It might be worth trying a few permutations of activated/non-activated equipment to see if the stop-start issue can be forced.

A/C off entirely. A/C in Econ mode. Heated seats on or off. HiFi on or off. Window open or closed. Direction indicator on or off. Whatever.

Does the fault occur after coming to a stop in a specific gear? (I am assuming it's a manual you have).

Is the ambient temperature hot or cold when the fault occurs?

Rather than the clutch sensor, could the sensor for the gear position a suspect?

With so much code flying about in cars's systems now (written by Eastern Europeans for VAG IIRC) that it might well be a bug that occurs only when a particular sequence of events is initiated.

 

I think I have tried pretty much all of those scenarios and I dammed if I can't force the fault to occur to order .
Mr Audi didn't like it much when I suggested there could be a software conflict / error , pretty much stated this can't occur to an Audi !!!!!! I did laugh
I am stuck really unless I can demonstrate the problem .

 

Chippo - rig an in car cam - it ought to prove you're not an idiot and that a problem genuinely exists.

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Thinking of doing this very thing lofty.