Lucas Auer | |
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Lucas Auer - 2014
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Nationality | Austrian |
Born |
Tyrol, Austria |
11 September 1994
Related to | Gerhard Berger (uncle) |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career | |
Debut season | 2015 |
Current team | Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke |
Car no. | 22 |
Former teams | ART Grand Prix |
Starts | 35 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 3 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 12th in 2016 |
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
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.
‡ As Auer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
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‡ As Auer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 75% of the race distance.
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.