Axcil Ramar Jefferies (born 14 April 1994) is a professional racing driver and senior race instructor at

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in Abu Dhabi. He currently holds the

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lap record in the GT3-class with a time of 7:50.370 which he set in a

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Career

Karting

Jefferies started his motorsport career aged six in Zimbabwe and went on to win several national championships in Zimbabwe and

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before moving to Europe. In 2007 and 2008 he won 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 twelve 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 fifth in wet conditions at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. He finished twelfth in the championship standings.

Indy Lights and GP2

In 2013 Jefferies made his debut in the American

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series with Bryan Herta Autosport at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished seventh. He competed again two months later at the

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race and finished fifth. In 2014 Jefferies competed in the

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Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio finishing sixth in the first race and fourth in the second race. In 2014 Jefferies made his GP2 debut at the

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. In race one he was hit by

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and forced to retire. In the second race he made up several positions after starting from the back.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo

In 2017 Jefferies competed in the

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Middle East. Jefferies dominated the first round at the

by being fastest in all practice sessions, taking pole position and winning the race. Round 2 was held at

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, where again Jefferies was on pole in the Pro Class and won both races. 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 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe by setting the fastest time in official practice for the first round at

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. He then qualified third overall on Saturday and won the first race and finishedsecond in the second race. He left Monza leading the championship. Jefferies continued his good form with two third place finishes at

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, a third place at the Silverstone Circuit, another win and a third place at Spa Francorchamps and a third place at the Nürburgring. Another two podiums in

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saw Jefferies finish as runner-up in the championship. He then finished second in the World Finals. In 2018 Jefferies defended his Middle East Championship, this time running with

. He scored with five podiums, including three wins.

GT racing

24H Series Jefferies competed in his first 24-hour long race at the

in France during the weekend of 6 and 7 May 2017 with the GP Extreme team as part of the 24H Series. He qualified the Renault R.S. 01 GT3 in fourth place overall. After a hard-fought battle Jefferies and his team finished fourth overall. In August 2017 Jefferies completed his second 24-hour long race at the

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, again with GP Extreme in the Renault R.S. 01. The team qualified second and were sitting in the top 3 for the first twelve hours before a mechanical fault dropped them to an eventual eighth place finish overall. Axcil Jefferies competed in the 2019 Dubai 24 Hour. He raced for GPX Racing in the Renault R.S. 01 in the Pro-Am category, qualifying 6th overall and taking the start for the team. The transmission failed on lap 8 and unfortunately no replacement

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was available for the team so the car was retired. In November 2019 Axcil competed in the 24-hour race in at

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with Toksport WRT in the Mercedes AMG GT3. The team qualified in second 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 five laps and finish fifth overall. January 2020 kicked off on a high with Axcil Jefferies taking the wheel of the Toksport WRT Mercedes AMG GT3 for the

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race. He qualified in eighth position. Taking the start of the race, Axcil made up five positions on track before handing the car over to Martin Konrad in P3. The car finished the race as second in the Pro-Am class. In January 2021 Axcil Jefferies won the

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with GPX Racing. Axcil shared the #36

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with Mathieu Jaminet,

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, Frédéric Fatien and

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. In January 2022 Axcil Jefferies repeated his 2021 win by again winning in the

. This time he competed with MS7 by WRT in an

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alongside

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, Thomas Neubauer and Mohammed Saud Fahad Al Saud. The team completed a total of 596 laps beating the sister car to second 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 became only the third driver to win the race consecutively. Nürburgring Endurance Series Axcil Jefferies competed in the

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. He took several podiums and top 10 qualifying positions in his first season in the series based at the

also fielded Axcil in the

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race alongside

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, Michele Di Martino and Michael Lyons. In 2020 he completed his second full season in the Nürburgring Endurance Series with

. The team finished the season with three podiums. Jefferies also qualified the car in sixth overall at the

In 2021 he competed in the Nürburgring Endurance Series for a third year. He achieved several front row starts in the NLS and finished the season with two podiums. In the first round of the 2022 Nürburgring Endurance Series Jefferies took the Nürburgring Endurance Series lap record in the GT3-class, driving in the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo of

. GT World Challenge Europe Sprint In 2020 Axcil made his debut in the

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in the Silver category with

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's Madpanda Motorsport. He finished second in the Silver Cup. FIA World Endurance Championship In 2023, Jefferies landed a seat with Northwest AMR's GTE Am class entry alongside

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and Nicki Thiim. Jefferies essentially won the seat at the WEC Prologue, where he and Thomas Merrill competed for the final seat in the entry.

Prototypes

In 2021 Axcil debuted in an LMP3-class

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with Frikadelli Racing.

Personal life

In 2014 Jefferies was appointed as a UN AIDS Ambassador for the

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Aids Campaign. In 2017 Axcil was drafted into the Lamborghini Young Driver Program.

Racing record

Career Summary

Complete GP2 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Indy Lights results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jefferies, Axcil 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Slough English people of Zimbabwean descent Zimbabwean racing drivers Formula BMW Pacific drivers FIA Formula Two Championship drivers Indy Lights drivers GP2 Series drivers 24H Series drivers International GT Open drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers FIA World Endurance Championship drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Trident Racing drivers Belardi Auto Racing drivers Bryan Herta Autosport drivers Motaworld Racing drivers Eurasia Motorsport drivers Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers W Racing Team drivers Le Mans Cup drivers Toksport WRT drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Aston Martin Racing drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers