Marc Surer
![]() Surer at the1982 Dutch Grand Prix | |
Born | Arisdorf, Switzerland | 18 September 1951
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Formula OneWorld Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 1979–1986 |
Teams | Ensign,ATS,Theodore,Arrows,Brabham |
Entries | 88 (82 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 17 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
First entry | 1979 Italian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 1986 Belgian Grand Prix |
Marc Surer(born 18 September 1951) is a formerracing driverfromSwitzerlandcurrently working as TV commentator and racing school instructor. He participated in 88Formula OneWorld Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 9 September 1979. He scored a total of 17 championship points.
Racing career
[edit]Surer started his career in karting in 1972. Due to the racing ban established in Switzerland after the1955 Le Mans disaster,he moved toGermanyin 1974, where he finished second in the local Formula Vee Championship. In 1976, he switched to European Formula 3, where he was noticed byJochen Neerpasch,who hired him as a member of theBMWJunior Team alongsideEddie CheeverandManfred 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's debut in Formula 1 took place at the end of 1979 and was somewhat troubled. He broke his legs in qualifying at theSouth African Grand Prixin anATSat Kyalami in 1980 and again racing there in 1981 forEnsign.He recovered to give Ensign their best result with a 4th-place finish at the1981 Brazilian Grand Prix,also setting the fastest lap of the race. He later drove forTheodorebefore establishing himself atArrowsfor a couple of seasons, untilBMW's support earned him a seat atBrabhamfor 1985. Surer returned to Arrows in 1986 but eventually retired from Formula One halfway through the season due to serious accident at the 1986 ADAC Hessen-Rallye in hisFord RS200severely injured him and killed his co-driver and friendMichel Wyder.BMW retained him as a driver, coach and later director of motorsport activities. In 1994 and 1995, Surer, alongsideJohnny CecottoandJo Winkelhock,won the German Super Touring Car Championship.
In 1996, Surer began working as a television commentator at all Formula 1 events forSky Sport (Germany)(formerly known asDF1andPremiere) next to the lead commentatorJacques Schulz.After Schulz's withdrawal prior to the2013 season,he has remained commentator alongsideSascha Roos.
Formula One all-time ranking
[edit]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
[edit]Surer has been married twice to formerPlayboymodels, first toPlaymateJolanda Egger,and then toChristina Surerbetween 1997 and 2000. On 3 December 2011 he married his longtime partner Silvia Renée Arias.[2]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
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†As Surer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
[edit](key) (Races inboldindicate pole position; races initalicsindicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
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1976 | Hohmann Racing | Chevron B35 | BMW | HOC | THR | VAL | SAL | PAU | HOC | ROU | MUG | PER | EST | NOG | HOC DNQ |
NC | 0 | |
1977 | Hohmann Auto Technik | March 762 | BMW | SIL 9 |
THR 7 |
HOC Ret |
NÜR | VAL 7 |
PAU | MUG 5 |
ROU Ret |
NOG 7 |
PER | MIS | EST | 13th | 5 | |
March Engineering | March 772P | DON 4 | ||||||||||||||||
1978 | Polifac BMW Junior Team | March 782 | BMW | THR 2 |
HOC 2 |
NÜR 4 |
PAU 3 |
MUG 2 |
VAL 9 |
ROU 3 |
DON 3 |
NOG 2 |
PER Ret |
MIS 2 |
HOC 2 |
2nd | 51 | |
1979 | Polifac BMW Junior Team | March 792 | BMW | SIL DNS |
HOC Ret |
THR 9 |
NÜR 1 |
VAL 1 |
MUG Ret |
PAU 3 |
HOC 5 |
ZAN 3 |
PER Ret |
MIS 3 |
DON 2 |
1st | 38 | |
1981 | Marcus Hotz Racing | March 812 | BMW | SIL | HOC Ret |
THR 12 |
NÜR | VAL | MUG | PAU | PER | SPA | DON | MIS | MAN | NC | 0 |
Complete Formula One World Championship results
[edit](key) (races initalicsindicate fastest lap)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1978 | ![]() |
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SauberC 5 | S 2.0 |
257 | NC | NC |
1981 | ![]() |
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BMW M1 | Gr.5 |
207 | DNF | DNF |
1982 | ![]() ![]() |
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Ford C100 | C | 67 | DNF | DNF |
Sources
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Hanlon, Mike (2016-05-12)."The Top 50 F1 drivers of all time, regardless of what they were driving".New Atlas.Retrieved2017-12-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^http://marcsurer /news/2011/verheiratet.html[dead link]
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Swiss racing drivers
- Swiss Formula One drivers
- European Formula Two Championship drivers
- Ensign Formula One drivers
- ATS Wheels Formula One drivers
- Theodore Formula One drivers
- Arrows Formula One drivers
- Brabham Formula One drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Porsche Supercup drivers
- World Sportscar Championship drivers
- Formula One journalists and reporters
- Sportspeople from Basel-Landschaft
- Swiss motorsport people
- Schnitzer Motorsport drivers
- Sauber Motorsport drivers