Marc Surer

Marc Surer in the F1 paddock.
Details
Name	Marc Surer
Born	18th Sep 1951
Nationality	Swiss
F1 Teams
Interscope Racing

Marc Surer (born 18th September 1951 in Arisdorf, Switzerland) is a Formula One driver who drove for Interscope in 1979.

Before Formula One

Marc Surer did not begin his racing career until his 20s due to the ban on motorsport in Switzerland since the 1955 Le Mans Disaster. After moving to Germany in 1974, he would graduate to European Formula Three as a member of the BMW Junior Team with Eddie Cheever and Manfred Winkelhock. In his first full season in the European Formula Two Championship, he finished as the runner-up behind Bruno Giacomelli despite not winning a single race (he did, however, manage six second-places in twelve rounds, at Thruxton, Hockenheim, Mugello, Nogaro, Misano and Hockenheim again). In 1979, Surer turned down an offer to remain at the BMW team as a championship favourite, instead choosing to graduate to Formula One.

Formula One Career

1979 : Interscope

Surer's first taste of Formula One came in 1979 with the troubled Interscope Racing outfit. He took the team's second seat alongside established driver Danny Ongais. Despite Surer's immediate pace, the team desperately struggled to make it out of prequalifying. The lone exception to that came at Kyalami, where Surer and Ongais both managed to make the grid, with Surer coming home in 16th place for his first Formula One race finish. He would later add to that an 11th place at the non-championship International Trophy, and a highly impressive second-place in the 1979 Tony Brise Memorial Trophy. Those results would help him to move up the grid for 1980.

1980- : ATS

Surer would sign for the ATS outfit for 1980.

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	14	15	16	17	Pts	Pos
1979	Interscope Racing	Interscope IR4	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG DNPQ	BRA DNPQ	RSA 16	USW DNPQ	ESP DNPQ	BEL DNPQ	MON DNPQ	EUR DNPQ	SMR DNPQ	FRA DNPQ	GBR DNPQ	GER 12	AUT DNPQ	NED C	ITA DNPQ	CAN DNQ	USA Ret	0	-
1980	ATS Kauhsen Racing Team	ATS WK2B	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG 9	BRA Ret	USW 12	ESP DSQ	BEL EX	MON Ret	MEX 13	SMR 16	FRA 16	GBR Ret	GER 12†	AUT 13	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	CPL DSQ	DUB EX		0	-
1981	ATS Kauhsen Racing Team	ATS D3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG Ret	RSA DNPQ	BRA DNPQ	USW DNQ	ESP WD	BEL 10	MON DNQ	SMR Ret	MEX DNQ	FRA DNQ	GBR 15	GER 15	AUT DNPQ	SUI DNPQ	ITA DNPQ	CAN DNQ	USA DNQ	0	-
1982	ATS Kauhsen Racing Team	ATS D4	TAG-Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6t	RSA 9	BRA ENT	USW ENT	SMR ENT	BEL ENT	MON ENT	MEX ENT	DET ENT	FRA ENT	GBR ENT	GER ENT	AUT ENT	EUR ENT	ITA ENT	CAN ENT	CPA ENT		0	-