Marc Surer is a former racing driver from Switzerland currently working as television commentator and racing school instructor.
Education
Due to the racing ban established in Switzerland after the 1955 Le Mans disaster, he moved to Germany in 1974 where he finished second in the local Formula Vee Championship. In 1978 he finished second in the Formula 2 Championship, eventually winning the series the following year in a works March-Bayerische Motoren Werke.
Career
He participated in 88 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 9 September 1979. He scored a total of 17 championship points. Surer started his career in karting in 1972.
Surer"s debut in Formula 1 took place at the end of 1979 and was somewhat troubled.
He broke his legs testing an ATS at Kyalami in 1980, and again racing there in 1981 for Ensign. He recovered to give Ensign their best result with a 4th place at the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix, also setting the fastest lap of the race.
He later drove for Theodore before establish himself at Arrows for a couple of seasons, until Bayerische Motoren Werke"s support earned him a seat at Brabham for 1985. Surer returned to Arrows in 1986 but eventually retired from Formula One halfway through the season.
Bayerische Motoren Werke retained him as a driver, coach and later director of motorsport activities.
In 1996 he began working as a television commentator at all Formula 1 events for Sky Sport (Germany) (formerly known as DF1 and Premiere) next to the lead commentator, Jacques Schulz. Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap).
Membership
In 1976 he switched to European Formula 3, where he was noticed by Jochen Neerpasch who hired him as a member of the Bayerische Motoren Werke Junior Team alongside Eddie Cheever and Manfred Winkelhock.