Lucas Auer

Lucas Auer
Lucas Auer - Austrian Sports Personalities of the Year 2017
Nationality Austria Austrian
Born (1994-09-11) 11 September 1994
Tyrol, Austria
Related to Gerhard Berger (uncle)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season 2015
Current team SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport
Car no. 22
Former teams ART Grand Prix, Mücke Motorsport
Starts 71
Wins 4
Poles 8
Fastest laps 2
Best finish 6th in 2017
Previous series
2012-14
2012-13
2012
2011
2011		 European Formula 3 Championship
Toyota Racing Series
German Formula Three
JK Racing Asia Series
Formula Pilota China
Championship titles
2011 JK Racing Asia Series

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

Early career

Lucas Auer at Hockenheimring, 2014

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.[1]

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 finished second in the Championship.[2]

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 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
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
2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG Motorsport 18 0 2 2 4 118 7th*
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Strakka Racing 1 0 0 0 0 4 37th*

‡ 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 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
 HOC
2
 7th* 118*

† 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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ F1: Grand Prix News Briefs (Update 2) Archived 2012-01-09 at the Wayback Machine. Speedtv.com. SPEED Staff / GMM. 28 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lucas Auer: Win in the race, second in the championship". ATS Formel-3 Cup. 26 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Behind the scenes at Sepang Autosport Plus. Retrieved 7 June 2011
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Richard Bradley
(Formula BMW Pacific)		 JK Racing Asia Series
Champion
2011		 Succeeded by
Aston Hare
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