Audi will run a special livery at this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix to pay tribute to pre-war racing great Tazio Nuvolari.

The team has swapped parts of the fluorescent red colour on its R26’s livery for a bring yellow, including the flashes at the rear of its sidepods and the four-ringed Audio logo on its rear wing.

The same logo appeared on the Auto Union cars Nuvolari raced in the thirties. Audi was one of four manufacturers which formed part of the original Auto Union – the brand is now owned by Audi.

Nuvolari won the 1938 Italian Grand Prix for Auto Union in 1938. However racing activities were curtailed the following year due to the outbreak of World War II, which brought about the demise of the Auto Union team which had been funded by Germany’s Nazi government. Nuvolari did little racing after the war in died in 1953.

Audi’s choice of the Monaco Grand Prix as a venue to commemorate Nuvolari is appropriate as he won the fourth running of the race, in 1932, for Alfa Romeo. Drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto will wear special suits matching the new look this weekend.

Two other teams have revealed special liveries for the Monaco Grand Prix. McLaren are marking their 1,000th grand prix while Aston Martin have a one-off colour-changing design.

This article will be updated.

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