Formula One season, the F1.08 was driven by retained drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica. Team principal Mario Theissen set the target of the team's first win during the season and he was not disappointed. BMW Sauber started the season well, scoring three podiums in the first three races in Australia, Malaysia and Bahrain, and leading the Constructors’ Championship after the third race. Another podium in Monaco preceded the team’s most successful race, a 1-2 finish in Canada, where Kubica took the team’s sole victory.

After the breakthrough win, development was switched to the 2009 season where new regulations were to be introduced. The lack of development of the current car was reflected in a drop of form as BMW Sauber became outpaced by Renault, Toyota and Toro Rosso and lost touch with Ferrari and McLaren. Despite this, Kubica remained with an outside chance of taking the Drivers’ Championship until the penultimate race. Kubica was openly critical of the emphasis switch, having led the Drivers’ Championship after Canada.

Scoring 135 points over the course of the season, the F1.08 was BMW Sauber’s most successful car, scoring that one win in Canada and eleven podiums and earning third in the Constructors’ Championship behind Ferrari and McLaren. Robert Kubica finished the Drivers’ Championship in joint third position alongside Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the BMW Sauber F1.08 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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BMW Sauber’s contender for the 2009 Formula One season, the F1.09 was again driven by retained drivers Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, the same duo who had been racing for BMW Sauber since mid-2006. After an impressive 2008 season, winning their first race and finishing third in the World Championship, much was expected of the F1.09, despite the raft of technical regulations brought in by the FIA to minimise the impact of the global financial crisis.

The F1.09’s initial development phase focused largely on the aerodynamics, the optimisation of tyre usage and the integration of KERS. Pre-season testing at Barcelona was promising, as the team clocked the fastest time on the first day. The season opener in Australia looked encouraging after Sebastian Vettel made a small error to allow Kubica to steal into second place, with two laps to go. However, Vettel braked early in defence, turning in too soon and locking his front wing on to sidepod of the BMW Sauber. Kubica lost his front wing, ultimately understeering off the circuit into the wall and out of the race. Heidfeld failed to score any points, finish tenth, after being caught up in a first lap incident involving three other cars. At the second race in Malaysia, Heidfeld provided the encouragement in a torrentially rain-soaked race that was abandoned after 32 laps, scoring the first podium of the season after qualifying eleventh. Heidfeld actually created history, becoming the first driver to take a podium position with a KERS-equipped car. Despite out-qualifying his teammate, Kubica retired after engine problems on the first lap.

After 6 races BMW Sauber had collected a mere 6 points, Heideld’s second place and a seventh place finish in Spain, and were 8th place in the Constructors' Championship. Upgrades were brought in for the Turkish GP, including an improved regenerative braking system (KERS) and a double deck diffuser. Whilst the new diffuser was implemented, the KERS could not be made to fit the new car and both drivers raced without the device. After the qualifying for the British GP, the team announced that the they had decided to halt further development KERS and focus instead on improving the car's aerodynamics. Kubica scored his first points in response, gaining a seventh place finish in Istanbul. As the car struggled for pace, at times it could barely scrape into Q2, both drivers would go on to express discontent with the slow development progress. During the summer break, BMW Sauber announced their withdrawal from Formula One, due to a lack of financial sustainability, though they admitted that the poor season had influenced their decision. The team would continue to compete until the end of season while the team searched for a buyer, who ultimately was the team’s former owner Peter Sauber.

The team performed better after the summer break, scoring points in each of the remaining seven races, including a double-points finish at Spa as the cars finished fourth and fifth. In fact, over the last seven races, the team earned over double the points from the first ten. The highlight was Kubica equalling Heidfeld’s second place result in Brazil after a strong drive from eighth on the grid, to gain his first and only podium of the season.

The F1.09 eventually finished sixth in the Constructors' Championship, with two podiums and 36 points to its name and holds the accolade as the last true BMW to race in Formula One.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the BMW Sauber F1.09 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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The F14 T was Ferrari’s contender for the 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship® season. Named by a fans’ poll organised by Ferrari, the ‘14’ represented the year of competition and the T reflected the new era of turbocharged engines. Piloted by former World Drivers' Champions Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, who returned to the team after a five-year absence, the F14 T was designed to use Ferrari's new 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engine, making the switch from the previous V8, making it the first turbo-powered Ferrari Formula One car since 1988.

Sadly, the F14 T was disappointing on track, achieving only 2 podium finishes during the entire season and, for the first time in 21 years, Ferrari failed to score at least one win. Overall, the car scored 216 points, achieving fourth in the Constructors’ Championship.

This fine 1:12 scale model nosecone is of the Ferrari F14 T as driven by Fernando Alonso. Alonso scored the team’s only two podiums: a third position in China and second place finish in Hungary, where he was overtaken by Daniel Riccardo with only two laps to go. Alonso was a consistent points finisher, never finishing outside the top ten, whilst he suffered two retirements, one in Italy, due to an electric problem in his engine, and one in Japan, after another electrical issue. Overall, he scored 161 points, finishing sixth in the Drivers’ Championship. 2014 was Alonso’s last year at Ferrari before he returned to McLaren for a second time.

This model has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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• As raced by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on the 20^th of March 2022
• Each model hand-built and assembled by a small team of craftsmen
• 1:12 scale model, over 18 cms/7 inches wide
• Made using the finest quality materials
• Over 500 hours to develop the model
• Precisely engineered parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components
• Model is removeable from its mounting frame, inspired by the real pit lane/garage storage rack
• Built using original CAD designs and paint codes supplied by Scuderia Ferrari

Ferrari’s competitor for the new era of 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, the F1-75 was Maranello’s spearhead for their mission to propel themselves back into title contention. In the hands of Monegasque racer Charles Leclerc and Spaniard Carlos Sainz, in their fourth and second seasons respectively with the team, the F1-75 was looking to continue the Scuderia’s progress in the Constructors’ Championship during Formula 1’s longest ever season.

