Audi Motorsport History

Audi returns to Europe with the Audi V8 quattro. quattro drive also overcame the opposition in the popular German Touring Car Championship (DTM): In 1990, against the toughest of competition, Hans-Joachim Stuck takes championship honours at the first time of asking, one year later Audi successfully defends, as first ever manufacturer in the DTM, the championship. This time Frank Biela clinches the championship. The DTM victories are the beginning of a success series in touring car sport lasting almost a decade.

Audi writes a further successful chapter in motorsport history with the Audi A4 quattro: The production based Super Touring Car is the master of its class and starts a unique worldwide triumphant procession. Frank Biela wins the 1995 Touring Car World Cup. 1996 is the year of years: Seven championships from Australia to South Africa is the upshot. The Audi A4 quattro also keeps winning in private hands: Christian Abt wins the German Super Touring Car Championship (STW) in 1999.