Marc Surer

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Marc Surer (born 18 September 1951) is a Swiss former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from Template:Ifnumber to Template:Ifnumber.

Born in Arisdorf, Surer began kart racing aged 20. He moved to Germany in 1974 to compete in Formula Vee, as motor racing was banned in Switzerland following the 1955 Le Mans disaster. After finishing runner-up in the 1976 German Formula Three Championship, Surer progressed to European Formula Two, winning the title in 1979 with the BMW Junior Team. Making his Formula One debut at the Template:F1GP that year with Ensign, Surer signed for ATS in Template:Ifnumber. He participated in 88 Formula One Grands Prix, scoring 17 championship points.

Racing career

Surer started his career in karting in 1972. 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 1976, he switched to European Formula 3, where he was noticed by Jochen Neerpasch, who hired him as a member of the BMW Junior Team alongside Eddie Cheever and Manfred Winkelhock. In 1978, he finished second in the Formula 2 Championship, eventually winning the series the following year in a works March-BMW.

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Surer driving for Arrows at the 1984 British Grand Prix.

Surer's debut in Formula 1 took place at the end of 1979 and was somewhat troubled. He broke his legs in qualifying at the South African Grand Prix in 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 finish at the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix, also setting the fastest lap of the race. He later drove for Theodore before establishing himself at Arrows for a couple of seasons, until BMW'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 due to a serious accident at the 1986 ADAC Hessen-Rallye in his Ford RS200 that severely injured him and killed his co-driver and friend Michel Wyder. BMW retained him as a driver, coach and later director of motorsport activities. In 1994 and 1995, Surer, alongside Johnny Cecotto and Jo Winkelhock, won the German Super Touring Car Championship.

In 1996, Surer 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. After Schulz's withdrawal prior to the 2013 season, he remained as a commentator alongside Sascha Roos until 2017.

Formula One all-time ranking

In 2016, in an academic paper that reported a mathematical modeling study that assessed the relative influence of driver and machine, Surer was ranked the 17th best Formula One driver of all time.^[1]

Personal life

Surer has been married twice to former Playboy models, first to Playmate Jolanda Egger, and then to Christina Surer between 1997 and 2000. On 3 December 2011 he married his longtime partner Silvia Renée Arias.^[2]

Racing record

Career summary

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1975	Formula Vee		?	0	?	?	?	24	6th
1976	European Formula Three	KWS Autotechnik Team	7	0	0	0	1	13	5th
	German Formula Three		5	0	1	0	3	77	2nd
	Italian Formula Three		?	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Challenge de Formule Renault Europe		?	?	?	?	?	0	?
1977	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	BMW Junior Team	8	1	1	1	4	82	5th
	European Formula Two	Hohmann Auto Technik	7	0	0	0	0	5	13th
	European Formula Two	March Racing	1	0	0	0	0	5	13th
1978	European Formula Two	Polifac BMW Junior Team	12	0	1	1	9	48	2nd
	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	BMW Schweiz	1	0	0	0	1	12	21st
	Japanese Formula Two		1	1	0	?	1	0	NC
	World Sportscar Championship	Artos Francy Sauber PP AG	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Artos Francy Sauber PP AG	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
1979	European Formula Two	Polifac BMW Junior Team	12	2	2	1	6	38	1st
	BMW M1 Procar Championship	BMW Schweiz	5	0	1	0	0	23	11th
	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft		2	0	0	0	0	2	43rd
	Formula One	Team Ensign	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1980	Formula One	Team ATS	9	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1980	BMW M1 Procar Championship	Sauber Motorsport	6	0	2	1	2	37	8th
1981	Formula One	Theodore Racing Team	7	0	0	0	0	4	16th
	Formula One	Ensign Racing	6	0	0	1	0	4	16th
	World Sportscar Championship	Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber	6	0	0	0	0	26.5	89th
	European Formula Two	Marcus Hotz Racing	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	IMSA GT Championship		?	?	?	?	?	12	36th
1982	Formula One	Ragno Arrows	12	0	0	0	0	3	21st
	World Sportscar Championship	Ford Germany w/ Zakspeed	3	0	1	0	0	8	55th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Ford Germany w/ Zakspeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
1983	Formula One	Arrows Racing Team	15	0	0	0	0	4	15th
1984	Formula One	Barclay Nordica Arrows	15	0	0	0	0	1	20th
1984	World Sportscar Championship	Porsche Kremer Racing	1	0	0	0	0	8	53rd
1985	Formula One	Olivetti Racing	12	0	0	0	0	5	13th
1985	World Sportscar Championship	Porsche Kremer Racing	6	1	0	0	2	45	9th
1986	Formula One	Barclay Arrows BMW	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1986	European Touring Car Championship	Juma Team	1	0	0	0	0	10	?
2005	Porsche Supercup	Porsche AG	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2010	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2012	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†