To build the self-labelled ‘brave’ Ferrari, the engineers at Maranello required an open mind to innovate and comply with the new 2022 technical regulations. This was demonstrated most clearly in the car’s dark red bodywork, where the rules allowed the most flexibility, with Ferrari launching the car with uniquely aggressive sidepods. There had been much work on the hybrid power unit during the 2021 season and 2022 pre-season, with a view to create a system with the utmost efficiency in the energy transformation process. Every single part of the engine was reviewed, then replaced or optimised. The power unit’s packaging was now completely different, especially in terms of the cooling. The return of ground effect cars naturally meant a lot of the changes were underneath the car, and the simplified aerodynamics on the top side of the car were quite clear.

The name of the F1-75 celebrated of 75 years of Ferrari road cars. Though the Ferrari name precedes Formula 1 with its humble pre-war beginnings as the racing division of Alfa Romeo in the hands of Enzo Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari’s first creation, the 125 S, was built in 1947. The F1-75 was a celebration of the sport’s longest-serving and most successful team. It was designed to win, and ultimately there is no better way to honour Ferrari’s tradition.

Ferrari's four victory wins in Bahrain, Australia, Great Britain and Austria, as well as a further 16 podiums throughout the year's 22 races, marked an extremely strong resurgence for the team in comparison to the 2021 season. The F1-75 scored an impressive 554 points, 230.5 more than the previous year, earning second position in the Constructors' Championship, runners-up to the dominant Red Bull team. The team also claimed 12 pole positions and 5 fastest laps, Leclerc finished the season second in the Drivers' Championship with 308 points, whilst Sainz earned fifth with 246 points.

In the first qualifying sessions of the new season, Leclerc took an impressive pole position 0.123 seconds ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, whilst Sainz started from third, setting a time just 0.006 seconds slower than the Dutchman. All three maintained their positions at the start of the race, Leclerc covering off Verstappen’s advances into Turn 1. Red Bull attempted the undercut on Lap 15, pitting first and cutting down what was a 3.5s deficit to just 0.35s when Leclerc emerged in the lead on Lap 16. This triggered a three-lap battle for the lead, in which Verstappen took the lead three separate times but was unable to hang on against the resilient Leclerc, which only ended after Verstappen locked up into Turn 1 on Lap 19. The second round of pit stops were much more comfortable for the lead Ferrari. On lap 46, the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly caught fire, necessitating a safety car and giving Leclerc a free pass to make his third pit stop. The restart, now on Lap 51, saw the Monegasque driver tear off into the distance which Verstappen, now nursing a steering issue, just could not sustain. Sainz, who had remained in third and was holding off the advances of the other Red Bull of Sergio Pérez, capitalised on Verstappen’s woes and took second position, claiming a perfect start for Formula 1’s most prestigious team.

This fine 1:12 scale model is of the Ferrari F1-75 Nosecone as raced by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to a 1-2 victory in the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit on the 20^th of March 2022. This was Ferrari’s first win and 1-2 finish since the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, and Leclerc’s first win since Monza in 2019. It was also Sainz’s seventh career visit to the podium, and his fifth as a Ferrari driver.

This model will be handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of Scuderia Ferrari regarding original CAD data, finishes and paint codes. Furthermore, it will undergo detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

Note: This is a 'Kerbside' model and does not any feature moving parts.

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Driven by former World Champion Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, the F2012 was built to be Ferrari’s competitor in the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship® season. A reliable runner, Ferrari recorded the least retirements of the season and each of those three retirements were all collision related. An underwhelming pre-season led to an initially poor start to the season. Ferrari denied the car was underperforming but Alonso was struggling to challenge for podium places whilst Massa only scored once in the first four races. There was a brief respite in Malaysia as Alonso took advantage of the F2012’s superior ability in poor weather conditions and mistakes by Sergio Pérez to take victory.

At in-season testing at Mugello, Ferrari tried different solutions of exhaust system in order to improve traction of the car and to make it less sensitive to throttle position, improving its handling characteristics. This seemed to do the trick and Alonso qualified third in Spain before finishing in second place during the race. In Monaco, both cars made it into Q3 for the first time in the year and Alonso took another podium. Victories followed in the European Grand Prix and in Germany and consistent podiums were achieved for the rest of the season, excluding blips in Hungary and Belgium. The season culminated in a 2-3 finish in Brazil, meaning Ferrari finished their season with their highest weekend points haul. Overall, the F2012 earned the team three wins, twelve further podiums and 400 Constructors’ points. Ferrari ultimately finished second in the Constructors’ Championship, 60 points behind Red Bull.

This fine 1:12 scale model nosecone is of the Ferrari F2012 as driven by Fernando Alonso. Alonso earned 70% of Ferrari’s Championship points in 2012, scoring 278, but ultimately finished second in the Drivers’ Championship, being pipped to the title by Sebastian Vettel by three points. Alonso scored all three of Ferrari’s victories in Malaysia, the European GP and Germany and was responsible for ten further podiums. He recorded two retirements during the season, both of which were out of his hands: in Belgium, in a now infamous near-miss as Romain Grosjean’s Lotus flew over Alonso’s Ferrari, missing his head by inches, and Japan, where future team-mate Kimi Räikkönen crashed into the back of him, sending Alonso across the gravel at the first corner.

