#77243: Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 Review

History

Speed Champions has been around since 2015, but the proper F1 push is much more recent. 2025 brought a wave of four cars covering most of the 2024 grid: the Ferrari SF24, the Mercedes W15, the VCARB 01, and this Red Bull RB20. A fun fact about this set and Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01 F1 Race Car #77246Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01 F1 Race Car
#77246 is that they are the only two marked as 18+. All the other cars are 10+. Same size, same complexity. The only thing I can think of is that LEGO has to add 18+ on anything Red Bull because of the energy drink. Weird quirk, but it is what it is.

I’m not really an F1 person, full disclosure. I picked this one up because my mother-in-law got me the Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 Race Car #77244Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 Race Car
#77244 for christmas, and after getting a New Era Red Bull Oracle cap at an Oracle-booth a tech event, getting this one to pair with the Mercedes felt like the natural move.

The Set and Its Place in the LEGO Lineup

The set sits in the middle of the Speed Champions price ladder. 251 pieces at $26.99 puts you just above 10 cents per piece, which is a decent value once you count the printed wheels and the new printed slopes. F1 sets always pay a small premium for the licensing, but compared to the brutal Star Wars or Disney tax this is fine. The price is also low enough, that with any small discount, its an afterthough and not a major purchase.

It is a display model though and not really a play set, even with the great wheels and the halo bar that opens up the cockpit. Compared to other Speed Champions cars, the size and complexity feel about equal. The age on the box is the main thing that separates them.

What’s in the Box?

The F1 Speed Champions boxes are some of my favorites in the current LEGO lineup. F1 design is so much about brand and sponsor density, and LEGO does a good job pulling that into the box art. The front is the standard dark angle shot of the car. The back has a nice three panel feature with the side profile, the top down view, and a closer look at the helmet and steering wheel. Just a clean presentation overall.

The biggest surprise here is that the bags are still old school plastic. Pretty much every set I have built the past couple of years has been paper, so seeing plastic in a set bought in 2026 was unexpected. There are 6 bags, and some of them are very small. In a much larger set, these small bags would be inside the bigger ones and not have their own numbers. Each step has one bigger and one smaller bag, which is a bit weird in such a compact set.

Instructions Booklet

The cover took me by surprise honestly. A simple top down shot of the finished car on a clean white background. No clutter, no sponsor overload, just the car. I personally really like it.

The first stickers used in the build are numbered 11 and 13, not 1 and 2. LEGO can be weird about sticker numbering sometimes, and that’s a clear example. Doesn’t really affect anything, just made me double check the sheet.

35 stickers is honestly crazy for any normal set this size, but completely standard for F1 Speed Champions. The sponsor visibility is the whole point of these cars in real life, and you cannot fit Honda, Oracle, Mobil 1, Tag Heuer, Hard Rock, Bybit, and the rest onto a 251 piece car using only printed parts. So the sticker count is what it is.

Parts Breakdown

New Prints

Helmet, Formula 1 with Trans-Red Visor pattern and Red Bulls, Yellow Background print | Light Bluish Gray

Tile 1 x 1 with Red Flying Pegasus, Going Left print | Black

Tile 1 x 1 with Red Flying Pegasus, Going Right print | Black

Slope 30° 1 x 1 x 2/3 (Cheese Slope) with Dark Blue 'HSC', Oval print | Yellow

Slope Curved 1 x 6 with Red Bull On Sides, White Sponsors on Dark Blue Background print | Yellow

Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Left with Red Bull, Dark Blue Background print | Yellow

Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Right with Red Bull, Dark Blue Background print | Yellow

Torso , Racing suit, Red Bulls on Yellow Background print, Dark Blue Arms, Black Hands | Dark Blue

New Color Combinations

Slope Curved 4 x 2 with Stud Notch Left | Dark Blue

Slope Curved 4 x 2 with Stud Notch Right | Dark Blue

Sports Ski 6L | Red

Rare Parts

2 x 2 Dish Inverted [Radar] with Red Outer Circle print | Black

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Wheel Rim 24 x 13.4 with Black Slick Tyre with Red 'PIRELLI' print | Black

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#77259 and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team VF-24 Race Car #77250MoneyGram Haas F1 Team VF-24 Race Car
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Wheel Rim 24 x 14.9 Wide with Black Slick Tyre with Red 'PIRELLI' print | Black

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#77246, Audi Revolut F1 Team R26 Race Car #77259Audi Revolut F1 Team R26 Race Car
#77259 and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team VF-24 Race Car #77250MoneyGram Haas F1 Team VF-24 Race Car
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1 x 3 x 1 Panel | Dark Blue

First seen 2025 in Mateo's Spray Paint Truck #71499Mateo's Spray Paint Truck
#71499, also in Mars Mission Science Kit #45202Mars Mission Science Kit
#45202

Tile Round 2 x 4 | Yellow

First seen 2024 in Peely Bone #77072Peely Bone
#77072, also in Horse and Pet Vet Clinic #42651Horse and Pet Vet Clinic
#42651

What Stands Out

The parts in the set are a lot more interesting than I expected for a 251 piece car.

