Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Surer ya fara fitowa a cikin Formula 1 ya faru a ƙarshen 1979 kuma yana da matsala. Ya karye kafafunsa a lokacin da ya cancanta a gasar Grand Prix ta Afirka ta Kudu
a cikin ATS a Kyalami a 1980 kuma sake yin tsere a can a 1981 don Ensign. Ya dawo ya ba Ensign kyakkyawan sakamako tare da kammala na 4 a gasar Grand Prix ta 1981 ta Brazil, kuma ya kafa mafi saurin zagaye na tseren. Daga baya ya tuka Theodore kafin ya kafa kansa a Arrows na wasu yanayi, har sai goyon bayan BMW ya ba shi wurin zama a Brabham don 1985. Surer ya koma Arrows a 1986 amma daga karshe ya yi ritaya daga Formula One a tsakiyar kakar saboda mummunan hatsari a 1986 ADAC Hessen-Rallye a cikin Ford RS200 ya ji rauni sosai kuma ya kashe abokin aikinsa da abokinsa Michel Wyder. BMW ta riƙe shi a matsayin direba, koci kuma daga baya darektan ayyukan motsa jiki. A cikin 1994 da 1995, Surer, tare da Johnny Cecotto da Jo Winkelhock, sun lashe gasar tseren motocin yawon shakatawa ta Jamus.