 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga kwaSurer muFormula 1 kwakaitika pakupera kwa1979 uye kwakanga kune zvinetso. Akapwanya makumbo ake pakukwanisa kuSouth African Grand Prix muATS paKyalami muna 1980 uye zvakare kumhanya ikoko muna 1981 nokuda kweEnsign. Akapora kuti ape Ensign mugumisiro wavo wakanakisisa nechinzvimbo chechina chekupedzisira pa 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix, achigadzawo denderedzwa rinokurumidza zvikurusa rorudzi. Akazotyaira Theodore asati azvisimbisa paArrows kwemwaka miviri, kusvikira rutsigiro rweBMW rwamupa chigaro kuBrabham muna 1985. Surer akadzokera kuArrows muna 1986 asi akazoenda pamudyandigere kubva kuFormula One pakati pemwaka nekuda kwetsaona yakakomba pa1986 ADAC Hessen-Rallye muFord RS200 yake yakamukuvadza zvakanyanya uye akauraya mutyairi wake uye shamwari Michel Wyder. BMW yakamuchengeta semutyairi, mudzidzisi uye gare gare mutungamiriri wemitambo yemotokari. Muna 1994 na1995, Surer, pamwe naJohnny Cecotto naJo Winkelhock, vakahwina mukombe weGerman Super Touring Car Championship. 