The Audi Method 1 group unveiled its 2026 livery throughout an occasion in Berlin on 20 January.
The hanging new livery includes a predominantly metallic gray design, harking back to the German marque’s iconic Nardo Gray, with purple and black accents.
Followers have shared their verdicts on social media, with many pointing to the dearth of sponsors consuming actual property on the design. “There’s magnificence in simplicity and understatement. I like it personally,” one fan commented on Reddit, whereas one other added: “I urge to vary, I completely love how it isn’t oversaturated with advertisements, and the way clear it appears to be like.”
Others have been extra puzzled by the dearth of branding concerned. “Is it me or is that not loads of sponsors?” somebody posted, whereas one other responded: “They seem to be a new group and have some fairly massive sponsors already. They’re going to in all probability proceed signing a bunch extra by way of the season.”
“Extra sponsors on Hulkenberg’s helmet than the automotive,” wrote one other Reddit person.
General, the livery design appears to have drawn a combined response from viewers. “You possibly can barely see the sponsors. It’s attractive!!!” added one fan, and another person commented: “Neat. Tidy. German. I prefer it.”
“I am glad another person has mentioned it. Reddit expects each automotive to appear like a friggin’ tattoo sleeve. Much less is extra, and it utterly matches Audi’s model,” wrote one other approving commenter.
Audi’s reveal adopted the disclosing of the Purple Bull, Racing Bulls and Haas liveries, which led one fan to model the German group’s design as “underwhelming”.
“After Haas, RBR, and RB, I’ve to say that this livery is fairly underwhelming. Appears like a default design within the F1 recreation,” they wrote, and one other added: “Very same because the idea one. Certainly they might have give you one thing a bit extra thrilling.”
The subsequent 2026 livery reveal will come from Mercedes on 22 January.
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