This model has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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Driven by former World Champion Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, the F2012 was built to be Ferrari’s competitor in the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship® season. A reliable runner, Ferrari recorded the least retirements of the season and each of those three retirements were all collision related. An underwhelming pre-season led to an initially poor start to the season. Ferrari denied the car was underperforming but Alonso was struggling to challenge for podium places whilst Massa only scored once in the first four races. There was a brief respite in Malaysia as Alonso took advantage of the F2012’s superior ability in poor weather conditions and mistakes by Sergio Pérez to take victory.

At in-season testing at Mugello, Ferrari tried different solutions of exhaust system in order to improve traction of the car and to make it less sensitive to throttle position, improving its handling characteristics. This seemed to do the trick and Alonso qualified third in Spain before finishing in second place during the race. In Monaco, both cars made it into Q3 for the first time in the year and Alonso took another podium. Victories followed in the European Grand Prix and in Germany and consistent podiums were achieved for the rest of the season, excluding blips in Hungary and Belgium. The season culminated in a 2-3 finish in Brazil, meaning Ferrari finished their season with their highest weekend points haul. Overall, the F2012 earned the team three wins, twelve further podiums and 400 Constructors’ points. Ferrari ultimately finished second in the Constructors’ Championship, 60 points behind Red Bull.

This fine 1:12 scale model nosecone is of the Ferrari F2012 as driven by Felipe Massa. It has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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• Both Leclerc and Vettel versions available
• Each model hand-built and assembled by a small team of craftsmen
• 1:12 scale model, over 18 cms/7 inches wide
• Made using the finest quality materials
• Over 500 hours to develop the model
• Precisely engineered parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components
• Model is removeable from its mounting frame, inspired by the real pit lane/garage storage rack
• Built using original CAD designs and paint codes supplied by Scuderia Ferrari

Formula 1’s only ever-present team, Scuderia Ferrari are undoubtedly the sport’s most famous name, and comfortably the most successful with 238 race wins and a combined 31 titles, a significant margin ahead of any of its rivals. The Ferrari name precedes Formula 1 with its humble pre-war beginnings as the racing division of Alfa Romeo in the hands of Enzo Ferrari, before the first Ferrari, the 125 S, was built in 1947. The inaugural Formula 1 Championship was established in 1950, and Ferrari made their debut at the second race in Monaco. Despite only seven races in 1950 and strong opponents in the dominant Alfa Romeo, it only took until July 1951 for José Froilán González to score Ferrari’s first win, and just one further season for Alberto Ascari to claim their first Drivers’ Championship. Ferrari were already world renown by the start of the next decade, claiming the first of its Constructors’ Championships and already its fifth Drivers’ title in 1961. As many Formula 1 teams rose and fell over time, Ferrari continued to adapt and excel, winning a combined 10 titles between 1960 and 1980. Then, the golden era, with Michael Schumacher and technical chief Ross Brawn. Ferrari would secure six straight constructors’ titles from 1999 to 2004, with Schumacher the Drivers’ Champion in all but one of those seasons. In its first 1000 races, 75 drivers have raced for the Scuderia and a further 35 competitors raced privately entered Ferraris. 38 drivers have at least one Grand Prix victory, whilst 9 took up the mantle of World Champion when wearing the famous red racesuits.

Scuderia Ferrari - 1000 Races in Statistics

• Years Competed: 1950-2020
• First Race: 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
• Grand Prix Victories: 238
• First Victory: 1951 British Grand Prix
• Constructor World Championships: 16
• First Constructors’ World Championship: 1961
• Driver World Championships: 15
• First Drivers’ World Championship: 1952
• Grand Prix Podiums: 773
• First Podium: 1950 Monaco Grand Prix

Drivers’ Champions with Ferrari: Alberto Ascari x2, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda x2, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher x5, Kimi Räikkönen

Constructors’ Champions with Ferrari: (Drivers who scored points in title-winning seasons) Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips, Richie Ginther, Olivier Gendebien, John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Pedro Rodríguez, Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni, Carlos Reutemann, Jody Scheckter, Gilles Villeneuve, Patrick Tambay, Didier Pironi, Mario Andretti, René Arnoux, Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine, Mika Salo, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa

This fine 1:12 scale model depicts the Ferrari SF1000 exactly as raced at the Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 at the Prancing Horse’s own Mugello Circuit on the 13th of September 2020. It perfectly replicates the car’s unique, celebratory 1000th Grand Prix livery. The burgundy colour was tribute to Ferrari’s origins and harks back to the colour of the 125 S, the first racing car to carry the Ferrari name. The look of the race numbers reflected the tradition of the past, giving the impression of being hand painted onto the bodywork, while the drivers’ race suits matched the car colour. It has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of Scuderia Ferrari regarding original CAD data and detailed colour and material specifications. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

Note: This is a 'Kerbside' model and does not any feature moving parts.