The new printed parts in Yellow are the stars of the set. The Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Right Yellow Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Right with Red Bull, Dark Blue Background print
Yellow and the matching Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Left Yellow Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Left with Red Bull, Dark Blue Background print
Yellow carry the Red Bull livery on the back of the car. The print quality is sharp and the alignment of the dark blue background to the bull logo lines up well on both pieces. Then there is the Slope Curved 1 x 6 Yellow Slope Curved 1 x 6 with Red Bull On Sides, White Sponsors on Dark Blue Background print
Yellow , which sits across the front wing. Printing this instead of stickering it was the right call.

You also get two new printed black tiles featuring a pegasus, going left and right: Tile 1 x 1 Black Tile 1 x 1 with Red Flying Pegasus, Going Left print
Black and Tile 1 x 1 Black Tile 1 x 1 with Red Flying Pegasus, Going Right print
Black . Tiny pieces, but cool to have a specific licensed print on a 1x1 tile. Plus a Slope 30° 1 x 1 x 2/3 (Cheese Slope) Yellow Slope 30° 1 x 1 x 2/3 (Cheese Slope) with Dark Blue 'HSC', Oval print
Yellow for one of the side details.

But the real surprise for me is the Sports Ski 6L Red Sports Ski 6L
Red . A 6L sports ski in red, exclusive to this set. I did a double take when this part came out of the bag. It looks like a bizarre choice on paper but it works very well in this build.

The wheels are also worth noticing. Both Wheel Rim 24 x 13.4 Black Wheel Rim 24 x 13.4 with Black Slick Tyre with Red 'PIRELLI' print
Black and Wheel Rim 24 x 14.9 Wide Black Wheel Rim 24 x 14.9 Wide with Black Slick Tyre with Red 'PIRELLI' print
Black are pretty rare, with only 4 total appearances each across the whole F1 line. Hard to overstate how good these printed tires look on the finished car. When parts are printed and not stickered it is an automatic extra point from me.

There are a few other rare parts hiding in here. The 1 x 3 x 1 Dark Blue 1 x 3 x 1 Panel
Dark Blue only has 4 appearances total, including this set, Mateo's Spray Paint Truck #71499Mateo's Spray Paint Truck
#71499 from earlier in 2025 and two educational sets from 2026 Mars Mission Science Kit #45202Mars Mission Science Kit
#45202 and Moon Mission Science Kit #45200Moon Mission Science Kit
#45200.

The Tile Round 2 x 4 Yellow Tile Round 2 x 4
Yellow has 3 total appearances, this set being one and Peely Bone #77072Peely Bone
#77072 and Horse and Pet Vet Clinic #42651Horse and Pet Vet Clinic
#42651 being the other. And the small 2 x 2 Black 2 x 2 Dish Inverted [Radar] with Red Outer Circle print
Black only shows up here and in the sister 18+ F1 set Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01 F1 Race Car #77246Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01 F1 Race Car
#77246.

The Build Experience

Minifigure

The minifigure is decent. You get one figure with two head options: the F1 helmet and a Bright Light Yellow hair piece, plus a wrench accessory in the hand. The face is single side though, so no dual expressions.

For the figure, both the Torso Dark Blue Torso , Racing suit, Red Bulls on Yellow Background print, Dark Blue Arms, Black Hands
Dark Blue and the Helmet, Formula 1 Light Bluish Gray Helmet, Formula 1 with Trans-Red Visor pattern and Red Bulls, Yellow Background print
Light Bluish Gray are new prints exclusive to this set.

The face is a stock smile that shows up in 31 sets, so nothing special there. The legs are plain Dark Blue . The torso is exclusive to this set with a Red Bull logo on the front and a simple back print, but it is not detailed enough that it really stands out. The helmet is the cool part though. The Red Bull logo sits prominent on top, and the Trans-Red visor looks great.

