Marc Surer
| 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 in
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's debut in Formula 1 took place at the end of 1979 and was somewhat troubled. He broke his legs in qualifying at the
In 1996, Surer began working as a television commentator at all Formula 1 events for
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
Racing record
Career summary
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† 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 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
(key) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Sauber PP AG
|
 Eugen Straehl Harry Blumer
|
Sauber C 5
|
S 2.0 |
257 | NC | NC |
| 1981 | Sauber
|
 David Deacon Dieter Quester
|
BMW M1 | Gr.5 |
207 | DNF | DNF |
| 1982 |  Ford Germany Zakspeed
|
Klaus Ludwig Manfred Winkelhock
|
Ford C100 | C | 67 | DNF | DNF |
Sources
References
- ^ Hanlon, Mike (2016-05-12). "The Top 50 F1 drivers of all time, regardless of what they were driving". New Atlas. Retrieved 2017-12-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://marcsurer.com/news/2011/verheiratet.html[dead link]