The 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix, held on the night of 18 November on a temporary street circuit threading through the Las Vegas Strip, was the penultimate round of the FIA Formula One World Championship — Round 21 of 22. Sergio Perez lined up in car No. 11 for Oracle Red Bull Racing and brought it home third, adding a podium finish to a season defined by the sheer dominance of the RB19 chassis. Spark Model has documented that specific result in resin at 1:43.
The RB19: The Most Successful F1 Car of Its Era
Red Bull's RB19 was powered by the Honda RBPTH001 power unit, with Honda branding officially restored for the 2023 season. Over the course of that campaign, the RB19 won 21 of 22 Grands Prix, securing both the Constructors' and Drivers' Championships in emphatic fashion. Few chassis in the sport's history have posted a win rate of that magnitude across a full season, making the RB19 one of the most statistically dominant cars ever to contest a world championship.
The Inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix and Perez's Podium
Las Vegas joined the Formula 1 calendar for the first time in 2023, its street circuit cutting past the neon landmarks of the Strip. Max Verstappen won the race from Carlos Sainz's Ferrari in second. Perez's third place with No. 11 was a solid result in a season where his performances were uneven against the backdrop of Verstappen's near-perfect record. Round 21 of 22 also meant the championship positions were long settled, giving the Las Vegas race a stand-alone narrative quality. The car carried the standard Oracle Red Bull Racing livery throughout 2023: a dark navy base with red and yellow highlights and prominent Oracle title sponsorship.
Spark Model 1:43 Scale Model: Materials and Craft
Spark Model produces its 1:43 Formula 1 replicas in resin, supplemented by photo-etched metal detail parts. Livery graphics are applied as decals, allowing the intricate Oracle Red Bull Racing colour scheme — navy, red, yellow — to be rendered with the precision the scale demands. This model represents Perez's RB19 No. 11 exactly as it ran at Las Vegas on 18 November 2023, making it a race-specific replica tied to a single round of the championship rather than a generic season car.
In the Display Cabinet
This 1:43 Spark Model sits naturally alongside other replicas from the same Las Vegas podium: the Spark model of Max Verstappen's race-winning Red Bull RB19 No. 1 from the same event offers a direct pairing from the same garage. Collectors building a 2023 season shelf will find this Perez RB19 essential alongside other championship-year RB19 variants. The scale also integrates cleanly into broader 1:43 Formula 1 collections spanning multiple constructors and seasons.