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• Both Leclerc and Vettel versions available
• Each model hand-built and assembled by a small team of craftsmen
• 1:12 scale model, over 18 cms/7 inches wide
• Made using the finest quality materials
• Over 500 hours to develop the model
• Precisely engineered parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components
• Model is removeable from its mounting frame, inspired by the real pit lane/garage storage rack
• Built using original CAD designs and paint codes supplied by Scuderia Ferrari

Formula 1’s only ever-present team, Scuderia Ferrari are undoubtedly the sport’s most famous name, and comfortably the most successful with 238 race wins and a combined 31 titles, a significant margin ahead of any of its rivals. The Ferrari name precedes Formula 1 with its humble pre-war beginnings as the racing division of Alfa Romeo in the hands of Enzo Ferrari, before the first Ferrari, the 125 S, was built in 1947. The inaugural Formula 1 Championship was established in 1950, and Ferrari made their debut at the second race in Monaco. Despite only seven races in 1950 and strong opponents in the dominant Alfa Romeo, it only took until July 1951 for José Froilán González to score Ferrari’s first win, and just one further season for Alberto Ascari to claim their first Drivers’ Championship. Ferrari were already world renown by the start of the next decade, claiming the first of its Constructors’ Championships and already its fifth Drivers’ title in 1961. As many Formula 1 teams rose and fell over time, Ferrari continued to adapt and excel, winning a combined 10 titles between 1960 and 1980. Then, the golden era, with Michael Schumacher and technical chief Ross Brawn. Ferrari would secure six straight constructors’ titles from 1999 to 2004, with Schumacher the Drivers’ Champion in all but one of those seasons. In its first 1000 races, 75 drivers have raced for the Scuderia and a further 35 competitors raced privately entered Ferraris. 38 drivers have at least one Grand Prix victory, whilst 9 took up the mantle of World Champion when wearing the famous red racesuits.

Scuderia Ferrari - 1000 Races in Statistics

• Years Competed: 1950-2020
• First Race: 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
• Grand Prix Victories: 238
• First Victory: 1951 British Grand Prix
• Constructor World Championships: 16
• First Constructors’ World Championship: 1961
• Driver World Championships: 15
• First Drivers’ World Championship: 1952
• Grand Prix Podiums: 773
• First Podium: 1950 Monaco Grand Prix

Drivers’ Champions with Ferrari: Alberto Ascari x2, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda x2, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher x5, Kimi Räikkönen

Constructors’ Champions with Ferrari: (Drivers who scored points in title-winning seasons) Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips, Richie Ginther, Olivier Gendebien, John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Pedro Rodríguez, Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni, Carlos Reutemann, Jody Scheckter, Gilles Villeneuve, Patrick Tambay, Didier Pironi, Mario Andretti, René Arnoux, Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine, Mika Salo, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa

This fine 1:12 scale model depicts the Ferrari SF1000 exactly as raced at the Gran Premio della Toscana Ferrari 1000 at the Prancing Horse’s own Mugello Circuit on the 13th of September 2020. It perfectly replicates the car’s unique, celebratory 1000th Grand Prix livery. The burgundy colour was tribute to Ferrari’s origins and harks back to the colour of the 125 S, the first racing car to carry the Ferrari name. The look of the race numbers reflected the tradition of the past, giving the impression of being hand painted onto the bodywork, while the drivers’ race suits matched the car colour. It has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of Scuderia Ferrari regarding original CAD data and detailed colour and material specifications. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

Note: This is a 'Kerbside' model and does not any feature moving parts.

Official Marketing Text:

• As raced by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz during the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship
• Each model hand-built and assembled by a small team of craftsmen
• 1:12 scale model, over 18 cms/7 inches wide
• Made using the finest quality materials
• Over 500 hours to develop the model
• Precisely engineered parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components
• Model is removeable from its mounting frame, inspired by the real pit lane/garage storage rack
• Built using original CAD designs and paint codes supplied by Scuderia Ferrari

Ferrari’s competitor for the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship season, the SF-23 is Maranello’s spearhead for their mission to propel themselves back into title contention. In the hands of Monegasque racer Charles Leclerc and Spaniard Carlos Sainz, in their fifth and third seasons respectively with the team, the SF-23 will be looking to continue the Scuderia’s progress in the Constructors’ Championship after claiming four wins and finishing second in the standings during the 2022 season.

Whilst the SF-23 is officially an evolution of the previous season’s F1-75, which is no surprise as the team’s 2022 entrant claimed a season-high 12 pole positions, underneath the surface much of the car has been completely redesigned. The SF-23’s features increased vertical downforce in order to recover overall downforce lost to the season’s updated aero regulations and achieve the desired balance characteristics for the drivers. The suspension has also been redesigned, to support aerodynamics and increase the range of adjustments that can be made to the car at the track. The most obvious changes are in the area of the front suspension: low track rods, a revised front wing and nose construction. The bodywork was also updated, with slimmer sidepods. One of the F1-75’s biggest faults during 2022 was the reliability of its power unit, so much of the SF-23’s development over winter months focused on making the internal combustion engine and electric motors more robust, to handle a more aggressive setup and eliminate the weaknesses of the power unit.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the Ferrari SF-23 Nosecone, as raced by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz during the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship, is handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of Scuderia Ferrari regarding original CAD data, finishes and paint codes. Furthermore, each replica undergoes detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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Scuderia Ferrari’s contender for the 2019 Formula One season, the Ferrari SF90 is named to celebrate the marque’s 90th anniversary. Driven by four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel and his new teammate for 2019, Charles Leclerc, the SF90 is the sixty fifth single-seater to be built by Ferrari to compete in the FIA Formula One World Championship and the sixth built for the hybrid era. Vettel, famous for giving his cars female names, named his car ‘Lina’.

The SF90 is powered by a 1600cc V6 engine that produces over 1000 horsepower to shift its 743kg weight. To cater for the 2019 season regulations, Ferrari produced a rather radical front wing design, that tapered downwards from the middle towards the endplates of the wing, which was designed to encourage the majority of the air flow to be felt on the middle of the wing and flow within the front tyres, making the car more predictable with its downforce levels but give less downforce overall.