Bag 1 and 2

After about 7 steps the build is already coming together. You only add 1 to 3 bricks per step, so it isn’t going fast. Different colors aside, this whole opening phase reminded me a lot of a favorite childhood set of mine, Indy Transport #6335Indy Transport
#6335 from 1996.

It isn’t a difficult build, but you do see some interesting techniques for combining LEGO System with Technic, in order to create the more fluid shapes that you can’t really achieve with just System bricks.

The spine of the chassis is essentially a small Technic frame with System tiling and slopes layered on top.

While I was attaching the Slope Curved 4 x 1 Black Slope Curved 4 x 1 Double with No Studs
Black to the Minifig Neckwear Bracket Trans-Clear Minifig Neckwear Bracket with 2 Back Studs
Trans-Clear , I thought to myself, this is not gonna hold. It feels too fragile, and the clutch is not powerful enough. And of course, as soon as I set it down, it broke off. Not the end of the world, but kinda annoying.

By 20 steps in you start seeing the classic Red Bull color combo coming through, and you can already tell where the SNOT work.

Step 22 brings out a technique that I personally don’t enjoy. When a Plate Special 1 x 2 Black Plate Special 1 x 2 [Side Handle Closed Ends]
Black attaches to a stud and clips into a Plate Special 1 x 2 Black Plate Special 1 x 2 [Open O Top Clip]
Black , you get a strong connection but I just don’t like the feel of these specific parts clipping together. I know this combo creates a really strong attachment for the bodywork, but something about it has always felt off to me. Personal taste thing.

Step 23 brings the first stickers, which is where the funny numbering quirk shows up. You’d assume you start with stickers 1 and 2, but instead you use 11 and 13. LEGO sticker logic.

By step 30 it’s looking like a proper F1 rear, with the distinct narrow shape starting to show. Bag one and two finish at step 34.

Bag 3 and 4

Steps 37 to 39 each have two stickers, and by step 40 you can see why the stickers are so important. This many details on a car this small wouldn’t be possible otherwise. The red line on the dark blue background looks great running down the side.

We take a small detour from the main chassis and build this odd yellow thing that turns out to be part of the drivers seat and back support. Always fun when a side build resolves into something obvious only after you slot it in.

Then we get to probably the best printed pieces of the set, the Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Right Yellow Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Right with Red Bull, Dark Blue Background print
Yellow and Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Left Yellow Wedge Sloped 2 x 5 Left with Red Bull, Dark Blue Background print
Yellow with the Red Bull print. And very surprisingly, a single Sports Ski 6L Red Sports Ski 6L
Red . It is tucked in at the back of the car, and it is a really clever use of the part. I would never have thought to use a ski in this way, but it works really well

Combined with the yellow wedges, you get a really detailed back of the car that probably wouldn’t be possible any other way at this scale. It’s a clever solution and the kind of thing I love seeing on a small build.

At this point it feels like every step or every other step has stickers. With 35 of them, that’s a lot of placement work, but by step 54 the car is sitting really nicely.

The Game Controller Pearl Titanium / Pearl Dark Gray Game Controller with F1 Steering Wheel Controls print
Pearl Titanium / Pearl Dark Gray is another good print. The mold is officially called Game Controller and it shows up in plenty of regular sets, but LEGO has printed it with proper F1 steering wheel controls for a couple of years now.

There is also a fun callback for me. Just like the microphone in the Back to the Future Time Machine #77256Back to the Future Time Machine
#77256 review, this set uses a minifigure accessory in a place it doesn’t belong: two Equipment Cutlery - Spoon Black Equipment Cutlery - Spoon , Flat Bottom
Black make up the side mirrors. I love when LEGO designers do this. The spoon shape is perfect for the aerodynamic side mirrors on an F1 car, and it is a fun little detail that you notice when you look closely at the finished model.

The use of a Hose Rigid Black Hose Rigid 3mm D. 8L / 6.4cm
Black is puzzling to me. It’s very hard to bend into the correct shape. You basically have one try, because it is too rigid to push back, and you’ll get visible stress marks on the surface if you try. Why not use a softer hose part, or print a new mold for this small section, is beyond me. This was easily the most frustrating step of the build for me and it seems that all the F1 Speed Champions cars have this same issue. It is a shame because it is such a small detail on the car, but it ends up being a problematic part of the build.

Another little detour to make the lower part of the rear spoiler. Another small assembly that you slot in later.

