Julius Käkelä and Jaakko Muinonen took advantage of the snow in the yard and built a snowy formula car over the weekend. You can get as far as Holland with it.
A striking snow sculpture can be found in the backyard of a detached house in Lappeenranta. Julius Käkelä and Jaakko Muinonen spent the weekend in winter activities, when the friends built a life-size formula car out of snow.
Valtteri Bottas the snow sculpture bearing the number 77 is made to resemble the modern go game as much as possible with its front and rear wings and halo safety bar. The driver can sit on the ride like a real formula star.
The idea was born during a bar evening. The friends noticed Viaplay’s formula building competition on social media, the main prize of which is a trip for two Max Verstappen’s to the home race in the Netherlands.
Käkelä remembers that the group of machine fitters was thinking about other building materials before the snow. The rules of the competition allow anything to be used.
Molding the formula car took the group of friends the whole weekend. Julius Käkelä
– The idea was to make it out of matches or wood, but the schedule was tight. Then we thought that we have enough snow. Nothing but the backyard, says Käkelä, who is currently studying mechanical engineering.
Cheap construction materials were used in the car. You didn’t have to pay for the snow, but the wooden parts saved from the demolition site were also available free of charge. The work group’s snacks, paints and the six-euro swimming pool used in the halo were the only things that required money.
Käkela has a karting background, so the driver in the pictures was also made to look professional.
In addition to Parivaljako, he participated in the project as a helping hand Teemu Neuvonen and Veeti Lyytikäinen. Cooperation went well when everyone was on the same wavelength about the car’s appearance.
Even though the snowmobile is used in the competition and can be used to get all the way to Zandvoort, it has already fulfilled its main function.
– We had fun and our relatives came to see it. Everyone was amazed at how accurate and authentic the car was made to look. Pictures and videos were taken as a memory. Unless the owner of the house pulls it with a stick, it will melt there. The wooden parts can be thrown into the Midsummer bonfire, for example.
Käkelä, who has followed formulas since childhood and has been to the Monaco GP once, is a little worried about following his favorite sport. Viaplay is raising the price of its sports package and had previously prevented watching the same broadcast on two different devices. The pain limit of many subscribers has been exceeded, and Käkeläk is also in a thoughtful mood after the start of the new F1 season.
– We have had the option of paying the 40 euros in half. Now that you can’t watch the same broadcast on two devices, it’s a big disappointment. Especially as a student, you have to think about the profitability of the order.