Lucas Auer


Lucas Auer is an Austrian racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger. He currently drives for BMW Team RMR in DTM. He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team.

Early career

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.
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.
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.

Racing record

Career summary

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233DCPoints
2012Van Amersfoort RacingVolkswagenHOC
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‡
2013Prema PowerteamMercedesMNZ
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		4th277
2014kfzteile24 Mücke MotorsportMercedesSIL
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		4th365

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

Year TeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2015ART Grand PrixDTM AMG Mercedes C-CoupéHOC
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		23rd18
2016Mercedes-Benz DTM Team MückeMercedes-AMG C63 DTMHOC
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		12th68
2017Mercedes-AMG Motorsport BWTMercedes-AMG C63 DTMHOC
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		6th136
2018SILBERPFEIL Energy Mercedes-AMG MotorsportMercedes-AMG C63 DTMHOC
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		7th121

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

Complete Super Formula Results

YearEntrant1234567DCPoints
2019B-MAX with MotoparkSUZ
7		AUT
11		SUG
3		FUJ
Ret		MOT
7		OKA
5		SUZ
11		9th14

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.