The Austrian, who took four DTM victories with the German manufacturer in 2015-18, has been named as an Mercedes-AMG performance driver for this season.
The move follows Auer’s return to the cockpit of a Mercedes in the new-look DTM last year after a season with BMW in 2020, which followed a brief return to single-seaters in Super Formula in 2019.
He raced a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the HTP Winward team, adding a further two DTM victories to his CV on the way to fifth place in the championship.
Christoph Sagemuller, head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport, said the return of Auer to Mercedes was down to “logical consequence” of his performances in the marque’s machinery last year.
Auer, who is the nephew of DTM boss and former Ferrari and McLaren Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger, is one of a 17-strong squad announced by Mercedes for 2022.
There are a further two newcomers, Canadians Mikael Grenier and Daniel Morad.
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