After an impressive pre-season testing programme, in which the car showed very strong outright pace, the car attempted to take the fight to the ever-dominant Mercedes and would probably have been even more successful but for driver errors, team mistakes and a few reliability issues. The SF90’s engine was the star, considered by most to be the best engine of the grid, enabling Ferrari to take nine pole positions throughout the season. Leclerc took seven of them, outshining veteran teammate Vettel. In fact, come the end of the season, Leclerc took fourth in the Drivers’ Championship, 24 points ahead of his much more experienced colleague. Leclerc was the standout star of Ferrari’s season, immediately looking the part, and, without some of Ferrari mishaps and a few errors himself, he may well have even been in championship contention.

The SF90’s best period of the season came at the Belgium, Italian and Singapore Grand Prix, where Ferrari took all three of their victories in a row. The high-speed nature of these circuits meant they were natural hunting grounds for the SF90 and its powerful engine and so it proved, as Leclerc took his maiden win at Spa before delivering victory in front of a jubilant Tifosi at Monza. Vettel took his only win of the season in Singapore after lining up alongside Leclerc on the front row of the grid.

Though both drivers only failed to make the podium at four races during the course of the season, the SF90 only scored a double podium on three occasions and this lack of consistency hurt Ferrari’s title challenge. The SF90 holds qualifying records in Bahrain (LEC), Canada (VET), Austria (LEC) and Japan (VET) and race records at the Azerbaijani (LEC), French (VET) and US (LEC) Grand Prix (statistics correct as of the end of the 2019 season). In total, the SF90 powered Ferrari to second in the Constructors’ Championship, earning three wins, sixteen further podiums, nine pole positions, six fastest laps and 288 points.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF90 Nosecone has been crafted and finished in the workshops of Amalgam Collection using detailed colour and material specifications, and original CAD data supplied directly from the drawing office of Ferrari. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

Note: This is a 'Kerbside' model and does not any feature moving parts.

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Scuderia Ferrari’s contender for the 2019 Formula One season, the Ferrari SF90 is named to celebrate the marque’s 90th anniversary. Driven by four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel and his new teammate for 2019, Charles Leclerc, the SF90 is the sixty fifth single-seater to be built by Ferrari to compete in the FIA Formula One World Championship and the sixth built for the hybrid era. Vettel, famous for giving his cars female names, named his car ‘Lina’.

The SF90 is powered by a 1600cc V6 engine that produces over 1000 horsepower to shift its 743kg weight. To cater for the 2019 season regulations, Ferrari produced a rather radical front wing design, that tapered downwards from the middle towards the endplates of the wing, which was designed to encourage the majority of the air flow to be felt on the middle of the wing and flow within the front tyres, making the car more predictable with its downforce levels but give less downforce overall.

After an impressive pre-season testing programme, in which the car showed very strong outright pace, the car attempted to take the fight to the ever-dominant Mercedes and would probably have been even more successful but for driver errors, team mistakes and a few reliability issues. The SF90’s engine was the star, considered by most to be the best engine of the grid, enabling Ferrari to take nine pole positions throughout the season. Leclerc took seven of them, outshining veteran teammate Vettel. In fact, come the end of the season, Leclerc took fourth in the Drivers’ Championship, 24 points ahead of his much more experienced colleague. Leclerc was the standout star of Ferrari’s season, immediately looking the part, and, without some of Ferrari mishaps and a few errors himself, he may well have even been in championship contention.

The SF90’s best period of the season came at the Belgium, Italian and Singapore Grand Prix, where Ferrari took all three of their victories in a row. The high-speed nature of these circuits meant they were natural hunting grounds for the SF90 and its powerful engine and so it proved, as Leclerc took his maiden win at Spa before delivering victory in front of a jubilant Tifosi at Monza. Vettel took his only win of the season in Singapore after lining up alongside Leclerc on the front row of the grid.

Though both drivers only failed to make the podium at four races during the course of the season, the SF90 only scored a double podium on three occasions and this lack of consistency hurt Ferrari’s title challenge. The SF90 holds qualifying records in Bahrain (LEC), Canada (VET), Austria (LEC) and Japan (VET) and race records at the Azerbaijani (LEC), French (VET) and US (LEC) Grand Prix (statistics correct as of the end of the 2019 season). In total, the SF90 powered Ferrari to second in the Constructors’ Championship, earning three wins, sixteen further podiums, nine pole positions, six fastest laps and 288 points.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF90 Nosecone has been crafted and finished in the workshops of Amalgam Collection using detailed colour and material specifications, and original CAD data supplied directly from the drawing office of Ferrari. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

Note: This is a 'Kerbside' model and does not any feature moving parts.

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The E20 was the entrant for the Lotus F1 Team for the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship® season. It was named in tribute to the contribution of Enstone, the home of Lotus, as the E20 became the twentieth Formula One car to be designed there. The car was the first from Enstone to purely carry the Lotus name as the team was renamed from Lotus Renault GP at the end of the previous season, though the team continued to use Renault power units. The E20 was driven by 2007 World Drivers' Champion Kimi Räikkönen and Romain Grosjean, fresh from becoming the 2011 GP2 Series champion, both of whom were returning to Formula One after a two-year absence. Jérôme d'Ambrosio, reserve driver for the year, replaced Romain Grosjean for the Italian Grand Prix after a one race ban for causing multiple collisions in the previous race round in Belgium.

