years championships birth_place races nationality points birth_date wins image article_title name podiums
1979 -- 1986 0 arisdorf , switzerland 88 -lrb- 82 starts -rrb- che swiss 17 18 september 1951 0 marc surer 1982.jpg marc surer
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marc surer

marc surer -lrb- born 18 september 1951 in arisdorf -rrb- is a former racing driver from switzerland currently working as tv commentator and racing school instructor .
he participated in 88 formula one world championship grands prix , debuting on 9 september 1979 .
he scored a total of 17 championship points .
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 .
surer 's debut in formula 1 took place at the end of 1979 and was somewhat troubled .
he broke his legs testing an ats at kyalami in 1980 , and again racing there in 1981 for ensign .
he recovered to establish himself at arrows , until bmw 's support earned him a seat at brabham for 1985 .
surer also enjoyed rallying , but a serious accident at the 1986 adac hessen-rallye in his ford rs200 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 he began working as a television commentator at all formula 1 events for sky sport -lrb- germany -rrb- -lrb- formerly known as `` df1 '' and `` premiere '' -rrb- next to the lead commentator , jacques schulz .
