I do love the Formula 1. Also love a bit of Lego. This is the latest McLaren Lego set, and I happened to get it on the same weekend that McLaren’s young British driver Lando Norris happened to win his first race. Well done Lando! We like him here, he’s my son’s favourite F1 racer, and it feels so long since we had a McLaren win (that Ricciardo one); when I was growing up they were often the best. These days it’s nearly completely impossible to win a race with that fella Max Verstappen whizzing around in his Red Bull, it’s become a bit of a phenomenon but it has made it a bit boring and predictable, more so even than during the golden period of Lewis in a Mercedes or Schumacher in a Ferrari. So for Lando to win, and to be competitive with McLaren’s upgrade, with his team-mate Piastri also looking competitive (and Max’s team-mate Checo Perez not really getting close), plus Red Bull starting to crack in a big way after a few untouchable years, things are looking up. I sketched the Lego version afterwards of course, although I think my scanner doesn’t quite get the sketch right on screen. I’ve noticed this with a lot of my sketches lately, when comparing to older sketches scanned with my older scanner, and I’ve tried all the settings but it’s just not as crisp. I think I’ll try a new scanner. Like McLaren got, time for a technical upgrade. Anyway, this weekend it’s the Monaco Grand Prix, often a bit of a procession as a race, but I do love it for all the history and glamour. In fact we will go to Monaco this summer, first time in over 20 years. This weekend we’ll be cheering on Lando hoping for another win. They have changed their livery for this weekend from the usual papaya, switching to a Brazilian yellow in honour of Ayrton Senna, who died thirty years ago this month at the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola. I remember it so well. I remember being really shocked the day before when Ratzenberger died in Qualifying, and was surprised the race went ahead the next day. When Senna died, at the height of being The Best, it was huge and I was really hit by it, I don’t think I’d seen a super famous sportsman I was a fan of die while in that sport that I loved. Thirty years ago, wow.