Auer was involved in a violent crash in the opening practice for January’s Daytona 24 Hours, the 28-year-old smashing head-on into a concrete wall at Turn 1 in his #53 Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3 car.
He had to be transported to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach where the full extent of his injuries were revealed, and he was subsequently operated upon in the same facility.
