It was a very difficult decision at the time to go to Audi, which seems strange now. But then I was doing very well and had a few good possibilities to do rallies with other manufacturers, but Audi persuaded me to come to test the normal Quattro car. I could tell there was some- thing there, and I thought, “maybe this is something good but I am not quite sure” so I decided to sleep on it that night and…

The 1986 Audi Quattro S1 was the most powerful and sophisticated of the Quattro rally car line. However, the dramatically increased power and speeds of that year’s Group B cars became so dangerous that these mighty cars were soon abolished.