Despite testing problems, the team withdrew from pre-season testing in Barcelona due to a front suspension problem, the E20 had showed a lot of potential but Lotus would struggle to capitalise on its performance, letting itself down with poor race management and all too frequent clashes on track. The third and fourth races of the season showed the E20’s pace as, in Bahrain, the team scored a double podium finish and, in Spain, the team finished third and fourth. Further podiums came in Canada, Valencia, Germany and Belgium whilst another the team managed another double podium in Hungary. The elusive race win eluded Lotus until three races from the end of the season, where, despite Grosjean crashing out, Räikkönen made the most of an electrical fault in Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren and took victory, holding off Championship-chasing Fernando Alonso in the process and earning the Lotus name its first win since 1987, when Ayrton Senna took the chequered flag in Detroit.

Overall, the E20 achieved one race win and nine further podiums to finish as the ‘best of the rest’ behind Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren-Mercedes, achieving fourth in the Constructors’ Championship with 303 points.

This fine 1:12 scale model nosecone is of the Lotus E20 as driven by Romain Grosjean. 2012 was a very eventful year for Grosjean and he finished eighth in the Drivers’ Championship with 96 points despite seven retirements, six as a result of driver error, and a one race ban, enforced after the a now infamous crash at the Belgian Grand Prix. Grosjean squeezed Lewis Hamilton against the pitwall, speared into the back of Sergio Pérez and crashed heavily into Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari, his wheel missing Alonso’s head by inches. Grosjean was the first driver to banned since Michael Schumacher in 1994. In Bahrain, collected the first podium for a French driver since Jean Alesi in when he finished third and, when he set his first fastest lap in Formula One in Spain, he was first French driver since Alesi in 1996.

This model has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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• Each model hand-built and assembled by a small team of craftsmen
• 1:12 scale model, over 16 cms/6 inches wide
• Made using the finest quality materials
• Over 500 hours to develop the model
• Precisely engineered parts: castings, photo-etchings and CNC machined metal components
• Model is removeable from its mounting frame, inspired by the real pit lane/garage storage rack
• Built using original CAD designs and paint codes supplied by McLaren Racing

An evolution of the MCL35, a car that helped the team to third in the Constructors’ Championship in 2020 – its best performance in eight years, the McLaren MCL35M was McLaren Racing’s challenger for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Piloting the MCL35M was one of the most competitive driver line-ups in the sport, with 21-year-old British driver Lando Norris, in his third season in Formula 1 with the team, joined by Australian seven-time race winner Daniel Ricciardo.

The MCL35 was effectively redesigned, despite most of the regulations being frozen in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Given that McLaren had already signed a contract to use Mercedes-AMG engines in 2021 before the decision to reuse 2020 chassis was made, it received special dispensation – subject to FIA inspection – to modify its chassis to accommodate the new engine and energy store, which required a complete redesign of the car’s architecture. The 1600cc V6 Mercedes-AMG M12 E Performance power unit was integrated into the design of the MCL35M by McLaren with the support of Mercedes High Performance Powertrains. It represented one of several key changes to the car as part of its evolution into the MCL35M, replacing the previous Renault E-Tech 20. Despite switching engines, McLaren did not switch gearboxes and so the team’s engineers needed to create their own, along with updated fuel, hydraulic, electrical and cooling systems.

The wheelbase of the car was lengthened, as the gearbox bell housing had to be extended to accommodate the Mercedes engine. The aerodynamic potential of the MCL35M could not be maximised due to the FIA's 2021 token system, leading McLaren to implement most aerodynamic upgrades for the switch in the 2020 season ahead of the homologation cut-off date, such as the car’s nosecone. The team focused its efforts on reducing the impact of the 2021 regulations on downforce, which necessitated removal of front downforce to rebalance the car. Many of the changes in bodywork shape were dictated by the engine installation but others are just continued development, based on the team’s learnings from the 2020 season and down to the changes in the regulations.

After a decent showing in pre-season testing, setting several fastest laps without any major reliability issues, the team started the season well, scoring points regularly. Norris finished in fourth position at the opening race in Bahrain, quickly following it up with a third-place podium at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where he narrowly lost out to the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages. Fifth and eighth placed finishes followed in Portugal and Spain before Norris earned a second podium finishing, claiming third in the Monaco Grand Prix after a holding off the advancing Red Bull of Sergio Pérez on the narrow street circuit. Ricciardo struggled to match his British teammate’s early performances but was initially scoring consistent points for the team. In Portugal, the Australian driver recovered from a poor qualifying, where he started sixteenth on the grid, to finish nineth.

By round six in Azerbaijan, it was clear that McLaren’s closest rival in the battle for third in the Constructors’ Championship would be Ferrari. The Italians briefly passed their British rival after Baku, despite Norris and Ricciardo finishing in fifth and ninth places, though the team from Woking regained the lead after a stronger showing in France as Ferrari struggled with tyre degradation. This game of leapfrog would continue for the rest of the season. Ricciardo failed to score any points in the Styrian Grand Prix, suffering from power unit issues, whilst Norris recorded his third consecutive fifth place finish. At the following Austrian Grand Prix, Norris earned his career-best qualifying result, starting the race in second after setting a time only 0.048 seconds from polesitter Max Verstappen. He finished the race third, recovering from a penalty to overtake Hamilton on lap 52. A strong showing of fourth and fifth at the British Grand Prix added more points to the tally. The team suffered huge misfortune at the following Hungarian Grand Prix: both drivers were caught up in the carnage on the opening lap as the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas ploughed into Lando Norris, leading to his retirement, and Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll collided with Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari who was himself forced into Ricciardo, spinning the Australian and damaging his car. It was to be McLaren’s only non-points scoring weekend of the year.

