Lucas Auer (born 11 September 1994) is an

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n racing driver. He is the nephew of former Formula 1 driver

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. He currently drives for HTP Winward Motorsport in DTM. He was a member of the

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Early career

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In October 2011, Lucas Auer won the 2011 JK Racing Asia Series season championship. Then the young Austrian tested a F3 Euroseries car at

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, with his 52-year-old uncle

looking on.F1: Grand Prix News Briefs (Update 2)
''Speedtv.com''. SPEED Staff / GMM. 28 December 2011. 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

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. He finished second in the Championship. After the 4 season Mercedes

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campaign, in December 2018 the

announced that Auer would join the junior program from the 2019 season and he was confirmed to race the Super Formula Championship 2019 season. Auer was released from the program after a single season by "mutual consent", with team manager

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citing Auer's age and lack of FIA Super License points as reasons for their split. He would return to DTM the next year with BMW Team RMR.

Racing record

Career summary

-22 Lucas Auer, BWT Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM (26610875860)

^‡ 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)

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

( key) ‡ 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)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (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.

Complete Super Formula results

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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Personal information

Lucas is the nephew of former Benetton, McLaren and Ferrari F1 driver

. He is the son of Berger's sister Claudia, who runs a transport company in

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in Tyrol – not far from Berger's own family business.Behind the scenes at Sepang
Autosport Plus. Retrieved 7 June 2011

References

External links

Official Website Lucas Auer
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