Marc Surer

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Marc Surer
Nationality  Swiss
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1979 - 1986
Teams	Ensign, ATS, Theodore, Arrows, Brabham
Races	88 (82 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Career points	17
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First race	1979 Italian Grand Prix
Last race	1986 Belgian Grand Prix

Marc Surer (born September 18, 1951) is a former racing driver from Switzerland. He participated in 88 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on September 9, 1979. He scored a total of 17 championship points.

Surer enjoyed BMW backing for most of his career, placing second in the 1978 F2 championship and winning the 1979 series in a works March-BMW. Marc's early F1 years were somewhat troubled; he broke his legs testing an ATS at Kyalami in 1980, and again racing there in 1981 for Ensign. Surer re-established himself at Arrows, but his BMW connections saw him placed at Brabham for 1985, later moving to Arrows when they acquired BMW power.

Surer also enjoyed rallying, but a serious accident in his Ford RS200 severely injured him and killed his co-driver. BMW retained him as a driver coach and later director of motorsport activities, and he remains deeply involved with the sport both through a keen interest in historic F2 and as a television commentator and presenter.

[edit] Personal

Surer has been married twice to former Playboy Playmates turned racing drivers, first to Yolanda, and then to Christina between 1997 and 2000.

[edit] 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 DNQ	CAN DNQ	USA Ret		-	0
1980	Team ATS	ATS D3	Cosworth V8	ARG Ret	BRA 7															-	0
		ATS D4				RSA DNQ	USW	BEL	MON	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER 12	AUT 12	NED 10	ITA Ret	CAN DNQ	USA 8
1981	Ensign Racing	Ensign N180B	Cosworth V8	USW Ret	BRA 4	ARG Ret	SMR 9	BEL 11	MON 6	ESP										16th	4
	Theodore Racing Team	Theodore TY01									FRA 12	GBR 11	GER 14	AUT Ret	NED 8	ITA DNQ	CAN 9	LVS Ret
1982	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A4	Cosworth V8	RSA	BRA	USW	SMR	BEL 7	MON 9	USE 8	CAN 5	NED 10	GBR Ret	FRA 13	GER 6	AUT Ret		ITA Ret		21st	3
		Arrows A5															SUI 15		LVS 7
1983	Arrows Racing Team	Arrows A6	Cosworth V8	BRA 6	USE 5	FRA 10	SMR 6	MON Ret	BEL 11	USE 11	CAN Ret	GBR 17	GER 7	AUT Ret	NED 8	ITA 10	EUR Ret	RSA 8		15th	4
1984	Barclay Nordica Arrows BMW	Arrows A6	Cosworth V8	BRA 7	RSA 9	BEL 8		FRA Ret	MON DNQ	CAN Ret	USE Ret									20th	1
		Arrows A7	BMW Str-4 t/c				SMR Ret					USA Ret	GBR 11	GER Ret	AUT 6	NED Ret	ITA Ret	EUR Ret	POR Ret
1985	Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	Brabham BT54	BMW Str-4 t/c	BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN 15	USE 8	FRA 8	GBR 6	GER Ret	AUT 6	NED 10	ITA 4	BEL 8	EUR 13	RSA Ret	AUS Ret	13th	5
1986	Barclay Arrows BMW	Arrows A8	BMW Str-4 t/c	BRA Ret	ESP Ret	SMR 9	MON 9	BEL 9	CAN	USE	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	-	0

Preceded by Bruno Giacomelli

European Formula Two Champion 1979

Succeeded by Brian Henton