The duo looked quick at the Belgian Grand Prix after the summer break, with Ricciardo qualifying fourth. Norris set the fastest times in Q1 and Q2 before losing control at Eau Rogue and crashing heavily. Substantial rain prevented the race from starting and the results were drawn from the end of the first lap, giving Ricciardo fourth position and Norris fourteenth. A tough race followed in the Netherlands, where the team scored just a single point, but the drivers bounced back in style at Monza. After sprint qualifying and polesitter Bottas taking an engine penalty, Ricciardo started second and Norris fourth, in the perfect position to take advantage when title rivals Verstappen and Hamilton collided on lap 25. Ricciardo claimed the fastest lap on the race on the final lap and led Norris home to claim McLaren's first one-two finish since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix and first win since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix. Norris followed this fantastic result with took a pole position, the first in his career, at the next race in Russia. He led much of the race but devastatingly lost the lead with just two laps left as he aquaplaned off the track, just moments after disagreeing with his team’s calls to switch him to intermediate tyres. Ricciardo, however, had switched tyres earlier and claimed fourth position.

From there, McLaren’s season started to fade. After Russia, McLaren held an eighteen lead over Ferrari, but the Italians regained the advantage after Mexico, creating a points buffer McLaren finally could not overcome. Norris continued to score points, but never finished higher than seventh in the final seven races of the season. Ricciardo finished fifth twice but failed to score any further points. McLaren scored 73 more points than they did in 2020 but were ultimately defeated by a resurgent Ferrari, bouncing back from their previous disappointing campaign.

Overall, the McLaren MCL35 earned one victory, four further podiums, one pole position and two fastest laps, scoring 275 points and finishing fourth in the Constructors’ Championship. Norris and Ricciardo finished sixth and eighth in the Drivers’ Championship respectively.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the McLaren MCL35M nosecone is as raced at the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia Romagna 2021 by Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy, on the 18^th of April 2021. In a fantastic weekend for McLaren, Norris earned his second career podium in third position, while Ricciardo finished in sixth position in just his second race for the team. Norris could have even started on the front row for the first time in his career had he not breached track limits at the fast Piratella curve, leading to his time being deleted. Instead, he started seventh, just behind his Australian teammate in sixth. Minor contact on a wet opening lap knocked Norris down as far as ninth, but he was able to recover, pass opponents and was soon line astern with Ricciardo, with the pair running in fifth and sixth. A tactical switch of the drivers put the faster Norris in clean air. A calculated pit stop on laps 27 and 28 gained Norris more than 13 seconds and meant he could overtake the Red Bull of Sergio Pérez, who needed to serve a penalty and change a steering wheel during his own stop. On lap 32, the race was red flagged after a high speed collision between Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and the Williams of George Russell. At the race’s restart, a bold strategy call was made to put Used Soft tyres on both cars. Norris’ immediate overtake of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc quickly vindicated the decision, though the tyres soon lost performance and the McLaren duo came under pressure from their pursuers. Norris was eventually passed by a recovering Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages but held off Leclerc to record his second podium finish for the team. Ricciardo resisted the pressure from Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly to come home sixth.

This model has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of McLaren Racing regarding original CAD data, finishes and paint codes. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

Note: This is a 'Kerbside' model and does not any feature moving parts.

After an extravagant car launch that involved shutting a large chunk of downtown Valencia, the MP4-22 would provide McLaren with a very competitive car for what would become a very attention-grabbing season on and off the track.

Driven by two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso and rookie Lewis Hamilton, the MP4-22 was designed to bounce back from a winless 2006 season. When discussing the design philosophy of the new car, McLaren’s designers claimed the MP4-22 featured “some advanced engineering concepts” and “novel aerodynamic solutions”.

The MP4-22 proved to be a lot more competitive than its predecessor. It won in Malaysia, Monaco, Canada, the US, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Japan, and was the most reliable car on the grid, only suffering two retirements – neither of which was mechanical. There wasn’t a single race in which a MP4-22 didn’t make the podium. McLaren scored more points in the first half of the season than in the whole of the previous year. All of these points were in vain, however, after McLaren were expelled from the constructors’ championship for their role in a case involving confidential technical information, referred to as ‘Spygate’.

Whilst the team were excluded, the drivers were not and, going into the final race of the season in Brazil, Hamilton led Alonso by four points with Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen three more points behind. Alonso finished third and Hamilton seventh (after suffering rare gearbox issues), whilst Räikkönen won the race and consequently the drivers’ championship, finishing above Hamilton and Alonso in the standings by a single point.

Overall, the MP4-22 took victory on eight occasions, finishing on the podium a further 13 times. Hamilton won four races, gained eight more podiums and scored 109 championship points. He recorded nine consecutive podium finishes and six pole positions, more than any other rookie in Formula 1 history. Hamilton also equalled Jacques Villeneuve’s records of the most wins and the highest championship finishing position in a debut season.

This fine 1:12 scale model of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren MP4-22 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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Driven by Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, the MP4-23 was McLaren’s contender for the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season. An evolution of the highly competitive MP4-22, it was designed to with the aim of regaining the constructors’ title from Ferrari. The car's development was highly focused on aerodynamics, with the most notable change being the higher nosecone. Additionally, plenty of thought and effort went into the sidepods, engine cooling, the front suspension, airbox surroundings, T-wings and the wheelbase.

