Lucas Auer

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Lucas Auer
Lucas Auer Sporthilfe-Gala 2017.jpg
Lucas Auer - Austrian Sports Personalities of the Year 2017
NationalityAustria Austrian
Born (1994-09-11) 11 September 1994 (age 27)
Tyrol, Austria
Related toGerhard Berger (uncle)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season2015
Current teamMercedes-AMG Team Winward
Car number22
Former teamsART Grand Prix, Mücke Motorsport, HWA Team, Team RMR
Starts103
Championships0
Wins6
Poles10
Fastest laps3
Best finish6th in 2017
Finished last season12th
Previous series
2019
2012-14
2012-13
2012
2011
2011		Super Formula
FIA F3 Championship
Toyota Racing Series
German Formula Three
JK Racing Asia Series
Formula Pilota China
Championship titles
2011JK Racing Asia Series

Lucas Auer (born 11 September 1994) is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger. He currently drives for HTP Winward Motorsport in DTM. He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.[1]

Early career[]

Lucas Auer at Hockenheimring, 2014

In October 2011, Lucas Auer won the 2011 JK Racing Asia Series season championship. Then the young Austrian tested a F3 Euroseries car at Valencia, with his 52-year-old uncle Gerhard Berger looking on.[2]

On 25 August 2012, Auer, driving for Van Amersfoort Racing, won the 21st round of the German F3 season, held at the 4.534-kilometre Lausitzring. He finished second in the Championship.[3]

After the 4 season Mercedes Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters campaign, in December 2018 the Red Bull Junior Team announced that Auer would join the junior program from the 2019 season and he was confirmed to race the Super Formula Championship 2019 season.[4]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Auer in DTM in 2016.
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 JK Racing Asia Series EuroInternational 18 7 6 9 17 292 1st
2012 German Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 27 2 2 4 11 298 2nd
FIA Formula 3 European Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 0 2 0 2 589 6th
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Powerteam 30 1 0 2 8 277 4th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 2 3 4 6 797 3rd
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 33 3 1 2 13 365 4th
2014 Macau Grand Prix kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters ART Grand Prix 17 0 1 0 0 18 23rd
2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke 18 1 2 0 2 68 12th
2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT 18 3 3 0 4 136 6th
ADAC GT Masters BWT Mücke Motorsport 4 1 0 0 2 55 17th
Formula One Sahara Force India F1 Team Test driver
2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport 20 0 3 2 4 121 7th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 1 0 0 0 0 4 42nd
International GT Open Drivex School 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC‡
International GT Open - Pro-Am 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC‡
2019 Super Formula B-Max Racing with Motopark 7 0 0 1 1 14 9th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 15 1 3 1 7 270 3rd
ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing 2 0 0 0 0 13 30th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 22nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG 1 0 0 1 0 4 23rd
2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMR 18 1 0 0 2 51 12th
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 12 1 1 1 2 96 7th*

‡ As Auer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. * Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2012 Van Amersfoort Racing Volkswagen HOC
1 		HOC
2 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
Ret 		NC‡ 0‡
2013 Prema Powerteam Mercedes MNZ
1
2 		MNZ
2
Ret 		MNZ
3
4 		SIL
1
4 		SIL
2
3 		SIL
3
7 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
4 		HOC
3
12 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
3 		BRH
3
1 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
4 		RBR
3
3 		NOR
1
13 		NOR
2
13 		NOR
3
6 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
5 		NÜR
3
2 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
12 		ZAN
3
7 		VAL
1
7 		VAL
2
5 		VAL
3
Ret 		HOC
1
26 		HOC
2
3 		HOC
3
3 		4th 277
2014 kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL
1
5 		SIL
2
12 		SIL
3
8 		HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
4 		HOC
3
4 		PAU
1
2 		PAU
2
7 		PAU
3
6 		HUN
1
4 		HUN
2
3 		HUN
3
3 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
21 		NOR
1
3 		NOR
2
3 		NOR
3
8 		MSC
1
5 		MSC
2
4 		MSC
3
Ret 		RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
3 		RBR
3
3 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
5 		NÜR
3
1 		IMO
1
6 		IMO
2
5 		IMO
3
8 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
3 		HOC
3
1 		4th 365

‡ As Auer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2015 ART Grand Prix DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
DNS 		LAU
1
21 		LAU
2
Ret 		NOR
1
15 		NOR
2
9 		ZAN
1
17 		ZAN
2
20 		SPL
1
21 		SPL
2
6 		MSC
1
13 		MSC
2
19 		OSC
1
15 		OSC
2
17 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
19 		HOC
1
16 		HOC
2
19 		23rd 18
2016 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC
1
17† 		HOC
2
15† 		SPL
1
21 		SPL
2
16 		LAU
1
7 		LAU
2
1 		NOR
1
13 		NOR
2
5 		ZAN
1
12 		ZAN
2
9 		MSC
1
18 		MSC
2
10 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
2 		HUN
1
15 		HUN
2
15 		HOC
1
18 		HOC
2
16 		12th 68
2017 Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWT Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC
1
1 		HOC
2
4 		LAU
1
1 		LAU
2
10 		HUN
1
12 		HUN
2
Ret 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
2 		MSC
1
6 		MSC
2
8 		ZAN
1
15 		ZAN
2
14 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
13 		SPL
1
8 		SPL
2
Ret 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
10 		6th 136
2018 SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
15 		LAU
1
4 		LAU
2
14 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
DSQ 		NOR
1
7 		NOR
2
5 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
9 		BRH
1
3 		BRH
2
8 		MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
18† 		SPL
1
6 		SPL
2
Ret 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
DSQ 		7th 121
2020 BMW Team RMR BMW M4 Turbo DTM SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
8 		LAU
1
12 		LAU
2
14 		LAU
1
12 		LAU
2
1 		ASS
1
11 		ASS
2
10 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
11 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
13 		ZOL
1
12 		ZOL
2
3 		ZOL
1
11 		ZOL
2
Ret 		HOC
1
12 		HOC
2
16 		12th 51
2021 Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo MNZ
1
12 		MNZ
2
3 		LAU
1
6 		LAU
2
9 		ZOL
1
9 		ZOL
2
5 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
6 		RBR
1
8 		RBR
2
5 		ASS
1
10 		ASS
2
1 		HOC
1
 HOC
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 7th* 96*

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 75% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Complete Super Formula results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
2019 B-MAX with Motopark SUZ
7 		AUT
11 		SUG
3 		FUJ
Ret 		MOT
7 		OKA
5 		SUZ
11 		9th 14

Personal information[]

Lucas is the nephew of former Benetton, McLaren and Ferrari F1 driver Gerhard Berger. He is the son of Berger's sister Claudia, who runs a transport company in Wörgl in Tyrol – not far from Berger's own family business.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Simmons, Marcus (20 November 2018). "Auer set to join Ticktum in Red Bull Super Formula line-up". Motorsport.com.
  2. ^ F1: Grand Prix News Briefs (Update 2) Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine Speedtv.com. SPEED Staff / GMM. 28 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Lucas Auer: Win in the race, second in the championship". ATS Formel-3 Cup. 26 August 2012.
  4. ^ "The Red Bull Junior Team and the Honda Formula Dream Project". 5 December 2018.
  5. ^ Behind the scenes at Sepang Autosport Plus. Retrieved 7 June 2011

External links[]

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Richard Bradley
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