Audi is tying the new RS 5’s Singapore market launch to the Audi Revolut F1 Team’s special R26 livery for the Singapore Grand Prix. Display cars will wear the same Singapore-inspired interpretation of Titanium Silver Gray used on the race cars, connecting Audi Sport’s first high-performance plug-in hybrid with the brand’s Formula 1 program.
Developed specifically for the event, the color has a bluish shimmer inspired by twilight and reflections from Marina Bay’s illuminated architecture. Audi describes a finish whose appearance changes as the car moves under lighting. The RS 5 will be displayed at Funan Mall and the Audi House of Progress on Cross Street, bringing the road car into the team’s broader race-week activities.
A SHARED COLOR, TWO APPLICATIONS
The shared color provides the clearest visual link between the RS 5 and the R26s driven by Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto. The Formula 1 cars take the Singapore theme further with ornamental graphics inspired by traditional Peranakan tiles, a reference to the city’s cultural heritage. Matching designs appear on the drivers’ race suits and an adidas capsule collection.
Audi’s announcement confirms the special color for the RS 5 display cars, while identifying the Peranakan-pattern treatment specifically with the race cars. The Singapore color is an event-specific finish and will not be available to order on production models.
The displays form part of “The Art of Influence,” Audi Revolut F1 Team’s Singapore program of culinary collaborations, community activities and public race viewings. For Audi, the RS 5 adds a production-car connection to an activation otherwise centered on the team, its drivers and the special livery.
FORMULA 1 AS A SHOWCASE FOR THE RS 5
The Singapore appearance extends the RS 5’s existing role at Grand Prix weekends. Audi has used the RS 5 Sedan in the F1 Pirelli Hot Laps program since Miami, with the Avant joining at the British Grand Prix. The program gives guests passenger rides around Formula 1 circuits with professional drivers.
With a stated system output of 470 kW, or 639 hp, the RS 5 introduces plug-in hybrid power to Audi Sport’s RS lineup. Audi is using that combination of electrification and performance as a thematic connection to its hybrid-powered Formula 1 program, with Singapore providing a setting to present both together.
OVERSEAS LAUNCH FOLLOWS STRONG EUROPEAN ORDERS
The Singapore debut comes as the Neckarsulm-built RS 5 expands beyond Europe. Sales are launching in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, with Korea, Taiwan and additional overseas markets to follow. Audi unveiled the model in February 2026, opened German orders during the first quarter and began deliveries in June.
According to Audi, the entire RS 5 production allocation for 2026 is already sold out, and European orders are running at nearly twice the company’s original forecast. Audi calls it the most successful market launch yet for an RS model, though it has not provided production or order totals. The Singapore Grand Prix now gives the company a high-profile platform for the next phase of that launch, with the RS 5 and R26 sharing a visual identity developed for the host city.
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