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F1 drivers reveal special Monaco GP helmet designs

Several F1 drivers have revealed special Monaco GP helmet designs, ranging from personal tributes and brand promotions to AI-generated artwork

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Surprise! This Is The New Audi Nuvolari Supercar

The most powerful Audi ever ties the original Bugatti Veyron at 987 hp.

Motor1

Audi Has Recreated A 16-Cylinder Record Car

Audi is back at the top tier of motorsport. Formula 1 didn’t exist yet in the celebrated, if increasingly war-shadowed, 1930s, but the Auto Union race cars of that era can still be seen as the sport’s forebears. One of them fused engineering ambition and driver bravery into a machine…

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On Ferdinand Porsche's 150th Birthday, We Remember One of His Lesser-Known Inventions

You can tell Ferdinand Porsche was preoccupied with traction in the 1930s. The ruling Nazi party wanted to prove Germany’s technical might in Grand Prix racing, so it pushed wheelbarrows full of money toward Mercedes and Auto Union, the latter of which built a series of cars of Porsche’s design.

Motor1

The history of the Audi logo: from script font to mergers and rings

Everything you need to know about how the Audi logo came to be.

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Drivers are just discovering the Audi logo's hidden meaning

An old logo design gives it away.

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Obituary: Former F1 team boss Colin Crabbe, the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his chance

As the head of his small Formula 1 team, Colin Crabbe, who has died aged 82, was the man who gave Ronnie Peterson his big break. It was just before Crabbe’s 27th birthday when his Antique Automobiles team made its F1 debut in 1969, in the non-championship Madrid Grand Prix at…

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Audi Is Launching a New Car Company Called… AUDI

Where are the rings, Audi? It’s a valid question for the company's newest concept shown today in Shanghai. But this isn’t an Audi. It’s an AUDI. The luxury brand in the Volkswagen Group empire is teaming up with SAIC to launch a new car company in China. Of all the…

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The A6 E-Tron Is Audi's First Rear-Wheel Drive Sedan in a Century

No, really. To find another rear-drive Audi sedan, you have to go back before the War.

Motor1

Audi Revived a Never-Built, 16-Cylinder Supercar From the 1930s

The Auto Union Type 52 would have been one of the fastest cars on the planet. But it never made it to production ... until now.

Motor1

The First Porsche With All-Wheel Drive Was An Off-Road Military Vehicle

The Porsche 597 could float on water and could scale steep inclines thanks to a dedicated crawler gear.

Motor1

Mercedes Fully Owned Audi In 1959 When It Nearly Bought BMW

Just imagine the three-pointed star, four rings, and roundel under the same roof.

Motor1

Audi Trainees Transform Classic NSU Prinz Into All-Electric Sports Car

Built to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Neckarsulm factory, the restomod has a 240 hp electric motor from an Audi e-tron.

Motor1

Ranked! The top 10 pre-war grand prix cars

Grand prix racing had been around for nearly half a century before the arrival of Formula 1. The inaugural world championship in 1950 is often used as a starting point, but there had been plenty of brilliant machines and epic races already.

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Ranking the top 10 pre-war grand prix cars

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The myths and truths of Mercedes' Silver Arrows past

Mercedes has returned to an all-black livery in Formula 1 this season as part of an extreme weight-saving exercise. But this is not the first time the German manufacturer has had to strip back paint for the same purpose during its rich history in grand prix racing, as a closer…

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Forza Horizon 5 vehicles: Latest additions, full car list, Car Pass and Car Pack DLCs, and more

Forza Horizon 5 is the largest and most ambitious entry in the franchise yet, and its car list reflects that. Here's every car in FH5, including DLC.

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