Formula 1: Marc Surer new expert on SRF
COMEBACK On Sunday, March 17, Formula 1 will kick off the 2019 season in Melbourne, Australia, with former race driver Marc Surer joining SRF as a new expert at five selected races. SRF will once again broadcast all 21 Grands Prix live. In addition to the season opener, Marc Surer will also cover the races in Spain, Monaco, Germany and Belgium [...]
SRF will once again broadcast all 21 Grands Prix live. In addition to the season opener, Marc Surer will also cover the races in Spain, Monaco, Germany and Belgium alongside commentator Michael Stäuble.
Long-time Formula 1 driver and TV pundit
Marc Surer was active as a driver in various racing series in the 1970s and 1980s. His greatest successes include winning the Formula 2 European Championship in 1979. In Formula 1, the Arisdorf native contested 82 Grands Prix.
His best results in the premier class of motorsport came as a works driver at the 1981 Brazilian GP, when he finished fourth and set the fastest race lap in the technically inferior Ensign, and fourth at the 1985 Italian GP.
New start at Swiss Television
After his active career, the now 67-year-old first worked for what was then Swiss television and later for around 20 years in Germany as a TV pundit for Formula 1.
Marc Surer: "At the end of my racing career, Swiss television gave me the opportunity to work as a commentator. That was the start of a new career for me back then. I'm glad to now be working again for the same broadcaster that once gave me this opportunity."