I don’t mind stickers as much as some people in the LEGO community. There are some real sticker haters out there. But I do mind when a full 2x6 concave piece needs them, like the Slope Curved 2 x 6 Black Slope Curved 2 x 6 Inverted
Black you see here. I had hoped this one was going to be printed.

Bag 5 and 6

Bag five and six leave you with 10 stickers to place. The third side-build is the front wing.

Slope Curved 1 x 6 Yellow Slope Curved 1 x 6 with Red Bull On Sides, White Sponsors on Dark Blue Background print
Yellow is another printed piece, but mine arrived with a small blue blemish on it. Honestly that’s super frustrating for such an important visual piece on the front of the car. It looks to be a printing or mold issue, and it is a shame because the print quality on the other pieces is really good. I don’t know if this is a one off or if there are more out there with similar issues, but for a piece that is so important to the look of the car.

For the front wing, you also get the weird red blob print that confused me at first. After a closer look it is of course the flying pegasus on the Tile 1 x 1 Black Tile 1 x 1 with Red Flying Pegasus, Going Left print
Black and Tile 1 x 1 Black Tile 1 x 1 with Red Flying Pegasus, Going Right print
Black . Took me a minute to figure out what I was looking at.

The Finished Product

The finished car looks great. There is no doubt about that. The dark blue, red, and yellow combo just works in a way that some of the other F1 cars in the wave don’t quite manage. The Mercedes is mostly silver and that’s fine, the Ferrari is mostly red and that’s also fine, but the Red Bull livery has more visual layers and the model captures that well. The angular tapered profile, narrow at the rear and wider at the wheels, is convincing for a 20cm long display piece.

The one issue is that the car is not sturdy. There are multiple spots where wedges or slopes are attached with a single stud, and you can feel that as soon as you pick the model up. Move it around the wrong way and pieces start coming loose. This is purely a display piece, not a play set.

I went ahead and 3D printed a stand for the car so it can sit on the shelf. This way both the driver and the car are showcased properly, and the model has a fixed home where I’m not picking it up and risking pieces falling off.

The Real Talk

The Good Stuff

The car is just nice to look at. The colors really pop, the stickers do exactly what they need to do, and the overall silhouette is right. The printed parts are the highlight, especially the yellow Red Bull wedges and the printed Pirelli tires. There are some clever moments in the build too, like the spoons used as side mirrors and the red 6L ski tucked into the rear bodywork. These are the kind of touches you remember from a build, even a small one. The cockpit opens up, which is a nice touch for a display piece, and the driver figure is decent enough to be worth displaying alongside the car. The box art and the instruction manual cover are both clean and well designed, and the whole package feels great at this price point.

The Not So Good Stuff

The car is fragile. There are multiple places where slopes and wedges are attached with a single stud, and you notice it the moment you move the model. The build is fine, but the result is delicate enough that you cannot really hand it to a kid or even confidently move it from one shelf to another. The rigid hose is the worst single part decision in the box. Too stiff to bend cleanly, and you only get one shot before you mark the surface. A softer hose or a new short mold would have solved this completely. The blemish on my front wing print was bad luck and not really LEGO’s fault on this specific copy. And finally, the stickers. Yes, I know, they are part of the deal with F1 sets. That doesn’t mean I have to enjoy placing 35 of them on a 251 piece car.

Should You Buy It?

This one is for adult Red Bull and F1 fans first. This is a no brainer at $26.99. Display builders looking for a colorful single car will also be happy with it.

For kids and families, this isn’t really the right call even though the box says nothing about it being unfit for kids. The 18+ marking is more of a licensing thing than a difficulty thing, but the car is too fragile to actually play with.

Personally, this is the F1 car I would pick if I could only own one out of the 2025 wave. Not because I am an F1 fan, but because the Red Bull livery has the most visual interest of any of them.

Final Score

Build Experience: 7/10 — Some really interesting techniques, but the small pieces and constant sticker placement drag the score down.

Design: 9/10 — One of the best looking cars in the F1 wave, mostly because the red, yellow, and dark blue color combo just works.

Parts Quality: 7/10 — The exclusive printed parts are excellent, but the rigid hose and the blemish on the front wing print were disappointing.

Playability: 2/10 — Too fragile for actual play, mostly a display piece, but the cockpit does open and it does have a driver figure and wheels to drive with, which keeps it from being a flat zero.

Overall: 7/10 — If you want an F1 Speed Champions car that nails the Red Bull livery and has some really fun new parts, this is the one to get. Just be aware that it is a display piece and not really a play set.