Lucas Auer
Austrian racing driver

Lucas Auer

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Austrian racing driver
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11 September 1994(Tyrol, Austria)
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Lucas Auer (born 11 September 1994) is a racing driver. He currently drives for Mercedes-Benz in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Early career

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

On 25 August 2012, Lucas Auer (Van Amersfoort Racing) won the 21st round of the German F3 season, held at the 4.534-kilometre Lausitzring. He is now second in the championship.

Racing record

Career summary

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 Three Van Amersfoort Racing 27 2 2 4 11 298 2nd
FIA European Formula 3 Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC‡
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 0 2 0 2 589 6th
2013 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Prema Powerteam 30 1 0 2 8 277 4th
Toyota Racing Series Giles Motorsport 15 2 3 4 6 797 3rd
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport 33 3 1 2 13 365 4th
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 14 3 3 0 4 127 2nd*
ADAC GT Masters BWT Mücke Motorsport 4 1 0 0 2 55 13th*

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

Complete FIA European Formula 3 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 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
 SPL
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 2nd* 127*

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

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.