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Audi Runs Part‑Yellow Livery in Monaco to Honour Tazio Nuvolari

The team says the yellow accents link its R26 to the Auto Union cars Nuvolari raced and to Audi’s historic motorsport lineage.

Overview

  • Audi will field its R26 at the Monaco Grand Prix with parts of the usual fluorescent red replaced by bright yellow as a one‑off tribute.
  • The change covers the rear sections of the sidepods and the four‑ring Audi logo on the rear wing and extends to drivers’ race suits, matching the revised car look.
  • Audi frames the design as a nod to Tazio Nuvolari, who won early Monaco races and later competed for Auto Union in the 1930s.
  • Coverage notes the full historical context, including that Auto Union’s 1930s programme received state funding in Nazi Germany and ceased with the outbreak of World War II.
  • The livery follows a wider trend of heritage designs at Monaco and is likely to draw attention both for its visual homage and for the historical sensitivities it evokes.