Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te timatanga o Surer i te Formula 1 i te mutunga o te tau 1979 a he raruraru te raruraru. I whatiia e ia ona waewae i te tohu i te
Ko te South African Grand Prix i roto i te ATS i Kyalami i te 1980 ka rere ano i reira i te 1981 mo Ensign. I ora ia ki te tuku i a Ensign i ta raatau hua pai rawa atu me te wha o nga waahi i te 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix, me te whakatakoto i te huringa tere o te whakataetae. I muri mai ka taraiwa ia mo Theodore i mua i te whakaturanga i a ia i Arrows mo etahi waa, tae noa ki te tautoko a BMW i whiwhi ai ia i tetahi nohoanga i Brabham mo te tau 1985. I hoki mai a Surer ki Arrows i te tau 1986 engari i te mutunga ka mutu tana mahi i te Formula One i te haurua o te waa na te aitua nui i te 1986 ADAC Hessen-Rallye i tana Ford RS200 i whara kino ia ia i mate tana hoa-kaikawe me tana hoa a Michel Wyder. I mau tonu a BMW ki a ia hei taraiwa, kaiako me te kaiwhakahaere o nga mahi motorsport. I te 1994 me te 1995, i toa a Surer, i te taha o Johnny Cecotto me Jo Winkelhock, i te Tiamana Super Touring Car Championship.