Why on earth didnt Audi race this car?

1993 Audi 80 DTM/ITC prototype


I found a few pictures of this car all over the internet. Every time they say the car was just a test car and was never raced.
WHY!
1992 Audi V8 DTM EVO

Audi was legislated out of the DTM (which ran to the 1992 FIA class 1 rules) in 1992 when 4WD (Quattro) was banned. After Audi pulled out DTM folded because of rising costs and FIA Class 1 (DTM) came to an end.
The FIA then soon made plans. They brought out FIA Class 2 (based on the 1990/91 BTCC Rules). Class 2 became the Super Touring Cars of the 1990s. The FIA also brought out a new Class 1 Touring car formula. This became the new DTM and in 1996 it became the ITC (International Touringcar Championship)
In 1993 Audi competed in France with ROC Racing and won the title in France. 1994 the Class 2 was fully set up and running in Britan, Italy and Germany, and was catching on in South Africa, Spain, Australia and many other countries.
Audi 80 STW in Italy

Now as we all know Audi competed with 5 Audi 80 STW Quattros in the1994 German D1 ADAC Touring Car Cup and 2 in the Italian Championship.
But the DTM/ITC had started in 1994 with Alfa, Mercedes-Benz and Opel competing.

NOW…why didn’t Audi compete in the DTM/ITC? Was it because they were committed to their Super Touring Formula?
This Audi was developed during 1993 for the DTM/ITC championship that would start in 1994 with the new rules. As you can clearly see this car was developed for the DTM/ITC regulations. I always thought they didn’t compete in DTM/ITC because I thought 4WD was allowed, meaning that Audi couldn’t use Quattro. But I recently read that the Opel ITC as seen below was 4WD and apparently the Alfa Romeo was also 4WD. So Audi could have used Quattro!

Why would Audi go develop a car like this, test it fully and decide not to race it????????? It currently sits in the Audi Museum

WHY!
(With all of the above I speak under correction) Does anyone have any more information???