After a good pre-season testing, where the car showed a similar pace to the Ferrari F2008, the MP4-23 scored a debut race win, as Hamilton claimed pole before converting it into victory. Podiums followed in Malaysia, Spain and Turkey before a Hamilton’s second win in Monaco. Further wins for Hamilton at Silverstone and Hockenheim put Hamilton top of the standings. Kovalainen scored his maiden victory in Hungary while consistent podiums for Hamilton in the European Grand Prix, as well as in Belgium and Singapore kept the Briton top of the pile. A win at the penultimate race in China meant that Hamilton led his closest rival Felipe Massa by seven points going into the final race. Massa won the race in Brazil, but Hamilton dramatically passed Timo Glock for fifth position on the last lap which was enough to win his first drivers’ championship by the narrowest of margins.

Overall, the MP4-23 was driven to six victories, seven further podiums, scored 151 championship points and won one drivers’ championship. Hamilton claimed his maiden title win with five race wins and five further podiums, scoring 98 points.

This fine 1:12 scale model of the McLaren MP4-23 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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Driven by Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, the respective 2008 and 2009 world champions, the MP4-26 was McLaren’s challenger for the 2011 FIA Formula 1 World Championship® season.

The MP4-26 was noted for its unique “L-shaped” sidepod arrangement, as McLaren attempted to feed good-quality air to the rear-lower mainplane and the floor of the car. This was done to get the rear-end working as well as possible following the loss of performance caused by the banning of the double diffuser. The cooling radiators inside the distinctive sidepods were custom cut to perfectly fit the unusual shape. The nose remained high and long to create downforce and the MP4-26 was the only car that season to feature the aerodynamic ‘snow plough’ splitter under the nose.

After a troublesome pre-season testing, the MP4-26 arrived in Melbourne for the new season with some significant improvements already in place. A podium for Hamilton in Australia followed by another for Button in Malaysia quickly established the MP4-26 as a faster car than Ferrari’s challenger, the 150° Italia, but still behind Red Bull’s RB7. Victory in the third round of the season, the Chinese Grand Prix, gave McLaren hope that it could continue to challenge Red Bull. However, at the following race in Turkey, both drivers missed out on the podium, as Ferrari showed that they were still capable of taking the fight to the Red Bulls. Hamilton and Button returned to the rostrum in Spain and the latter added a further third place to his tally in Monaco. In Canada, the MP4-26 claimed a second win after Button emerged victorious from what became the longest grand prix in Formula 1 history. In a rain-soaked race with six Safety Car appearances, Button crashed twice (once with his teammate, taking Hamilton out of the race), pitted five times, served a drive-through penalty and fought through the field multiple times before overtaking Sebastian Vettel on the final lap to emerge victorious. After poor performances at the European and British Grands Prix a McLaren driver would go on to finish on the podium in each of the 10 remaining races of the season. Hamilton took victory in Germany and Button won in Hungary and Japan before the team scored double podium finish in Abu Dhabi, where Hamilton took the win and Button finished third.

Overall, the McLaren MP4-26 won six races, achieved 12 further podiums and scored 497 points, taking second place in the Constructors’ Championship.

This 1:12 scale model of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren MP4-26 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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Driven by Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, the respective 2008 and 2009 world champions, the MP4-27 was McLaren’s challenger for the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship® season.  Despite being an evolution of the previous season’s multiple race-winning MP4-26, the MP4-27 was substantially revised from the ground up. The car featured a more tightly waisted rear bodywork which improved air flow to the rear of the car, and a revised cooling system. FIA regulations to clampdown on blown diffusers, with exhausts exiting close to the car's floor, ensured that the MP4-26’s distinctive U-shaped sidepods were redesigned and replaced with a far more conventional layout. McLaren’s new exhaust layout was very effective and later copied by numerous teams on the grid. The MP4-27 was only one of three cars on the grid to not feature the notorious “platypus” stepped nose, instead featuring a more aesthetically pleasing, gradually sloped nose.

The MP4-27 demonstrated early promise in testing and this followed into the first race of the season, as Hamilton and Button locked out the front row after qualifying in Australia. Hamilton would go on to finish third whilst Button would win the race, despite team principal Martin Whitmarsh's admission that the team had made a mistake in calculating Button's fuel load, which forced him to enter a "severe fuel-saving mode" eight laps into the race. Another qualifying front row lockout followed in Malaysia, though Hamilton could only salvage a podium after an eventful and frustrating race for McLaren. As their rivals started to show their pace, the team still managed to secure a double podium in China, with Button and Hamilton finishing behind Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg.

The MP4-27’s performance advantage started to wane after China and the rest of the season became particularly testing. Podiums eluded the team in Bahrain, Spain and Monaco before victory for Hamilton in Canada. Two modest performances in Valencia and Silverstone followed, and while upgrades for the German Grand Prix improved performance, reliability became an issue. The MP4-27 would go on to retire five times from mechanical issues after the upgrades, despite having had no retirements in the first nine races of the season. Hamilton, in what would prove to be his last season at McLaren, took the chequered flag in Hungary, Italy and the penultimate race of the season in the USA. Button would score two second place podium finishes in Germany and Singapore and take victory in Belgium as well as at the last race of the season in Brazil.

McLaren ultimately finished the 2012 season in third place with 378 points – the MP4-27 securing seven wins in 20 races. Despite the raw speed that was showcased by the 35 per cent win rate and eight pole positions, the car didn’t achieve its potential, largely due to mechanical failures.

This 1:12 scale model of Jenson Button's McLaren MP4-27 Nosecone has been handcrafted and finished in our workshops with the co-operation and assistance of the manufacturer regarding original finishes, materials, archive imagery and drawings. The use of supremely accurate digital scanning of the original car has allowed us to perfectly recreate every detail at scale. Furthermore, it has undergone detailed scrutiny by both engineering and design teams to ensure complete accuracy of representation.

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