Marko Asmer supports ESC campaign launch in Estonia

The BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Marko Asmer demonstrated the benefits of ESC at an event in Tartu, Estonia 3^rd October 2008 in front of the press and a large number of road safety and automotive experts.

The event included an ESC demonstration on a test track where the participants had the chance to drive in the cars provided by the organisers. It also included an ESC seminar with technical and political topics where representatives from the FIA Foundation, The European Commission, Estonian Vehicle Registration Centre, Estonian Traffic Insurance Fund, and Tallinn Technical University presented the key challenges for ESC deployment.

Marko Asmer gave his support to the Estonian campaign launch which was funded by the FIA Foundation, eSafetyAware and the European Commission and he joins the list of professional drivers who support the ESC campaign. 

Marko was the Estonian, Baltic, Finnish and Scandinavian kart champion, dominated the karting World Championship, and was honoured in 2001 as the most talented karting driver in the world. Formula Ford proved to be the valuable opportunity to break into the world of motor sport. In 2003, Marko came second at the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. In the same year, he stepped into a Formula One car for the first time, performing a series of tests for the BMW Williams F1 Team. Between 2004 and 2007 he drove in Formula 3. In 2007 he competed in both the All Japan F3 series and the British Championship, which he won convincingly with eleven victories and two further podium finishes.

Marko came into contact with Formula One very early in his career. As a young kart driver he met Kimi Räikkönen in Finland, and as a driver for Tony Kart he was a team-mate of Michael Schumacher on several occasions.