{"id":45416,"date":"2009-09-01T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T01:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=45416"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:08","slug":"marc-surer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/marc-surer\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Surer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>If there is a single quality that best defines Marc Surer it must be determination. When you consider that he grew up in a country that banned racing when he was four years old, and then overcame a seemingly endless succession of debilitating accidents behind the wheel of competition cars to enjoy a lengthy Formula One career as a driver and a subsequent tenure as boss of a major manufacturer\u2019s competition program, you see he\u2019s not one to give up easily. Mike Jiggle spoke with Surer to get his views of all the experience he\u2019s accumulated over time.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_689194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-689194\" style=\"width: 723px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/INT200909-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-689194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/INT200909-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/INT200909-p1.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/INT200909-p1-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/INT200909-p1-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/INT200909-p1-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/INT200909-p1-293x438.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-689194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marc Surer<br \/>Photo: Mike Jiggle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>I suppose you had to be a bit of a rebel to become a racing driver in Switzerland; after all, motor racing has been banned in the country since the 1955 Le Mans accident. 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