Lucas Auer

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]

Lucas Auer
Auer in 2017
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(1994-09-11) 11 September 1994 (age 29) Tyrol, Austria
Related to	Gerhard Berger (uncle)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	22
Former teams	ART Grand Prix, Mücke Motorsport, HWA Team, Team RMR
Starts	141
Championships	0
Wins	9
Poles	12
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	2nd in 2022
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
2011	JK Racing Asia Series

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] Auer was released from the program after a single season by "mutual consent", with team manager Helmut Marko citing Auer's age and lack of FIA Super License points as reasons for their split.^[5] He would return to DTM the next year with BMW Team RMR.^[6]

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
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	FIA World Endurance Championship	Lotus	3	0	0	0	0	1	24th
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		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	16	2	1	1	4	152	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AKKA ASP Team	1	0	0	0	0	1	32nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team AKKA ASP	1	0	0	0	0	4	19th
2022	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	16	2	2	1	4	153	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Winward Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	1	0	0	285	54th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG GruppeM Racing
2023	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	16	0	0	1	2	111	9th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team Al Manar	1	0	0	0	0	3	25th
		GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team Al Manar	1	0	0	0	0	20	18th
		Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Winward Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2024	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	2	0	0	0	0	15	11th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Winward Racing Team Mann-Filter	4	1	1	0	3	45	2nd*
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed
	Intercontinental GT Challenge

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

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	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	DC	Points
2012	Van Amersfoort Racing	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 DNS	ZAN 3 4	SAC 1 6	SAC 2 Ret	SAC 3 2	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 9	OSC 2 2	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 5	ASS 1 9	ASS 2 4	ASS 3 2	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 1	RBR 3 2	LAU 1 4	LAU 2 4	LAU 3 1	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 2	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 2	HOC 3 3	2nd	298

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 FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2014	Lotus	LMP1	CLM P1/01	AER P60 Turbo V6	SIL	SPA	LMS	COA 15	FUJ	SHA 14	BHR	SÃO Ret	24th	1

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 2 Ret	HOC 2 1	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 2					5th	152
2022	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	ALG 1 1	ALG 2 22	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 8	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 4	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 13	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 3	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 4	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 6	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 7					2nd	153
2023	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	OSC 1 16	OSC 2 10	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 Ret	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 11	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 3	LAU 1 4	LAU 2 6	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 15	RBR 1 15	RBR 2 11	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 8					9th	111
2024	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	OSC 2 6	OSC 2 11	LAU 1	LAU 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2					11th*	15*

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 75% of the race distance.

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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2022	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 6	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	54th	285
2023	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY WD	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		NC	0

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2024	Winward Racing Team Mann-Filter	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 3	BRH 2 1	MIS 1 5	MIS 2 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	2nd*	45*

^* 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.^[7]

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) 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. Thukral, Rachit (13 December 2019). "Auer splits with Red Bull junior programme after just one year". Autosport.
6. Ingo, Lehbrink (18 December 2019). "Lucas Auer returns to the DTM with BMW in 2020 – Established quartet of drivers remain at the wheel of the BMW M4 DTM". BMW.
7. Behind the scenes at Sepang Autosport Plus. Retrieved 7 June 2011

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucas Auer.

• Official Website Lucas Auer
• Lucas Auer career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Richard Bradley (Formula BMW Pacific)	JK Racing Asia Series Champion 2011	Succeeded by Aston Hare