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Marc Surer: surviving tough breaks and tragedy

Marc Surer: surviving tough breaks and tragedy

F1 Beyond The Grid vor 4 Jahren

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When Marc Surer reached Formula 1 in 1979, he was a rising star:
the reigning Formula 2 champion from the mountains of
Switzerland, surely destined for the summit of F1 success. But
two leg-breaking crashes made Marc’s climb steeper and harder. He
relives those crashes with Tom Clarkson and remembers his
remarkable recovery and return to racing. Amazingly, he scored
points for Arrows, and almost made the switch to Ferrari after
the death of Gilles Villeneuve. Marc also came close to racing
for McLaren after a secret meeting with boss Ron Dennis. Later,
he survived a fiery rally crash in which his co-driver was
killed. Marc shares stories of racing up mountains as a child in
a country where motorsport was banned, working with F1 design
genius Gordon Murray, driving brutal turbocharged F1 cars armed
with more than 1000 horsepower and wrestling Group B rally cars
on snow and ice.

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