Born on 30th July 1984 in Estonia, Marko Asmer cut his teeth by winning the Estonian, Baltic, Finnish and Scandinavian karting championships and dominating the World Kart Championship in 2001.

Formula Ford proved to be the most affordable way of gaining entry into single-seater racing. In 2003, Asmer won five Formula Ford events and was the runner-up in the prestigious and hotly contended Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. In the same year he was invited to get behind the wheel of a Formula One racer for the first time to take a test for the BMW Williams team.

From 2004 on he competed in Formula 3. 2007 saw him commuting between the All Japan F3 Series and the British Championship, which he won with a commanding 11 wins and two further podium places.

Asmer joins BMW Sauber as test driver in 2008.