Axcil Jefferies
| Axcil Jefferies | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Zimbabwean |
| Born | 14 April 1994 |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo career | |
| Debut season | 2017 |
| Current team | Konrad Motorsport |
| Previous series | |
| 2014 2013–14 2012 2009–2010 | GP2 Series Indy Lights FIA Formula Two Championship Formula BMW Pacific |
Axcil Jefferies (born 14 April 1994) is a Zimbabwean professional racing driver and senior race instructor at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
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 in 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 Kimiya 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.
Prototypes[]
2021 Axcil debuted in an LMP3 Ligier Protype with Frikadelli Motorsport Winning by over One minute and Thirty seconds to his nearest rival in The GT Winter Series Round 1 held in Portimao Portugal.
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.
GT3[]
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.
2019 VLN CHAMPIONSHIP with Konrad Motorsport
Axcil Jefferies completed a successful 2019 VLN champioship with several podiums and top 10 qualifying positions in what was a satisfying debut at the Nordshliefe. The Konrad Motorsport outfit also fielded Axcil in the 6 hour and Nurburgring 24 Hour race alongside Lamborghini factory drivers Frank Perera, Marco Mapelli and Mirco Bortolotti.
2020 Konrad Motorsport: Axcil Jefferies completed his 2nd full year in the VLN Championship as lead driver in the Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini. The team finished with 3 podiums and qualified 6th Overall in the Nurburgring 24hr with Axcil Jefferies behind the wheel.
2021 Konrad Motorsport: 2021 saw Axcil Jefferies complete his 3rd year in the NLS CHAMPIONSHIP (previously VLN). After 3 full years racing round the Nurburgring Nordschliefe Axcil has established himself as one of the fastest drivers in both wet and dry conditions by putting the Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini on Pole position in the wet Pri final and then 2nd Overall in the Dry final in the Nurburgring 24hrs and several front row starts in the NLS Championship finishing the season with 2 podiums.
COTA 24 hours race
November 2019 Axcil competed in the 24 hours race in Austin Texas (COTA24HRS) with Toksport Motorsport in the Mercedes AMG GT3. The team qualified in 2nd position and battled for the lead for 22 hours with the Black Falcon Mercedes AMG GT3 until a mechanical fault caused the team to lose 5 laps and finishing 5th overall.
Dubai 24 hour race
January 2020 kicked off on a high with Axcil Jefferies again taking the wheel of the Toksport Mercedes AMG GT3 for the Dubai 24 hour race. As the only Pro driver in the number 70 Toksport car Axcil was selected to qualify in one of the most competitive GT3 driver line ups. He qualified in position 8 with just 0.4 seconds separating the top 10 cars. Taking the start of the race Axcil made up 5 positions on track with spectacular race craft to hand the car over to Martin Konrad in P3. Final classification was P2 in class.
January 2021: Axcil Jefferies Won Overall the Dubai 24hrs in a Porsche with the GPX Racing Team, Axcil played a major role in the teams success after driving for ten hours, consistently setting some of the fastest stints at night giving the team a 3 lap lead cushion which the team managed perfectly to bring the Number 36 Porsche home in first place with over a lap to the nearest rivals. Axcil shared the 36 Porsche with Porsche factory drivers Mathieu Jaminet and Julien Andlauer as well Fred Fatien and Alain Ferte.
January 2022: Axcil Jefferies repeated his 2021 win by again Winning Overall in the Dubai 24hrs this time with Belgiam Outfit WRT in an Audi R8 GTR EVO. The team completed a total of 596 laps beating the sister car to 2nd place by a single lap. It was a dominant performance by team WRT after winning Pole Position and leading for more than 500 laps. Axcil Jefferies has made a name for himself as a night specialist and again did most of the night driving for the team.
GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE SPRINT 2020
Axcil made his debut in the GT WORLD CHALLENGE EUROPE in the Silver Catorgary with new comer team Madpanda Motorsport Mercedes AMG GT3 finishing the championship in 2nd position after scoring podiums in every round during the year showing amazing stints throughout the year with a faultless campaign.
Personal life[]
2014 Jefferies was appointed as a UN AIDS Ambassador for the United Nations Aids Campaign. 2017 Axcil was drafted into the Lamborghini Young Driver Program. 2018 Appointment as Official Professional Driver for Konrad Motorsport
Racing record[]
Career Summary[]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Formula BMW Pacific | Eurasia Motorsport | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 163 | 3rd |
| 2010 | Formula BMW Pacific | Motaworld Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15th |
| 2012 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12th |
| 2013 | Indy Lights | Bryan Herta Autosport
Jeffery Mark Motorsports |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 11th |
| 2014 | Indy Lights | Belardi Auto Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 14th |
| GP2 Series | Trident | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |
| 2017 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro | GDL Racing | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 1st |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 127 | 2nd | ||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC | ||
| 24H Series - A6 | GP Extreme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 29th | |
| 2018 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro | Konrad Motorsport | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 79 | 1st |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 6th | ||
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12th | ||
| 24H GT Series - A6 | GP Extreme | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series F | GPX Historic w/ Token Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 15th | |
| 2019 | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East - Pro | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | NC | |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10th | |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final - Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11th | ||
| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| VLN Series - SP9 Pro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.89 | 86th | ||
| VLN Series - SP9 Pro-Am | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.75 | 8th | ||
| VLN Series - Cup 3 | Overdrive Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.42 | 27th | |
| 24H GT Series - A6 | Toksport WRT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC | |
| 2020 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Madpanda Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 20th |
| NLS Series - SP9 Pro | Konrad Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.54 | 80th | |
| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 24H GT Series - GT3 Am | Toksport WRT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5th | |
| 2021 | 24H GT Series | GPX Racing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | NC |
| Asian Le Mans Series - GT | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62.5 | 2nd | ||
| Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - Series F | GPX Historic w/ Token Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | |
| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am | Konrad Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | |
| Michelin Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | Frikadelli Racing Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 35th | |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Toksport WRT | ||||||||
| Intercontinental GT Challenge | |||||||||
| International GT Open | Kessel Racing | ||||||||
| FIA World Endurance Championship GTE Am | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| 2022 | Asian Le Mans Series - GT | Kessel Racing |
Complete GP2 Series results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Trident | BHR FEA Ret |
BHR SPR 21 |
ESP FEA |
ESP SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
AUT FEA |
AUT SPR |
GBR FEA |
GBR SPR |
GER FEA |
GER SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
BEL FEA |
BEL SPR |
ITA FEA |
ITA SPR |
RUS FEA |
RUS SPR |
ABU FEA |
ABU SPR |
34th | 0 |
Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Madpanda Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Silver | MIS 1 16 |
MIS 2 12 |
MIS 3 9 |
MAG 1 17 |
MAG 2 11 |
ZAN 1 6 |
ZAN 2 15 |
CAT 1 18 |
CAT 2 11 |
CAT 3 13 |
2nd | 72.5 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Team Project 1 | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | SPA WD |
ALG | MNZ | LMS | BHR | NC | 0 | |
| Dempsey-Proton Racing | BHR Ret |
References[]
External links[]
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Slough
- English people of Zimbabwean descent
- European sportspeople of Zimbabwean descent
- Zimbabwean racing drivers
- Formula BMW Pacific drivers
- FIA Formula Two Championship drivers
- Indy Lights drivers
- GP2 Series drivers
- 24H Series drivers