13 March 2025

F1 Suspension Mount with Fender (part 6813) from LEGO® Speed Champions

Posted by Thomas Jenkins

With the 2025 Formula 1 season finally getting underway with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, we'll take a New Elementary view on F1 over the next couple of days!

Suspension Mount with Fender, Formula 1 (6813) is a new element that was introduced in the most recent wave of LEGO® Speed Champions sets. This new specialised part grants the cars an even higher degree of accuracy, but is it useful for anything else? Let's investigate... 


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LEGO® Speed Champions F1® Race Cars

  • Release date: 1 March 2025
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Availability


Currently, this interesting new mould is only available in each of the 10 new F1 sets. Each set contains 2 copies of the element; all are black.



The element is used to attach the front wheels to the cars' chassis. The part features unique moulded details to represent the cars' suspension mechanism and provide a higher level of detail and accuracy compared to the brick-built solution used in previous F1 cars. The image above shows the new mould in action in 77242 Ferrari SF-24 F1 Race Car (left) and the brick-built approximation that appeared in 76925 Aston Martin Vantage Safety Car & AMR23 released in 2024 (right).

Geometry



At a glance, the element resembles a bar stool when placed on its flat surface. In fact, the curve of the fender is a perfect match for any round element that has a diameter of 1 module, e.g. 1x1 round plate...


...and so the element perfectly compliments the contours of a minifigure's bottom! I think this element really is a bar stool. 



The element is completely devoid of studs. The only connection points are 2 holes for LEGO® Technic axles on opposite sides of the element, so it functions much like a 2L Technic connector (6538 or similar). Just like other Technic connectors, an axle can only be inserted 1 module into the element. 

The flat surface measures 2 x 2 modules and the opposite end (the seat!) extends out another module making this area 2 x 3 modules.


I thought the diagonal struts underneath the seat might match a LEGO® System angle, however the closest match I could find was a 1 x 3 slope. It's close but not a match.

Techniques

So, can this specialised element build anything other than race cars and bar stools?


Simply stacking multiple stools creates a pattern that might be useful to create some sort of industrial support or girder.



We can improve upon this idea by stacking the element side by side. I particularly like the alternating version on the left. Hopefully this element will come in grey at some point as I think this would make a nice greeble for space MOCs!



As the backrest of the 'stool' is tapered, it too can create some interesting patterns. I built a spine of alternating 1 x 1 and 1 x 2 Technic bricks with axle hole to create this pattern. 



But why limit ourselves to building in straight lines? Seeing that the backrest of the bar stool had a slight taper, my fellow New E. contributors suggested I make a ring with the elements. 

The angle of the taper allows 8 of the element to sit neatly in a circle. A few ideas about how to attach them at the centre were suggested, including a Ship's Wheel (4790) which unfortunately was not quite wide enough, or the new Round Plate 2 x 2 with Circular Bar Frame (7068) in conjunction with bars with clip which was unfortunately too wide. 

It seems the best solution might also have been the simplest: we settled on a ring of 1 x 2 round plates with portafilters to attach the barstools. A thin Technic bush on each bar provides just the right spacing to make this tablescrap work.

Closing Thoughts

This interesting new elements provides LEGO Speed Champions vehicles with a big upgrade, creating cars that are even closer to the real thing than ever before.

While on the surface, the part seems designed with a very specific use in mind, I think it has some good MOC-building potential, particularly for industrial architecture or some space greebles. And of course, it makes an instant stool to furnish your MOCs with!

Do you have any more ideas for this new element? Be sure to let us know in the comments. 

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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 Mar 2025, 12:46:00

    Not only did I learn a lot about this new part, but I also learned a new word: portafilter! Thanks for the great article.

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  2. Bfa13 Mar 2025, 13:12:00

    Can't wait to see how they somehow manage to make a Ninjago roof out of these pieces.

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    1. Andrew Barnick13 Mar 2025, 23:28:00

      Oh I can definitely see a row of these as a sort of modern blend of pagoda roof and awning.

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    2. Thomas Jenkins14 Mar 2025, 01:28:00

      Future Ninjago city designers take note!
      I could totally see this used as a girder like the example above but perhaps the curved fender could double up as an awning or similar, just like Andrew suggested.

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  3. Chewk13 Mar 2025, 13:23:00

    Not necessarily a technique, but interesting to note that the "axle" appears to be the same diameter as Part 37762 (Candle).

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    1. Andrew Barnick13 Mar 2025, 23:29:00

      I think that might be an optical illusion? It has to be wider than that to fit the cross-axle connectors inside.

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  4. Håkan S.13 Mar 2025, 15:53:00

    So, will the New Elementary team cover the Speed Champions theme any further? As the cars mostly seem to be based around similar designs, and are highly sticker-dependent, I can see how the focus might get placed elsewhere, though.

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    1. Elspeth De Montes14 Mar 2025, 09:40:00

      We have some of the other F1 vehicles from Technic just published but at the moment we don’t have more SC sets planned. Having said that, we may well get them for new element specific reviews like this 👍

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  5. Darmetricus13 Mar 2025, 18:04:00

    Can a bar pass all the way through the axle hole, or would it also be stopped at a 1-module depth?

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    1. Thomas Jenkins14 Mar 2025, 01:24:00

      Good question! There is a hole running all the way through the element but it's too narrow for a bar. So the element functions like the other 2module long Technic connectors.

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    2. Anonymous14 Mar 2025, 12:08:00

      Some Technic axle-to-axle connectors can fit a bar all the way through.

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  6. Anonymous14 Mar 2025, 14:30:00

    I'm going to be very interested in this as part of a custom Bionicle limb, for one! (But Bionicle builders use ANYTHING for that...)

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