The Mini Cooper S took no less than 32 documented international rally victories, with the bulk of these occurring across the mid-1960s. Paddy Hopkirk’s 1964 Monte Carlo Rally winner was undoubtedly the most famous of these, but in truth that subject has rather been done to death in the diecast world, and so it is refreshing that IXO has produced a 1965 RAC Rally version instead. It has just released its first two 1:18 Mini replicas from the event, with another two to follow shortly.

Cult recently gave us the news that the next iconic classic British car in its 1:18 line-up will be the 1973 MGB GT V8. It will be produced in the quintessentially English-named colours of Harvest Gold (CUL107) and Bracken Orange (CUL107B)! They each have a RRP of £207.99.

Spark recently confirmed that it will be producing the special that all you Lewis Hamilton fans have been waiting for (the Max Verstappen supporters maybe less so!), which of course is Lewis’s 2021 British Grand Prix winning Mercedes in both 1:18 and 1:43 scale.

Look Smart has just provided us with its 1:18 replica of the 1989 Ferrari F1 640 that Nigel Mansell took to victory in the 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix.

AUTOart’s 1:18 replica of the 2019 Aston Martin Vantage has now arrived with us in four different liveries. Officially these are Lime Essence, Skyfall Silver, Hyper Red and Jet Black.

Included in Spark’s recent bumper 1:18 shipment were its replicas of the two Aston Martin Vantage AMRs that won their respective GT classes in last year’s running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. (They have also just been released in 1:43, by the way).

Bell’s latest half-scale helmet release is Charles Leclerc’s 2021 Ferrari lid (which had previously been listed as a BBR model).

After being out of stock for several years, Minichamps’ 1:18 rendition of Emerson Fittipaldi’s 1974 McLaren M23, the car that he took to his second and final Formula One world title, is now available once again.

Now in stock are Look Smart’s 1:18 specials for Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel from last year’s Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello. As is usual for Look Smart, these 1:18 models come complete with their own display case.

Tecnomodel has just announced the first ever 1:18 replica of the 1982 Lotus 91 Formula One car. There will be two different versions produced for each of the team’s two drivers that year: Elio de Angelis and Nigel Mansell.

Spark has now confirmed the 2021 Formula drivers whose helmets it will be replicating in 1:5 scale (these will measure about 6cm in height). They are all shown here so that you can get your pre-order in for the ones most deserving of a home in your collection.

In the impeccable timing department, we have just received Spark’s 1:43 special commemorating Sergio Perez’s first Formula One victory (scored in last year’s Sakhir Grand Prix). This arrived just as he took his second career win, in the recent race at Baku!

We have just taken delivery of Burago’s 1:18 and 1:43 replicas of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel’s 2020 Ferrari SF1000s. We received a big surprise from Burago just before they were released, when we learned that they would actually be of the cars as they raced in the Tuscan Grand Prix, rather than ‘standard season’ affairs.

Tecnomodel has clearly been feeling that it has been neglecting its 1:18 replicas of classic Ferrari endurance racers of late, as it has just announced two new subject. Neither of these has been produced in this scale before, with the first being the 1956 860 Monza.

The second classic Ferrari sportscar that will shortly be receiving the 1:18 treatment for the first time ever, courtesy of Tecnomodel, is the 350 P4.

It seems that Tecnomodel just can’t help itself; announcing a number of 1:18 Formula One cars that have never been replicated in this scale before! Along with the 1958 Vanwalls featured elsewhere in this issue, it has also just confirmed the Lotus 87 from 1981, as driven by Elio de Angelis and Nigel Mansell.

We admit that we’re jumping the gun a little on this one, as Minichamps hasn’t officially announced Valentino Rossi’s 2021 Yamaha YZR-M1 in 1:12 scale yet.

Tecnomodel has just announced that it will be replicating the 1958 Vanwall VW57s of Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks in 1:18 scale. Vanwalls from the 1958 Formula One season have never been modelled in this scale before.

Now in stock is Spark’s 1:43 replica of the #8 Toyota TS050 that won last year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, in the hands of Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley.

Unless you’ve been self-isolating in a cave (or maybe up a tall tree) recently, you can’t fail to have heard that McLaren campaigned a one-off livery in the recent Monaco Grand Prix. It paid tribute to the iconic Gulf brand, in light blue with an orange stripe down the centre.