AUDI FIRES UP ITS F1 FUTURE WITH “LEGENDS OF GRAND PRIX” AT AUDI FORUM INGOLSTADT
Audi’s countdown to Formula One officially begins in 2026, and before the lights go out and the revs rise, the brand is taking a glorious look in the rear-view mirror. Audi Tradition is opening a special exhibition titled Legends of Grand Prix at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt, running from December 16 2025, until the opening round of the 2026 Formula 1 season on March 8. It’s a rolling, roaring celebration of more than a century of Grand Prix history, featuring everything from the winning car of the very first Grand Prix to Michael Schumacher’s F1 debut machine, alongside the iconic Auto Union Silver Arrows that once ruled Europe’s fastest circuits. Audi’s leap into Formula 1 marks new territory for the four rings, but motorsport has always been stitched into its DNA. Long before hybrid eras and data streams, Audi and its predecessor brands were stacking trophies. From NSU’s Grand Prix wins in the 1920s to the fearsome Auto Union Type A, C and D cars of the 1930s, and later triumphs in rallying, DTM, American circuit racing and an astonishing 13 overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, this is a heritage built on speed and engineering obsession. As Stefan Trauf, Head of Audi Tradition, puts it, the exhibition is designed to shorten the long winter wait and bring fans face to face with motorsport’s most evocative machines before the new season begins.
The journey starts at the very dawn of Grand Prix racing. A highlight is the Renault AK 90 CV, represented by a painstaking replica, identical to the car driven by Ferenc Szisz to victory at the French Grand Prix on June 26, 1906, widely regarded as the first Grand Prix race ever held. From there, the exhibition flows through Formula 1’s early years with cars like the Talbot-Lago T26 C, five of which lined up at the first official F1 race at Silverstone in 1950, before diving into interwar legends and post-war icons. Standouts include the all-white NSU 6/60 PS that claimed a famous quadruple victory at the 1926 German Grand Prix at the AVUS, the near-mythical Bugatti Type 35 C, and a lineup that reads like a motorsport hall of fame.
The later chapters are just as compelling. Visitors can get up close to the Toleman-Hart TG184 driven by Ayrton Senna, the Jordan 191 that marked Michael Schumacher’s Formula 1 debut, the Sauber C31 from 2012, and finally the Audi F1 show car from 2023, a tangible bridge to the brand’s full factory assault on Formula 1 in 2026. The Audi museum mobile is open weekdays from 09:00 to 17:00, and weekends and public holidays from 10:00 to 16:00, with a short winter closure from December 22 2025, to January 6, 2026. And if you can’t make it in person, Legends of Grand Prix lives on digitally via the Audi Tradition app, ready to be explored anytime. Strap in. History’s warming its tyres.
Take a look at the YouTube video that doesn't show this new display yet, but it does give you an idea as to how rad the museum is and all the other cool things you can see besides the Grand Prix display - bucket list place to visit, for sure: Audi Museum Mobile Ingolstadt | Brand history and legendary cars | LuxTrip | LuxTrip
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