^† As Surer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Pts
Template:F2	Hohmann Racing	Chevron B35	BMW	HOC	THR	VLL	SAL	PAU	HOC	ROU	MUG	PER	EST	NOG	HOC DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NC	0
Template:F2	Hohmann Auto Technik	March 762	BMW	SIL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	THR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR	VLL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU	MUG 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ROU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOG 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER	MIS	EST		13th	5
Template:F2	March Engineering	March 772P	BMW													DON 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	13th	5
Template:F2	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 782	BMW	THR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VLL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ROU 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOG 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIS 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		2nd	51
Template:F2	Polifac BMW Junior Team	March 792	BMW	SIL DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	THR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VLL 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MIS 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DON 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		1st	38
Template:F2	Marcus Hotz Racing	March 812	BMW	SIL	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	THR 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR	VLL	MUG	PAU	PER	SPA	DON	MIS	MAN		NC	0

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1979	Team Ensign	Ensign N179	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		NC	0
1980	Team ATS	ATS D3	Cosworth V8	ARG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".															NC	0
1980	Team ATS	ATS D4	Cosworth V8			RSA DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USW	BEL	MON	FRA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			NC	0
1981	Ensign Racing	Ensign N180B	Cosworth V8	USW RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ARG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ESP										16th	4
1981	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore TY01	Cosworth V8								FRA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CPL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		16th	4
1982	Ragno Arrows	Arrows A4	Cosworth V8	RSA	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		21st	3
1982	Ragno Arrows	Arrows A5	Cosworth V8														SUI 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		CPL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	21st	3
1983	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A6	Cosworth V8	BRA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	USW 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		15th	4
1984	Barclay Nordica Arrows	Arrows A6	Cosworth V8	BRA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		FRA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".									20th	1
1984	Barclay Nordica Arrows	Arrows A7	BMW Str-4 t/c				SMR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".					DAL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	POR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	20th	1
1985	Olivetti Racing	Brabham BT54	BMW Str-4 t/c	BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DET 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	FRA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GBR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	GER RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUT 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ITA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	EUR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	RSA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	13th	5
1986	Barclay Arrows BMW	Arrows A8	BMW Str-4 t/c	BRA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ESP RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SMR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BEL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	NC	0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1978	Template:Flagicon Artos Francy Sauber PP AG	Template:Flagicon Eugen Straehl Template:Flagicon Harry Blumer	Sauber C 5	S 2.0	257	NC	NC
1981	Template:Flagicon Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber	Template:Flagicon David Deacon Template:Flagicon Dieter Quester	BMW M1	Gr.5	207	DNF	DNF
1982	Template:Flagicon Ford Germany Template:Flagicon Zakspeed	Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig Template:Flagicon Manfred Winkelhock	Ford C100	C	67	DNF	DNF

Sources

Profile at www.grandprix.com

References

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Formula One all-time ranking

Personal life

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Complete European Formula Two Championship results

Complete Formula One World Championship results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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