Marc Surer becomes SRF Formula 1 expert
Former racing driver Marc Surer will accompany five selected Formula 1 races as an SRF pundit in the 2019 season. In addition to the season opener in Australia, he will also cover the Grands Prix of Spain, Monaco, Germany and Belgium alongside commentator Michael Stäuble.
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 top class of motorsport came at the 1981 Brazilian GP, where he finished fourth and set the fastest race lap in a technically inferior Ensign, and at the 1985 Italian GP, where he finished fourth. After his active career, the now 67-year-old first worked for what was then Swiss television and later as a Formula 1 TV pundit in Germany for around 20 years.
Commenting on his new role as an SRF pundit, Marc Surer says in a statement: "At the end of my racing career, Swiss television allowed me to commentate. That was the start of a new career for me. I'm glad to now be working again for the broadcaster that once gave me this opportunity."
Dani Bolliger, Head of Live at SRF Sport, is delighted about the addition: "Marc Surer is one of the most high-profile Formula 1 experts in the German-speaking world. I'm delighted that he will be contributing his immense experience as a racing driver and observer to our live broadcasts in the future."
