Axcil Jefferies

Axcil Jefferies
Born 1994
European Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship, Middle East Champion career
Current team Konrad Motorsport
Car no. 29
Previous series
2013
2012
2010–2009		 [(GT3 24hrs Series)(GP2 SERIES)[Indy Lights][(FIA Formula Two Championship) Formula BMW Pacific

Axcil Jefferies (born in 1994) is an International Professional Racing Driver.

Career

Jefferies started his motorsport career aged six in Zimbabwe, and went on to win several national championships in Zimbabwe and South Africa before moving to Europe for 2007 and 2008, winning races in the European Karting Championship.

Formula BMW

Jefferies contested the Formula BMW Pacific series in 2009 and 2010. He finished third overall in the 2009 season, taking pole position at Sepang and Okayama, and winning two races at Sepang and a total of 12 podiums. He completed a limited schedule in 2010, with two wins and four podiums.

FIA Formula Two Championship

In 2012, after not racing for two years, Jefferies returned to action in FIA Formula Two halfway through the season with a best of 5th in wet conditions in Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. He finished 12th in points.

Indy Lights and GP2

In 2013 Jefferies made his debut in the American Firestone Indy Lights series with Bryan Herta Autosport at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished seventh. He competed again two months later at the Houston race and finished fifth. 2014 Jefferies competed in The Indy Lights Mid Ohio Honds 200 event finishing sixth on Saturday and fourth in the Sunday Race.

In 2014 Jefferies made his debut in GP2 in Bahrain, showing strong pace in race one he was unfortunately punted by Japanese driver Kimya Sato and forced to retire; with Saturdays final positions determining Sundays starting grid Jefferies had to start from the back of the grid and again put in solid performance making up several positions.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship

In 2017 Jefferies has set his sights on a different path in motorsport and is competing in the prestigious Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship. Jefferies dominated the first round in Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi by being fastest in all practice sessions, winning pole position by over 0.5 seconds to his nearest rival and winning the race by 28 seconds. Round 2 was held at Dubai Autodrome, where again Jefferies was on pole in the Pro Class and won both races in Dubai. Round 5 and 6 saw Jefferies on pole again in dominant fashion and winning both races to clinch the overall championship.

Jefferies continued his top form in his debut in the European Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship by setting the fastest time in official practice on Friday for the first round in Monza in Italy . He then qualified 3rd overall on Saturday and Won race one and finished 2nd in race 2 leaving Monza leading the championship. Jefferies continued his good form with two 3rd places finishes at Paul Ricard Circuit in France, a 3rd in Silverstone circuit UK, another win and 3rd at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium, a 3rd at Nurburgring Circuit in Germany. Another 2 podiums in Imola Italy saw Jefferies finish 2nd overall in the European Championship. He then finished 2nd in the World Finals where drivers from four different continents made up a grid of 67 cars.

Jefferies has defended his Middle East Championship, this time running with the German team Konrad Motorsport with 5 podiums, including 3 wins, and setting lap records at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. 2018 has seen Axcil Jefferies continuing his partnership with Konrad Motorsport of Germany as the teams Profession Driver alongside Austrian Gerhard Tweraser in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship. Round One and Round Two in Monza Italy and Silverstone UK respectively saw Jefferies qualify on the front rows and pick up podiums in 2nd position. Tyre issues hampered qualifying in Misano Italy but Jefferies proved his mettle by driving from 14th to 6th position. Round Four was held in Spa Francorchamps where Jefferies qualified in 5th position out of a field of 47 cars and make up 2 postions in wet and tricky conditions to hand the Lamborghini Huracan to his team mate in 3rd position.

24H Endurance Series powered by Hankook

Jefferies competed in his first 24 hrs race at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France during the weekend of 6 and 7 May 2017 with UAE based team GP Extreme as part of the 24H Series. The team selected him to do the qualifying and he impressed by qualifying the Renault RS01 FGT3 in 4th place overall. After a hard fought battle Jefferies and team finished 4th overall. In August 2017 Jefferies completed his 2nd 24hrs race at the Portimao Circuit in Portugal, again with GP Extreme in the Renault RS01. The team qualified 2nd and were sitting in the top 3 for the first 12hrs before a mechanical fault dropped them to an eventual 8th place finish overall.

Personal life

In 2014 Jefferies was appointed as a UN AIDS Ambassador for the "Protect The Goal" Aids awareness campaign racing with UN AIDS livery on his race car and race suit. Jefferies serves as a Childline Zimbabwe Goodwill Ambassador. In 2009 he was one of three drivers to win the prestigious Formula BMW scholarships, and in 2011 he proved his pedigree again winning an MSA scholarship to study sports performance and science at Loughborough University. In 2015 Jefferies was engaged as a senior race instructor at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi UAE, as well as a freelance test driver for manufacturer brands across the MENA region. In 2017, Jefferies was appointed to the Young Driver Program with Lamborghini Squadra Corse.

References

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