Lucas Auer
Lucas Auer (born 11 September 1994 Tyrol ) is an Austrian race car driver. He won the 2011 title in the JK Racing Asia Series. In 2012 he became vice- champion of the German Formula 3 Since 2013 he start in the European Formula 3 Championship.
Career
Auer began his motorsport career in 2001 at the age of seven years in karting. In his first two years, he drove in the Tyrolean Kart Championship, which he finished in second place (2001 ) and the league title ( 2002). In 2003, he joined the Bavarian Kart Championship, which he completed with the eighth place. From 2004 to 2007 he drove in the German DMV Kart Championship. There he rose from fourth place in 2004 to second in 2005, he finally won in 2006 and 2007 the championship in this series. In the years 2009 and 2010 he drove in the German Junior Kart Championship, which he finished in 2010 with second place behind Christian Sørensen.
2011 Auer moved to Formula racing in the JK Racing Asia Series, the successor series of the Formula BMW Pacific to Euro International. He won seven of 18 races and only once was not on the podium. With 292 to 285 points, he won the league title before Afiq Ikhwan Yazid. He also took part in two races of the Formula Pilota China Series, scoring a podium placement. After the season, Auer played from 12 to 14 December in Valencia for Van Amersfoort Racing test drives in the German Formula 3 Cup. Beginning of 2012 went Auer in the Toyota Racing Series, the highest single-seater series in New Zealand for Giles Motorsport at the start. He started the first two races from pole position, but did not achieve both times the goal of their achievement in the overall standings. At the following race, he achieved better results and finally finished the last seven races within the first five pilots. A second place was his best result. While his teammates Nick Cassidy and Hannes van Asseldonk took the top two positions, Auer finished the season as the third- best driver of his team from sixth in the drivers' standings. He also won the rookie standings. Then took part Auer 2012 for Van Amersfoort Racing in the German Formula 3 Cup 2012. Auer won two races and was a total of eleven times on the podium. With 298 to 408 he was defeated Jimmy Eriksson and was named best newcomer runner-up. In addition, he graduated from Van Amersvoort Racing three guest appearances in the Formula 3 Euro Series and participated in the Macau Grand Prix.
Early 2013 launched Auer again for Giles Motorsport in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series. With two wins Auer led the overall standings in the meantime. At the end of the season he was with a total of six podium finishes in third place overall. He then joined in 2013 in the European Formula 3 Championship for the Prema Powerteam, the master team of the previous year, at. With a win and nine other podium finishes Auer closed the season as fourth in the overall standings. He defeated team internally Raffaele Marciello and Alex Lynn. Additionally, Auer debuted in 2013 in the FIA World Endurance Championship ( WEC) and took for assisted by Kodewa Lotus team participated in a race in the LMP2 class. 2014 Auer moved within the European Formula 3 Championship at Mücke Motorsport.
Personal
Lucas Auer is the nephew of former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger. He is the son of Berger's sister Claudia, who runs a transport company in Wörgl in Tyrol.
Statistics
Career stations
- 2001-2010: Karting
- 2011: JK Racing Asia Series ( Master )
- 2011: Formula Pilota China Series ( No. 15 )
- 2012: Toyota Racing Series ( 6th place)
- 2012: German Formula 3 (2nd place)
- 2013: Toyota Racing Series ( 3rd place)
- 2013: European Formula 3 (4th place )
- 2013: WEC, LMP